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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 5 — Chapter 17

RV 5 17.1

आ यज्ञैर् देव मर्त्य इत्था तव्याꣳसम् ऊतये । अग्निꣳ कृते स्वध्वरे पूरुर् ईऴीतावसे

ā yajñair deva martya itthā tavyāṁsam ūtaye | agniṁ kṛte svadhvare pūrur īḻītāvase

With sacrifices the mortal (calls) the god hither for help, him who is thus the stronger; when the good rite has been made, let the Pūru invoke Agni for aid.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

GOD, may a mortal call the Strong hither, with solemn rites, to aid, A man call Agni to protect when sacrifice is well prepared.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 5 17.2

अस्य हि स्वयशस्तर आसा विधर्मन् मन्यसे । तꣳ नाकꣳ चित्रशोचिषम् मन्द्रम् परो मनीषया

asya hi svayaśastara āsā vidharman manyase | taṁ nākaṁ citraśociṣam mandram paro manīṣayā

For by his mouth, O you of surpassing self-glory, you are thought of in the wide expanse — (you think) him the vault of dappled flame, the delightful one, beyond conception.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Near him thou seemest mightier still in native glory, set to hold Apart yon flame-hued vault of heaven, lovely beyond the thought of man.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 5 17.3

अस्य वासा उ अर्चिषा य आयुक्त तुजा गिरा । दिवो न यस्य रेतसा बृहच् छोचन्त्य् अर्चयः

asya vāsā u arciṣā ya āyukta tujā girā | divo na yasya retasā bṛhac chocanty arcayaḥ

By his mouth indeed, and by (his) flame — he who has been yoked by an impelling song, whose flames blaze aloft as if with the seed of heaven.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Yea, this is by the light of him whom powerful siong hath bound to act, Whose bearns of splendour flash on high as though they sprang from heavenly seed.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 5 17.4

अस्य क्रत्वा विचेतसो दस्मस्य वसु रथ आ । अधा विश्वासु हव्यो ऽग्निर् विक्षु प्र शस्यते

asya kratvā vicetaso dasmasya vasu ratha ā | adhā viśvāsu havyo 'gnir vikṣu pra śasyate

By the resolve (kratu) of this discerning, wondrous one, wealth (is) in the chariot; and so Agni, to be invoked, is proclaimed among all the clans.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Wealth loads the Wonder-Worker's car through his, the very wise One's power. Then, meet to be invoked among all tribes, is Agni ghorified.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 5 17.5

नू न इद् धि वार्यम् आसा सचन्त सूरयः । ऊर्जो नपाद् अभिष्टये पाहि शग्धि स्वस्तय उतैधि पृत्सु नो वृधे

nū na id dhi vāryam āsā sacanta sūrayaḥ | ūrjo napād abhiṣṭaye pāhi śagdhi svastaya utaidhi pṛtsu no vṛdhe

For now indeed the patrons obtain what is choice by his mouth. O Child of Strength, for superiority protect (us), be capable for (our) well-being, and be at hand in the contests for our increase.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Now, too, the princes shall obtain excellent riches by our lips. Protect us for our welfare: lend thy succour, O thou Son of Strength. Be near in fight to prosper us.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)