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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 5 — Chapter 5

RV 5 5.1

सुसमिद्धाय शोचिषे घृतꣳ तीव्रꣳ जुहोतन । अग्नये जातवेदसे

susamiddhāya śociṣe ghṛtaṁ tīvraṁ juhotana | agnaye jātavedase

To the well-kindled flame pour sharp ghee, to Agni Jātavedas.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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To Agni, Jâtavedas, to the flame, the well-enkindled God, Offer thick sacrificial oil.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 5 5.2

नराशꣳसः सुषूदतीमꣳ यज्ञम् अदाभ्यः । कविर् हि मधुहस्त्यः

narāśaṁsaḥ suṣūdatīmaṁ yajñam adābhyaḥ | kavir hi madhuhastyaḥ

Let Narāśaṃsa, not to be deceived, make this sacrifice go sweetly; for he is a poet with honey in his hand.

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He, Narâṣansa, ne'er beguiled, inspiriteth this sacrifice: For sage is he, with sweets in hand.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 5 5.3

ईऴितो अग्न आ वहेन्द्रꣳ चित्रम् इह प्रियम् । सुखै रथेभिर् ऊतये

īḻito agna ā vahendraṁ citram iha priyam | sukhai rathebhir ūtaye

Invoked, Agni, convey Indra here, the bright, the dear one, with easy-running chariots, for help.

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Adored, O Agni, hither bring Indra the Wonderful, the Friend, On lightly-rolling car to aid.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 5 5.4

ऊर्णम्रदा वि प्रथस्वाभ्य् अ१र्का अनूषत । भवा नः शुभ्र सातये

ūrṇamradā vi prathasvābhy a1rkā anūṣata | bhavā naḥ śubhra sātaye

Soft as wool, spread yourself wide; the chants have sung out (toward you); be for our winning, O shining one.

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Spread thyself out, thou soft as wool The holy hymns have sung to thee. Bring gain to us, O beautiful!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 5 5.5

देवीर् द्वारो वि श्रयध्वꣳ सुप्रायणा न ऊतये । प्र-प्र यज्ञम् पृणीतन

devīr dvāro vi śrayadhvaṁ suprāyaṇā na ūtaye | pra-pra yajñam pṛṇītana

Divine doors, open wide, easy to pass through, for our help; fill out the sacrifice further and further.

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Open yourselves, ye Doors Divine, easy of access for our aid: Fill, more and more, the sacrifice.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 5 5.6

सुप्रतीके वयोवृधा यह्वी ऋतस्य मातरा । दोषाम् उषासम् ईमहे

supratīke vayovṛdhā yahvī ṛtasya mātarā | doṣām uṣāsam īmahe

The two of fair countenance, strengthening vigour, the young mothers of ṛta — Night and Dawn — we implore.

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Fair strengtheners of vital power, young Mothers of eternal Law, Morning and Night we supplicate.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 5 5.7

वातस्य पत्मन्न् ईऴिता दैव्या होतारा मनुषः । इमꣳ नो यज्ञम् आ गतम्

vātasya patmann īḻitā daivyā hotārā manuṣaḥ | imaṁ no yajñam ā gatam

On the flight of the wind, invoked, you two divine hotṛs of man: come to this sacrifice of ours.

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On the wind's flight come, glorified, ye two celestial Priests of man Come ye to this our sacrifice.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 5 5.8

इऴा सरस्वती मही तिस्रो देवीर् मयोभुवः । बर्हिः सीदन्त्व् अस्रिधः

iḻā sarasvatī mahī tisro devīr mayobhuvaḥ | barhiḥ sīdantv asridhaḥ

Iḻā, Sarasvatī, Mahī — the three goddesses who bring comfort — let them sit down on the barhis, unerring.

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lḷâ, Sarasvatî, Mahî, three Goddesses who bring us weal, Be seated harmless on the grass.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 5 5.9

शिवस् त्वष्टर् इहा गहि विभुः पोष उत त्मना । यज्ञे-यज्ञे न उद् अव

śivas tvaṣṭar ihā gahi vibhuḥ poṣa uta tmanā | yajñe-yajñe na ud ava

Come here, Tvaṣṭar, kindly, far-reaching in nourishment and of yourself; at every sacrifice help us up.

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Rich in all plenty, Tvashṭar, come auspicious of thine own accord Help us in every sacrifice.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 5 5.10

यत्र वेत्थ वनस्पते देवानाꣳ गुह्या नामानि । तत्र हव्यानि गामय

yatra vettha vanaspate devānāṁ guhyā nāmāni | tatra havyāni gāmaya

Where you know, Vanaspati, the hidden names of the gods, there make the oblations go.

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Vanaspati, wherever thou knowest the Gods' mysterious names, Send our oblations thitherward.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 5 5.11

स्वाहाग्नये वरुणाय स्वाहेन्द्राय मरुद्भ्यः । स्वाहा देवेभ्यो हविः

svāhāgnaye varuṇāya svāhendrāya marudbhyaḥ | svāhā devebhyo haviḥ

Svāhā to Agni, to Varuṇa, svāhā to Indra, to the Maruts; svāhā — the oblation to the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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To Agni and to Varuṇa, Indra, the Maruts, and the Gods, With Svâhâ be oblation brought.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)