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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 5 — Chapter 70

RV 5 70.1

पुरूरुणा चिद् ध्य् अस्त्य् अवो नूनꣳ वाꣳ वरुण । मित्र वꣳसि वाꣳ सुमतिम्

purūruṇā cid dhy asty avo nūnaṁ vāṁ varuṇa | mitra vaṁsi vāṁ sumatim

For truly your help is very wide now, Varuṇa; Mitra, may I win the favour of you two.

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

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EVEN far and wide, O Varuṇa and Mitra, doth your grace extend. May I obtain your kind good-will.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 5 70.2

ता वाꣳ सम्यग् अद्रुह्वाणेषम् अश्याम धायसे । वयꣳ ते रुद्रा स्याम

tā vāṁ samyag adruhvāṇeṣam aśyāma dhāyase | vayaṁ te rudrā syāma

So may we fully attain from you two, O guileless ones, nourishment for sustenance; may we be yours, O Rudras.

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

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From you, benignant Gods, may we gain fully food for sustenance. Such, O ye Rudras, my we be.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 5 70.3

पातꣳ नो रुद्रा पायुभिर् उत त्रायेथाꣳ सुत्रात्रा । तुर्याम दस्यून् तनूभिः

pātaṁ no rudrā pāyubhir uta trāyethāṁ sutrātrā | turyāma dasyūn tanūbhiḥ

Protect us, O Rudras, with your protections, and rescue us, good rescuers; may we overcome the Dasyus with our bodies.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Guard us, O Rudras. with your guar4 save us, ye skilled to save, my we Subdue the Dasyus, we ourselves,

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 5 70.4

मा कस्याद्भुतक्रतू यक्षम् भुजेमा तनूभिः । मा शेषसा मा तनसा

mā kasyādbhutakratū yakṣam bhujemā tanūbhiḥ | mā śeṣasā mā tanasā

May we not suffer with our bodies the uncanny power of anyone, O you two of wondrous resolve—not with our offspring, not with our progeny.

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

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Or ne'er may we, O Wondrous Strong, enjoy another's solemn feast, Ourselves, our sons, or progeny.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)