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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 5 — Chapter 39

RV 5 39.1

यद् इन्द्र चित्र मेहनास्ति त्वादातम् अद्रिवः । राधस् तन् नो विदद्वस उभयाहस्त्य् आ भर

yad indra citra mehanāsti tvādātam adrivaḥ | rādhas tan no vidadvasa ubhayāhasty ā bhara

What (gift) there is, O resplendent Indra, given by you in abundance, O lord of the stone — that bounty bring to us with both hands, O finder of goods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

STONE-DARTING Indra. Wondrous One, what wealth is richly given from thee, That bounty, Treasure-Finder! bring filling both thy hands, to us.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 5 39.2

यन् मन्यसे वरेण्यम् इन्द्र द्युक्षꣳ तद् आ भर । विद्याम तस्य ते वयम् अकूपारस्य दावने

yan manyase vareṇyam indra dyukṣaṁ tad ā bhara | vidyāma tasya te vayam akūpārasya dāvane

What you deem choice, Indra, dwelling in heaven — bring that. May we know that of you, the unbounded one, for the giving.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Bring what thou deemest worth the wish, O Indra, that which is in heaven. So may we know thee as thou art, boundless in thy munificence.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 5 39.3

यत् ते दित्सु प्रराध्यम् मनो अस्ति श्रुतम् बृहत् । तेन दृऴ्हा चिद् अद्रिव आ वाजꣳ दर्षि सातये

yat te ditsu prarādhyam mano asti śrutam bṛhat | tena dṛḻhā cid adriva ā vājaṁ darṣi sātaye

That mind of yours, ready to give, easy to win over, renowned, lofty — with it, O lord of the stone, break open even the strongholds, for the winning of the prize.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Thy lofty spirit, far-renowned as fain to give and prompt to win,– With this thou rendest e'en the firm, Stone-Darter! so to gain thee strength.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 5 39.4

मꣳहिष्ठꣳ वो मघोनाꣳ राजानꣳ चर्षणीनाम् । इन्द्रम् उप प्रशस्तये पूर्वीभिर् जुजुषे गिरः

maṁhiṣṭhaṁ vo maghonāṁ rājānaṁ carṣaṇīnām | indram upa praśastaye pūrvībhir jujuṣe giraḥ

For your sake I have taken pleasure in songs, with many (songs), to the praising of Indra, the most generous of the bounteous, the king of the peoples.

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

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Singers with many songs have made Indra propitious to their fame, Him who is King of human kind, most liberal of your wealthy ones.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 5 39.5

अस्मा इत् काव्यꣳ वच उक्थम् इन्द्राय शꣳस्यम् । तस्मा उ ब्रह्मवाहसे गिरो वर्धन्त्य् अत्रयो गिरः शुम्भन्त्य् अत्रयः

asmā it kāvyaṁ vaca uktham indrāya śaṁsyam | tasmā u brahmavāhase giro vardhanty atrayo giraḥ śumbhanty atrayaḥ

To him indeed the poet's speech, to Indra the hymn that is to be recited. For him, who is carried by brahman-utterance, the Atris make the songs grow, the Atris make the songs beautiful.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

To him, to Indra must be sung the poet's word, the hymn of praise. To him, accepter of the prayer, the Atris raise their songs on high, the Atris beautify their songs.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)