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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 4 — Chapter 8

RV 4 8.1

दूतꣳ वो विश्ववेदसꣳ हव्यवाहम् अमर्त्यम् । यजिष्ठम् ऋञ्जसे गिरा

dūtaṁ vo viśvavedasaṁ havyavāham amartyam | yajiṣṭham ṛñjase girā

Your messenger, who knows all, the carrier of oblations, immortal, best at sacrificing — him I approach with a song.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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YOUR envoy who possesses all, Immortal, bearer of your gifts, Best worshipper, I woo with song.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 8.2

स हि वेदा वसुधितिम् महाꣳ आरोधनꣳ दिवः । स देवाꣳ एह वक्षति

sa hi vedā vasudhitim mahām̐ ārodhanaṁ divaḥ | sa devām̐ eha vakṣati

For he knows the treasure-store, he the great one, (and) the ascent of heaven. He will bring the gods here.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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He, Mighty, knows the gift of wealth, he knows the deep recess of heaven: He shall bring hitherward the Gods.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 8.3

स वेद देव आनमꣳ देवाꣳ ऋतायते दमे । दाति प्रियाणि चिद् वसु

sa veda deva ānamaṁ devām̐ ṛtāyate dame | dāti priyāṇi cid vasu

He, a god, knows how to bend the gods (hither) to the house of the man who follows ṛta; he gives even dear goods.

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

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He knows, a God himself, to guide Gods to the righteous in his home: He gives e'en treasures that we love.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 8.4

स होता सेद् उ दूत्यꣳ चिकित्वाꣳ अन्तर् ईयते । विद्वाꣳ आरोधनꣳ दिवः

sa hotā sed u dūtyaṁ cikitvām̐ antar īyate | vidvām̐ ārodhanaṁ divaḥ

He is the hotṛ, and he, discerning, moves between (the two worlds) on his embassy, knowing the ascent of heaven.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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He is the Herald: well-informed, he doth his errand to and fro, Knowing the deep recess of heaven.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 8.5

ते स्याम ये अग्नये ददाशुर् हव्यदातिभिः । य ईम् पुष्यन्त इन्धते

te syāma ye agnaye dadāśur havyadātibhiḥ | ya īm puṣyanta indhate

May we be those who have served Agni with gifts of oblations, who kindle him while they prosper (him).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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May we be they who gratify Agni with sacrificial gifts, Whocherish and enkindle him.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 8.6

ते राया ते सुवीर्यैः ससवाꣳसो वि शृण्विरे । ये अग्ना दधिरे दुवः

te rāyā te suvīryaiḥ sasavāṁso vi śṛṇvire | ye agnā dadhire duvaḥ

They, having won wealth, they, having won good heroes, are widely renowned — those who have offered reverence to Agni.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Illustrious for wealth are they, and hero deeds, victorious, Who have served Agni reverently.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 8.7

अस्मे रायो दिवे-दिवे सꣳ चरन्तु पुरुस्पृहः । अस्मे वाजास ईरताम्

asme rāyo dive-dive saṁ carantu puruspṛhaḥ | asme vājāsa īratām

Let riches much desired come together to us day by day; let prizes of strength speed to us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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So unto us, day after day, may riches craved by many come, And power and might spring up for us.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 8.8

स विप्रश् चर्षणीनाꣳ शवसा मानुषाणाम् । अति क्षिप्रेव विध्यति

sa vipraś carṣaṇīnāṁ śavasā mānuṣāṇām | ati kṣipreva vidhyati

That inspired one, with the power of the peoples, of men, shoots beyond (them) as with a swift (arrow).

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

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That holy Singer in his strength shoots forth his arrows swifter than The swift shafts of the tribes of men.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)