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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 4 — Chapter 54

RV 4 54.1

अभूद् देवः सविता वन्द्यो नु न इदानीम् अह्न उपवाच्यो नृभिः । वि यो रत्ना भजति मानवेभ्यः श्रेष्ठꣳ नो अत्र द्रविणꣳ यथा दधत्

abhūd devaḥ savitā vandyo nu na idānīm ahna upavācyo nṛbhiḥ | vi yo ratnā bhajati mānavebhyaḥ śreṣṭhaṁ no atra draviṇaṁ yathā dadhat

The god Savitṛ has now become one to be praised by us, one to be addressed by men at this time of day — he who distributes treasures among the descendants of Manu, so that he may set the best possession here for us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Now must we praise and honour Savitar the God: at this time of the day the men must call to him, Him who distributes wealth to Manu's progeny, that he may grant us here riches most excellent.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 54.2

देवेभ्यो हि प्रथमꣳ यज्ञियेभ्यो ऽमृतत्वꣳ सुवसि भागम् उत्तमम् । आद् इद् दामानꣳ सवितर् व्य् ऊर्णुषे ऽनूचीना जीविता मानुषेभ्यः

devebhyo hi prathamaṁ yajñiyebhyo 'mṛtatvaṁ suvasi bhāgam uttamam | ād id dāmānaṁ savitar vy ūrṇuṣe 'nūcīnā jīvitā mānuṣebhyaḥ

For first to the gods worthy of sacrifice you impel immortality as their highest share; then, Savitṛ, you uncover (your) gift: lives following one after another for mankind.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

For thou at first producest for the holy Gods the noblest of all portions, immor-tality: Thereafter as a gift to men, O Savitar, thou openest existence, life succeeding life.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 54.3

अचित्ती यच् चकृमा दैव्ये जने दीनैर् दक्षैः प्रभूती पूरुषत्वता । देवेषु च सवितर् मानुषेषु च त्वꣳ नो अत्र सुवताद् अनागसः

acittī yac cakṛmā daivye jane dīnair dakṣaiḥ prabhūtī pūruṣatvatā | deveṣu ca savitar mānuṣeṣu ca tvaṁ no atra suvatād anāgasaḥ

Whatever we have done without thought against the divine folk, through feeble skills, through overbearing, through our human nature — among gods and among men, Savitṛ, impel us here to be guiltless.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

If we, men as we are, have sinned against the Gods through want of thought, in weakness, or through insolence, Absolve us from the guilt and make us free from sin, O Savitar, alike among both Gods and men.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 54.4

न प्रमिये सवितुर् दैव्यस्य तद् यथा विश्वम् भुवनꣳ धारयिष्यति । यत् पृथिव्या वरिमन्न् आ स्वङ्गुरिर् वर्ष्मन् दिवः सुवति सत्यम् अस्य तत्

na pramiye savitur daivyasya tad yathā viśvam bhuvanaṁ dhārayiṣyati | yat pṛthivyā varimann ā svaṅgurir varṣman divaḥ suvati satyam asya tat

That of the divine Savitṛ is not to be thwarted, in the way he will uphold the whole world; what he, of fair fingers, impels in the breadth of the earth, in the height of heaven — that of his is true.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

None may impede that power of Savitar the God whereby he will maintain the universal world. What the fair-fingered God brings forth on earth's expanse or in the heightof heaven, that work of his stands sure.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 54.5

इन्द्रज्येष्ठान् बृहद्भ्यः पर्वतेभ्यः क्षयाꣳ एभ्यः सुवसि पस्त्यावतः । यथा-यथा पतयन्तो वियेमिर एवैव तस्थुः सवितः सवाय ते

indrajyeṣṭhān bṛhadbhyaḥ parvatebhyaḥ kṣayām̐ ebhyaḥ suvasi pastyāvataḥ | yathā-yathā patayanto viyemira evaiva tasthuḥ savitaḥ savāya te

From the lofty mountains you impel to these (men), whose homes have ample dwellings, (settlements) with Indra as chief; just as, flying, they have spread apart, so exactly have they come to a stand for your impulsion, Savitṛ.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

To lofty hills thou sendest those whom Indra leads, and givest fixed abodes with houses unto these. However they may fly and draw themselves apart, still, Savitar, they stand obeying thy behest.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 54.6

ये ते त्रिर् अहन् सवितः सवासो दिवे-दिवे सौभगम् आसुवन्ति । इन्द्रो द्यावापृथिवी सिन्धुर् अद्भिर् आदित्यैर् नो अदितिः शर्म यꣳसत्

ye te trir ahan savitaḥ savāso dive-dive saubhagam āsuvanti | indro dyāvāpṛthivī sindhur adbhir ādityair no aditiḥ śarma yaṁsat

Those impulsions of yours, Savitṛ, which thrice a day, day by day, impel good fortune (to us) — may Indra, Heaven and Earth, the Sindhu with the waters, Aditi with the Ādityas, extend us shelter.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

May the libations poured to thee thrice daily, day after day, O Savitar, bring us blessing. May Indra, Heaven, Earth, Sindhu with the Waters, Aditi with Âdityas, give us shelter.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)