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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 4 — Chapter 9

RV 4 9.1

अग्ने मृऴ महाꣳ असि य ईम् आ देवयुꣳ जनम् । इयेथ बर्हिर् आसदम्

agne mṛḻa mahām̐ asi ya īm ā devayuṁ janam | iyetha barhir āsadam

Agni, be gracious — you are great — you who have come to the god-loving folk to sit on the barhis.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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AGNI, show favour: great art thou who to this pious man art come, To seat thee on the sacred grass.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 9.2

स मानुषीषु दूऴभो विक्षु प्रावीर् अमर्त्यः । दूतो विश्वेषाम् भुवत्

sa mānuṣīṣu dūḻabho vikṣu prāvīr amartyaḥ | dūto viśveṣām bhuvat

He, hard to deceive among the human clans, the immortal furtherer, has become the messenger of all.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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May he the Immortal, Helper, bard to be deceived among mankind, Become the messenger of all.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 9.3

स सद्म परि णीयते होता मन्द्रो दिविष्टिषु । उत पोता नि षीदति

sa sadma pari ṇīyate hotā mandro diviṣṭiṣu | uta potā ni ṣīdati

He is led around the seats, the gladdening hotṛ at the quests for heaven; and he sits down as potṛ.

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

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Around the altar is he led, welcome Chief Priest at solemn rites, Or as the Potar sits him down.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 9.4

उत ग्ना अग्निर् अध्वर उतो गृहपतिर् दमे । उत ब्रह्मा नि षीदति

uta gnā agnir adhvara uto gṛhapatir dame | uta brahmā ni ṣīdati

And Agni is the gnā(-priest?) at the rite, and the lord of the house in the dwelling; and he sits down as brahmán.

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

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Agni in fire at sacrifice, and in the house as Lord thereof, And as a Brahman takes his seat.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 9.5

वेषि ह्य् अध्वरीयताम् उपवक्ता जनानाम् । हव्या च मानुषाणाम्

veṣi hy adhvarīyatām upavaktā janānām | havyā ca mānuṣāṇām

For you come, as the announcer for those performing the rite, of the peoples, and (you come) for the oblations of men.

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

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Thou comest as the guide of folk who celebrate a sacrifice, And to oblations brought by men.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 9.6

वेषीद् व् अस्य दूत्य१ꣳ यस्य जुजोषो अध्वरम् । हव्यम् मर्तस्य वोऴ्हवे

veṣīd v asya dūtya1ṁ yasya jujoṣo adhvaram | havyam martasya voḻhave

You do indeed pursue the embassy of him whose rite you have taken pleasure in, to carry the oblation of the mortal.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Thou servest as his messenger whose sacrifice thou lovest well, To bear the mortal's gifts to heaven.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 9.7

अस्माकꣳ जोष्य् अध्वरम् अस्माकꣳ यज्ञम् अङ्गिरः । अस्माकꣳ शृणुधी हवम्

asmākaṁ joṣy adhvaram asmākaṁ yajñam aṅgiraḥ | asmākaṁ śṛṇudhī havam

Take pleasure in our rite, in our sacrifice, O Aṅgiras; hear our call.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Accept our solemn rite; be pleased, Angiras, with our sacrifice: Give ear and listen to our call.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 9.8

परि ते दूऴभो रथो ऽस्माꣳ अश्नोतु विश्वतः । येन रक्षसि दाशुषः

pari te dūḻabho ratho 'smām̐ aśnotu viśvataḥ | yena rakṣasi dāśuṣaḥ

May your chariot, hard to deceive, reach around us on every side — (the chariot) with which you guard those who offer.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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May thine inviolable car, wherewith thou guardest those who give, Come near to us from every side.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)