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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 5 — Chapter 38

RV 5 38.1

उरोष् ट इन्द्र राधसो विभ्वी रातिः शतक्रतो । अधा नो विश्वचर्षणे द्युम्ना सुक्षत्र मꣳहय

uroṣ ṭa indra rādhaso vibhvī rātiḥ śatakrato | adhā no viśvacarṣaṇe dyumnā sukṣatra maṁhaya

Wide-reaching is the gift of your broad bounty, Indra, O Śatakratu. So bestow splendours on us, O you of all the peoples, O good ruler.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

WIDE, Indra Ṣatakratu, spreads the bounty of thine ample grace: So, Lord of fair dominion, Friend of all men, give us splendid wealth.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 5 38.2

यद् ईम् इन्द्र श्रवाय्यम् इषꣳ शविष्ठ दधिषे । पप्रथे दीर्घश्रुत्तमꣳ हिरण्यवर्ण दुष्टरम्

yad īm indra śravāyyam iṣaṁ śaviṣṭha dadhiṣe | paprathe dīrghaśruttamaṁ hiraṇyavarṇa duṣṭaram

The refreshment worth hearing of that you, Indra, mightiest one, have taken to yourself, has spread out as the farthest-famed, unsurpassable, O gold-coloured one.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

The food which, Mightiest Indra, thou possessest worthy of renown Is bruited as most widely famed, invincible, O Golden-hued!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 5 38.3

शुष्मासो ये ते अद्रिवो मेहना केतसापः । उभा देवाव् अभिष्टये दिवश् च ग्मश् च राजथः

śuṣmāso ye te adrivo mehanā ketasāpaḥ | ubhā devāv abhiṣṭaye divaś ca gmaś ca rājathaḥ

Those furies of yours, O wielder of the stone, that abundantly attend upon (your) intent — you two gods rule over both heaven and earth for (our) aid.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

O Darter of the Stone, the powers which readily obey thy will,– Divinities, both thou and they, ye rule, to guard them, earth and heaven.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 5 38.4

उतो नो अस्य कस्य चिद् दक्षस्य तव वृत्रहन् । अस्मभ्यꣳ नृम्णम् आ भरास्मभ्यꣳ नृमणस्यसे

uto no asya kasya cid dakṣasya tava vṛtrahan | asmabhyaṁ nṛmṇam ā bharāsmabhyaṁ nṛmaṇasyase

And of this skill of yours, whatever it be, O Vṛtra-slayer — bring us manly power, for us you are of a manly mind.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

And from whatever power of thine, O Vr̥itra-slayer, it may be, Bring thou to us heroic strength: thou hast a man's regard for us.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 5 38.5

नू त आभिर् अभिष्टिभिस् तव शर्मञ् छतक्रतो । इन्द्र स्याम सुगोपाः शूर स्याम सुगोपाः

nū ta ābhir abhiṣṭibhis tava śarmañ chatakrato | indra syāma sugopāḥ śūra syāma sugopāḥ

Now, with these superiorities of yours, in your shelter, O you of a hundred powers — Indra, may we be well guarded; O hero, may we be well guarded.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

In thy protection, with these aids of thine, O Lord of Hundred Powers, Indra, may we be guarded well, Hero, may we be guarded well.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)