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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 4 — Chapter 37

RV 4 37.1

उप नो वाजा अध्वरम् ऋभुक्षा देवा यात पथिभिर् देवयानैः । यथा यज्ञम् मनुषो विक्ष्व् आ३सु दधिध्वे रण्वाः सुदिनेष्व् अह्नाम्

upa no vājā adhvaram ṛbhukṣā devā yāta pathibhir devayānaiḥ | yathā yajñam manuṣo vikṣv ā3su dadhidhve raṇvāḥ sudineṣv ahnām

Come to our rite, O Vājas, Ṛbhukṣan, gods, by the paths travelled by gods, just as, delightful ones, you have established the sacrifice among these clans of Manu on the fair days.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

COME to our sacrifice, Vâjas, R̥ibhukshans, Gods, by the paths which Gods are wont to travel, As ye, gay Gods, accept in splendid weather the sacrifice among these folk of Manus.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 37.2

ते वो हृदे मनसे सन्तु यज्ञा जुष्टासो अद्य घृतनिर्णिजो गुः । प्र वः सुतासो हरयन्त पूर्णाः क्रत्वे दक्षाय हर्षयन्त पीताः

te vo hṛde manase santu yajñā juṣṭāso adya ghṛtanirṇijo guḥ | pra vaḥ sutāso harayanta pūrṇāḥ kratve dakṣāya harṣayanta pītāḥ

Let these sacrifices be for your heart, for your mind; welcome, clad in ghee, let them go forth today. Let the pressed (somas), full, carry you along; drunk, let them rouse you to resolve and to skill.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

May these rites please you in your heart and spirit; may the drops clothed in oil this day approach you. May the abundant juices bear you onward to power and strength, and, when imbibed, delight you.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 37.3

त्र्युदायꣳ देवहितꣳ यथा वः स्तोमो वाजा ऋभुक्षणो ददे वः । जुह्वे मनुष्वद् उपरासु विक्षु युष्मे सचा बृहद्दिवेषु सोमम्

tryudāyaṁ devahitaṁ yathā vaḥ stomo vājā ṛbhukṣaṇo dade vaḥ | juhve manuṣvad uparāsu vikṣu yuṣme sacā bṛhaddiveṣu somam

As a threefold ascent appointed by the gods, so has the praise-song, O Vājas, Ṛbhukṣans, been taken up for you. Like Manu I pour among the lower clans the soma, together with you among those in high heaven.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Your threefold going near is God-appointed, so praise is given you, Vâjas and R̥ibhukshans. So, Manus-like, mid younger folk I offer, to you who are aloft in heaven, the Soma.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 37.4

पीवोअश्वाः शुचद्रथा हि भूतायःशिप्रा वाजिनः सुनिष्काः । इन्द्रस्य सूनो शवसो नपातो ऽनु वश् चेत्य् अग्रियम् मदाय

pīvoaśvāḥ śucadrathā hi bhūtāyaḥśiprā vājinaḥ suniṣkāḥ | indrasya sūno śavaso napāto 'nu vaś cety agriyam madāya

For you have become possessors of fat horses and gleaming chariots, metal-jawed, prize-winning, well-ornamented. O sons of Indra, grandsons of strength — the foremost (draught) has shown itself to you for exhilaration.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Strong, with fair chains of gold and jaws of iron, ye have a splendid car and well-fed horses. Ye Sons of Strength, ye progeny of Indra, to you the best is offered to delight you.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 37.5

ऋभुम् ऋभुक्षणो रयिꣳ वाजे वाजिन्तमꣳ युजम् । इन्द्रस्वन्तꣳ हवामहे सदासातमम् अश्विनम्

ṛbhum ṛbhukṣaṇo rayiṁ vāje vājintamaṁ yujam | indrasvantaṁ havāmahe sadāsātamam aśvinam

O Ṛbhukṣans, we call upon Ṛbhu, wealth, the most prize-winning yoke-fellow in the contest, the one accompanied by Indra, always most winning, bringing horses.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

R̥ibhukshans! him, for handy wealth, the mightiest comrade in the fight, Him, Indra's equal, we invoke, most bounteous ever, rich in steeds.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 37.6

सेद् ऋभवो यम् अवथ यूयम् इन्द्रश् च मर्त्यम् । स धीभिर् अस्तु सनिता मेधसाता सो अर्वता

sed ṛbhavo yam avatha yūyam indraś ca martyam | sa dhībhir astu sanitā medhasātā so arvatā

That mortal indeed, O Ṛbhus, whom you and Indra favour — let him be a winner by his insights, in the winning of wisdom, and by his steed.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

The mortal man whom, R̥ibhus, ye and Indra favour with your help, Must be successful, by his thoughts, at sacrifice and with the steed.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 37.7

वि नो वाजा ऋभुक्षणः पथश् चितन यष्टवे । अस्मभ्यꣳ सूरयः स्तुता विश्वा आशास् तरीषणि

vi no vājā ṛbhukṣaṇaḥ pathaś citana yaṣṭave | asmabhyaṁ sūrayaḥ stutā viśvā āśās tarīṣaṇi

Make the paths clear for us, O Vājas, O Ṛbhukṣans, so that (we) may sacrifice; (grant) to us, you praised lords, (the power) to cross over all the regions.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

O Vâjas and R̥ibhukshans, free for us the paths to sacrifice, Ye Princes, lauded, that we may press forward to each point of heaven.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 37.8

तꣳ नो वाजा ऋभुक्षण इन्द्र नासत्या रयिम् । सम् अश्वꣳ चर्षणिभ्य आ पुरु शस्त मघत्तये

taṁ no vājā ṛbhukṣaṇa indra nāsatyā rayim | sam aśvaṁ carṣaṇibhya ā puru śasta maghattaye

That wealth, O Vājas, O Ṛbhukṣans, O Indra, O Nāsatyas, (grant) us; abundantly assign a horse to (our) people, for liberality.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

O Vâjas and R̥ibhukshans, ye Nâsatyas, Indra, bless this wealth, And, before other men's, the steed, that ample riches may be won.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)