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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 4 — Chapter 29

RV 4 29.1

आ नः स्तुत उप वाजेभिर् ऊती इन्द्र याहि हरिभिर् मन्दसानः । तिरश् चिद् अर्यः सवना पुरूण्य् आङ्गूषेभिर् गृणानः सत्यराधाः

ā naḥ stuta upa vājebhir ūtī indra yāhi haribhir mandasānaḥ | tiraś cid aryaḥ savanā purūṇy āṅgūṣebhir gṛṇānaḥ satyarādhāḥ

Come to us, praised one, with prizes, with aid, Indra, with your bay horses, taking delight; passing by the many pressings of the rival, sung with chants, you whose bounty is real.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

COME, lauded, unto us with powers and succours, O Indra, with thy Tawny Steeds; exulting, Past even the foeman's manifold libations, glorified with our hymns, true Wealth-bestower.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 29.2

आ हि ष्मा याति नर्यश् चिकित्वान् हूयमानः सोतृभिर् उप यज्ञम् । स्वश्वो यो अभीरुर् मन्यमानः सुष्वाणेभिर् मदति सꣳ ह वीरैः

ā hi ṣmā yāti naryaś cikitvān hūyamānaḥ sotṛbhir upa yajñam | svaśvo yo abhīrur manyamānaḥ suṣvāṇebhir madati saṁ ha vīraiḥ

For indeed the manly, discerning one comes to the sacrifice, called by the pressers — he who, with good horses, thinking himself fearless, rejoices together with the heroes who have pressed (soma).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Man's Friend, to this our sacrifice he cometh marking how he is called by Soma-pressers. Fearless, and conscious that his Steeds are noble, he joyeth with the Soma-pouring heroes.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 29.3

श्रावयेद् अस्य कर्णा वाजयध्यै जुष्टाम् अनु प्र दिशम् मन्दयध्यै । उद्वावृषाणो राधसे तुविष्मान् करन् न इन्द्रः सुतीर्थाभयꣳ च

śrāvayed asya karṇā vājayadhyai juṣṭām anu pra diśam mandayadhyai | udvāvṛṣāṇo rādhase tuviṣmān karan na indraḥ sutīrthābhayaṁ ca

Let him make his ears hear, so as to bring us strength; let him gladden (us) along the favoured direction. Surging up in might, for bounty, may Indra make for us good fords and safety.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Make his cars hear, that he may show his vigour and may be joyful in the way he loveth. May mighty Indra pouring forth in bounty bestow on us good roads and perfect safety;

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 29.4

अच्छा यो गन्ता नाधमानम् ऊती इत्था विप्रꣳ हवमानꣳ गृणन्तम् । उप त्मनि दधानो धुर्य् आ३शून् सहस्राणि शतानि वज्रबाहुः

acchā yo gantā nādhamānam ūtī itthā vipraṁ havamānaṁ gṛṇantam | upa tmani dadhāno dhury ā3śūn sahasrāṇi śatāni vajrabāhuḥ

He who will come with aid to one in distress, thus to the inspired man who calls and sings, taking upon himself the swift ones at the pole, thousands and hundreds, with the mace in his arm —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

He who with succour comes to his implorer, the singer here who with his song invites him; He who himself sets to the pole swift Coursers, he who hath hundreds, thousands, Thunder-wielder.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 29.5

त्वोतासो मघवन्न् इन्द्र विप्रा वयꣳ ते स्याम सूरयो गृणन्तः । भेजानासो बृहद्दिवस्य राय आकाय्यस्य दावने पुरुक्षोः

tvotāso maghavann indra viprā vayaṁ te syāma sūrayo gṛṇantaḥ | bhejānāso bṛhaddivasya rāya ākāyyasya dāvane purukṣoḥ

Aided by you, bounteous Indra, may we be your inspired ones, your patrons, singing (your praise), having a share in the wealth of the lofty heaven, for the giving of what is desirable and rich in nourishment.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

O Indra Maghavan, by thee protected may we be thine, princes and priests and singers, Sharing the riches sent from lofty heaven which yields much food, and all desire its bounty.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)