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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 4 — Chapter 31

RV 4 31.1

कया नश् चित्र आ भुवद् ऊती सदावृधः सखा । कया शचिष्ठया वृता

kayā naś citra ā bhuvad ūtī sadāvṛdhaḥ sakhā | kayā śaciṣṭhayā vṛtā

With what aid will he, the brilliant one, the ever-strengthening friend, be here for us? With what most effective company?

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

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WITH what help will he come to us, wonderful, ever-waxing Friend; With what most mighty company?

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 31.2

कस् त्वा सत्यो मदानाम् मꣳहिष्ठो मत्सद् अन्धसः । दृऴ्हा चिद् आरुजे वसु

kas tvā satyo madānām maṁhiṣṭho matsad andhasaḥ | dṛḻhā cid āruje vasu

Which true one of the exhilarating draughts, which most bounteous of the stalk's juice, will gladden you — so as to break open even the firmly held goods?

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

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What genuine and most liberal draught will spirit thee with juice to burst Open e'en strongly-guarded wealth?

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 31.3

अभी षु णः सखीनाम् अविता जरितॄणाम् । शतम् भवास्य् ऊतिभिः

abhī ṣu ṇaḥ sakhīnām avitā jaritṝṇām | śatam bhavāsy ūtibhiḥ

Be indeed the helper of us, your friends, of the singers, with a hundred aids.

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Do thou who art Protector of us thy friends who praise thee With hundred aids approach us.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 31.4

अभी न आ ववृत्स्व चक्रꣳ न वृत्तम् अर्वतः । नियुद्भिश् चर्षणीनाम्

abhī na ā vavṛtsva cakraṁ na vṛttam arvataḥ | niyudbhiś carṣaṇīnām

Turn hither to us, like the turning wheel of a steed, with the harnessed teams of the peoples.

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Like as a courser's circling wheel, so turn thee hitherward to us, Attracted by the hymns of men.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 31.5

प्रवता हि क्रतूनाम् आ हा पदेव गच्छसि । अभक्षि सूर्ये सचा

pravatā hi kratūnām ā hā padeva gacchasi | abhakṣi sūrye sacā

For along the downward slope of (thy) resolves thou comest, as it were to (thy) own place; I have partaken (of the draught) together with the sun.

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Thou seekest as it were thine own stations with swift descent of powers: I share thee even with the Sun.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 31.6

सꣳ यत् त इन्द्र मन्यवः सꣳ चक्राणि दधन्विरे । अध त्वे अध सूर्ये

saṁ yat ta indra manyavaḥ saṁ cakrāṇi dadhanvire | adha tve adha sūrye

When thy furies, Indra, when thy wheels have sped together, then (it rests) in thee, then in the sun.

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What time thy courage and his wheels together, Indra, run their course With thee and with the Sun alike,

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 31.7

उत स्मा हि त्वाम् आहुर् इन् मघवानꣳ शचीपते । दातारम् अविदीधयुम्

uta smā hi tvām āhur in maghavānaṁ śacīpate | dātāram avidīdhayum

And indeed they call thee the bounteous one, O lord of power, the giver who does not hesitate.

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So even, Lord of Power and Might, the people call thee Maghavan, Giver, who pauses not to think.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 31.8

उत स्मा सद्य इत् परि शशमानाय सुन्वते । पुरू चिन् मꣳहसे वसु

uta smā sadya it pari śaśamānāya sunvate | purū cin maṁhase vasu

And on the very same day thou bestowest abundant wealth on him who labours (at the rite) and presses (soma).

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And verily to him who toils and presses Soma juice for thee Thou quickly givest ample wealth.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 31.9

नहि ष्मा ते शतꣳ चन राधो वरन्त आमुरः । न च्यौत्नानि करिष्यतः

nahi ṣmā te śataṁ cana rādho varanta āmuraḥ | na cyautnāni kariṣyataḥ

Not even a hundred destroyers hold back thy bounty, nor (do they hold back) the shakings of thee who will perform them.

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

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No, not a hundred hinderers can check thy gracious bounty's flow, Nor thy great deeds when thou wilt act.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 31.10

अस्माꣳ अवन्तु ते शतम् अस्मान् सहस्रम् ऊतयः । अस्मान् विश्वा अभिष्टयः

asmām̐ avantu te śatam asmān sahasram ūtayaḥ | asmān viśvā abhiṣṭayaḥ

Let thy hundred helps aid us, thy thousand (aid) us, all (thy) superiorities (aid) us.

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May thine assistance keep us safe, thy hundred and thy thousand aids: May all thy favours strengthen us.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 31.11

अस्माꣳ इहा वृणीष्व सख्याय स्वस्तये । महो राये दिवित्मते

asmām̐ ihā vṛṇīṣva sakhyāya svastaye | maho rāye divitmate

Choose us here for friendship, for wellbeing, for great shining wealth.

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Do thou elect us this place for friendship and prosperity, And great celestial opulence.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 31.12

अस्माꣳ अविड्ढि विश्वहेन्द्र राया परीणसा । अस्मान् विश्वाभिर् ऊतिभिः

asmām̐ aviḍḍhi viśvahendra rāyā parīṇasā | asmān viśvābhir ūtibhiḥ

Help us at all times, Indra, with abundant wealth, us with all (thy) aids.

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Favour us, Indra, evermore with overflowing store of wealth: With all thy succours aid thou us.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 31.13

अस्मभ्यꣳ ताꣳ अपा वृधि व्रजाꣳ अस्तेव गोमतः । नवाभिर् इन्द्रोतिभिः

asmabhyaṁ tām̐ apā vṛdhi vrajām̐ asteva gomataḥ | navābhir indrotibhiḥ

Open up for us those pens full of cattle, as an archer (opens the way), with new helps, O Indra.

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

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With new protections, Indra, like an archer, open thou forus The stables that are filled with kine.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 31.14

अस्माकꣳ धृष्णुया रथो द्युमाꣳ इन्द्रानपच्युतः । गव्युर् अश्वयुर् ईयते

asmākaṁ dhṛṣṇuyā ratho dyumām̐ indrānapacyutaḥ | gavyur aśvayur īyate

Our bold chariot, brilliant and unshaken, O Indra, goes forth seeking cattle, seeking horses.

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Our chariot, Indra, boldly moves endued with splendour, ne'er repulsed, Winning for us both kine andsteeds.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 31.15

अस्माकम् उत्तमꣳ कृधि श्रवो देवेषु सूर्य । वर्षिष्ठꣳ द्याम् इवोपरि

asmākam uttamaṁ kṛdhi śravo deveṣu sūrya | varṣiṣṭhaṁ dyām ivopari

Make our fame the highest among the gods, O Sūrya, the loftiest, like the sky above.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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O Sûrya, make our fame to be most excellent among the Gods, Most lofty as the heaven on high.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)