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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 4 — Chapter 35

RV 4 35.1

इहोप यात शवसो नपातः सौधन्वना ऋभवो माप भूत । अस्मिन् हि वः सवने रत्नधेयꣳ गमन्त्व् इन्द्रम् अनु वो मदासः

ihopa yāta śavaso napātaḥ saudhanvanā ṛbhavo māpa bhūta | asmin hi vaḥ savane ratnadheyaṁ gamantv indram anu vo madāsaḥ

Come here, O sons of strength, O Saudhanvanas, O Ṛbhus; do not be away. For at this pressing there is a bestowing of treasure for you; let your exhilarations go after Indra.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Come hither, O ye Sons of Strength, ye R̥ibhus; stay not afar, ye Children of Sudhanvan. At this libation is your gift of treasure. Let gladdening draughts approach you after Indra's.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 35.2

आगन्न् ऋभूणाम् इह रत्नधेयम् अभूत् सोमस्य सुषुतस्य पीतिः । सुकृत्यया यत् स्वपस्यया चꣳ एकꣳ विचक्र चमसꣳ चतुर्धा

āgann ṛbhūṇām iha ratnadheyam abhūt somasya suṣutasya pītiḥ | sukṛtyayā yat svapasyayā cam̐ ekaṁ vicakra camasaṁ caturdhā

The treasure-bestowal of the Ṛbhus has come here; the drinking of the well-pressed soma has taken place — since by good craft, by skilled workmanship, you made the one cup into four.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Hither is come the R̥ibhus' gift of riches; here was the drinking of the well-pressed Soma, Since by dexterity and skill as craftsmen ye made the single chalice to be fourfold

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 35.3

व्य् अकृणोत चमसꣳ चतुर्धा सखे वि शिक्षेत्य् अब्रवीत । अथैत वाजा अमृतस्य पन्थाꣳ गणꣳ देवानाम् ऋभवः सुहस्ताः

vy akṛṇota camasaṁ caturdhā sakhe vi śikṣety abravīta | athaita vājā amṛtasya panthāṁ gaṇaṁ devānām ṛbhavaḥ suhastāḥ

"Make the cup fourfold; friend, show your skill," you said. Then, O Vājas, you went the path of immortality, to the host of the gods, O deft-handed Ṛbhus.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Ye made fourfold the chalice that wag single: ye spake these words and said, O Friend, assist us; Then, Vâjas! gained the path of life eternal, deft-handed R̥ibhus, to the Gods' assembly.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 35.4

किम्मयः स्विच् चमस एष आस यꣳ काव्येन चतुरो विचक्र । अथा सुनुध्वꣳ सवनम् मदाय पात ऋभवो मधुनः सोम्यस्य

kimmayaḥ svic camasa eṣa āsa yaṁ kāvyena caturo vicakra | athā sunudhvaṁ savanam madāya pāta ṛbhavo madhunaḥ somyasya

Of what stuff, then, was this cup, which by (your) skill you turned into four? Now press out the pressing for exhilaration; drink, Ṛbhus, of the somic sweet.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Out of what substance was that chalice fashioned which ye made fourfold by your art and wisdom? Now for the gladdening draught press out the liquor, and drink, O R̥ibhus, of die meath of Soma.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 35.5

शच्याकर्त पितरा युवाना शच्याकर्त चमसꣳ देवपानम् । शच्या हरी धनुतराव् अतष्टेन्द्रवाहाव् ऋभवो वाजरत्नाः

śacyākarta pitarā yuvānā śacyākarta camasaṁ devapānam | śacyā harī dhanutarāv ataṣṭendravāhāv ṛbhavo vājaratnāḥ

By (your) skill you made the parents young; by skill you made the cup, the drink of the gods; by skill you fashioned the two swift-running bays that draw Indra — Ṛbhus, whose jewel is the prize.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Ye with your cunning made your Parents youthful; the cup, for Gods to drink, ye formed with cunning; With cunning, R̥ibhus, rich in treasure, fashioned the two swift Tawny Steeds who carry Indra.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 35.6

यो वः सुनोत्य् अभिपित्वे अह्नाꣳ तीव्रꣳ वाजासः सवनम् मदाय । तस्मै रयिम् ऋभवः सर्ववीरम् आ तक्षत वृषणो मन्दसानाः

yo vaḥ sunoty abhipitve ahnāṁ tīvraṁ vājāsaḥ savanam madāya | tasmai rayim ṛbhavaḥ sarvavīram ā takṣata vṛṣaṇo mandasānāḥ

Whoever presses for you, O Vājas, at the closing-in of the days the sharp pressing for exhilaration — for him, O Ṛbhus, bulls, being exhilarated, fashion wealth consisting wholly of heroes.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Whoso pours out for you, when days are closing, the sharp libation for your joy, O Vâjas, For him, O mighty R̥ibhus, ye, rejoicing, have fashioned wealth with plenteous store of heroes.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 35.7

प्रातः सुतम् अपिबो हर्यश्व माध्यꣳदिनꣳ सवनꣳ केवलꣳ ते । सम् ऋभुभिः पिबस्व रत्नधेभिः सखीꣳर् याꣳ इन्द्र चकृषे सुकृत्या

prātaḥ sutam apibo haryaśva mādhyaṁdinaṁ savanaṁ kevalaṁ te | sam ṛbhubhiḥ pibasva ratnadhebhiḥ sakhīm̐r yām̐ indra cakṛṣe sukṛtyā

At dawn you drank the pressed (soma), O you of the bay horses; the midday pressing is yours alone. Drink together with the Ṛbhus, the treasure-setters, whom, Indra, you made your friends because of their good workmanship.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Lord of Bay Steeds, at dawn thejuice thou drankest: thine, only thine, is the noonday libation. Now drink thou with the wealth-bestowing R̥ibhus, whom for their skill thou madest friends, O Indra.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 35.8

ये देवासो अभवता सुकृत्या श्येना इवेद् अधि दिवि निषेद । ते रत्नꣳ धात शवसो नपातः सौधन्वना अभवतामृतासः

ye devāso abhavatā sukṛtyā śyenā ived adhi divi niṣeda | te ratnaṁ dhāta śavaso napātaḥ saudhanvanā abhavatāmṛtāsaḥ

You who by good workmanship became gods — like falcons you settled up in heaven. So set down a treasure, sons of strength; O Saudhanvanas, you became immortal.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Ye, whom your artist skill hath raised to Godhead have set you down above in heaven like falcons. So give us riches, Children of Sudhanvan, O Sons of Strength; ye have become immortal.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 35.9

यत् तृतीयꣳ सवनꣳ रत्नधेयम् अकृणुध्वꣳ स्वपस्या सुहस्ताः । तद् ऋभवः परिषिक्तꣳ व एतत् सम् मदेभिर् इन्द्रियेभिः पिबध्वम्

yat tṛtīyaṁ savanaṁ ratnadheyam akṛṇudhvaṁ svapasyā suhastāḥ | tad ṛbhavaḥ pariṣiktaṁ va etat sam madebhir indriyebhiḥ pibadhvam

The third pressing, the treasure-bestowing one, which you deft-handed ones made by (your) good craft — that, Ṛbhus, is this (soma) poured out for you: drink it down with the Indra-belonging exhilarations.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

The third libation, that bestoweth treasure, which ye have won by skill, ye dexterous-handed,– This drink hath been effused for you, O R̥ibhus . drink it with high delight, with joy like Indra's.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)