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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 6 — Chapter 40

RV 6 40.1

इन्द्र पिब तुभ्यꣳ सुतो मदायाव स्य हरी वि मुचा सखाया । उत प्र गाय गण आ निषद्याथा यज्ञाय गृणते वयो धाः

indra piba tubhyaṁ suto madāyāva sya harī vi mucā sakhāyā | uta pra gāya gaṇa ā niṣadyāthā yajñāya gṛṇate vayo dhāḥ

Indra, drink: for you it is pressed, for intoxication. Unharness the two bays, unyoke the comrades; and sing forth, having sat down in the company; then set vigour in the sacrifice, in the singer.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

DRINK, Indra; juice is shed to make thee joyful: loose thy Bay Steeds and give thy friends their freedom. Begin the song, seated in our assembly. Give strength for sacrifice to him who singeth.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 6 40.2

अस्य पिब यस्य जज्ञान इन्द्र मदाय क्रत्वे अपिबो विरप्शिन् । तम् उ ते गावो नर आपो अद्रिर् इन्दुꣳ सम् अह्यन् पीतये सम् अस्मै

asya piba yasya jajñāna indra madāya kratve apibo virapśin | tam u te gāvo nara āpo adrir induṁ sam ahyan pītaye sam asmai

Drink of that of which, when newly born, O Indra, you drank for intoxication, for resolve, O exuberant one. That drop the cows, the men, the waters, the pressing-stone have made ready for you, made ready for him to drink.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Drink thou of this whereof at birth, O Indra, thou drankest, Mighty One for power and rapture. The men, the pressing-stones, the cows, the waters have made this Soma ready for thy drinking.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 6 40.3

समिद्धे अग्नौ सुत इन्द्र सोम आ त्वा वहन्तु हरयो वहिष्ठाः । त्वायता मनसा जोहवीमीन्द्रा याहि सुविताय महे नः

samiddhe agnau suta indra soma ā tvā vahantu harayo vahiṣṭhāḥ | tvāyatā manasā johavīmīndrā yāhi suvitāya mahe naḥ

The fire being kindled, the soma pressed, O Indra, let the bays, best at drawing, convey you hither. With mind going out to you I call again and again: Indra, come for our great well-being.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

The fire is kindled, Soma pressed, O Indra: let thy Bays, best to draw, convey thee hither. With mind devoted, Indra, I invoke thee. Come, for our great prosperity approach us.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 6 40.4

आ याहि शश्वद् उशता ययाथेन्द्र महा मनसा सोमपेयम् । उप ब्रह्माणि शृणव इमा नो ऽथा ते यज्ञस् तन्वे३ वयो धात्

ā yāhi śaśvad uśatā yayāthendra mahā manasā somapeyam | upa brahmāṇi śṛṇava imā no 'thā te yajñas tanve3 vayo dhāt

Come, as ever you have come, O Indra, with eager and great mind, to the soma-drinking; hear these our prayers, and let the sacrifice then set vigour in your body.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Indra, come hither: evermore thou camest through our great strong desire to drink the Soma. Listen and hear the prayers which now we offer, and let this sacrifice increase thy vigour.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 6 40.5

यद् इन्द्र दिवि पार्ये यद् ऋधग् यद् वा स्वे सदने यत्र वासि । अतो नो यज्ञम् अवसे नियुत्वान् सजोषाः पाहि गिर्वणो मरुद्भिः

yad indra divi pārye yad ṛdhag yad vā sve sadane yatra vāsi | ato no yajñam avase niyutvān sajoṣāḥ pāhi girvaṇo marudbhiḥ

Whether, Indra, you are in the far heaven, or apart, or in your own seat, wherever you are — from there (come) to our sacrifice for help, with your teams: in concord with the Maruts protect (us), O lover of songs.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Mayst thou, O Indra, on the day of trial, present or absent, wheresoe'er thou dwellest, Thence, with thy team, accordant with the Maruts, Song-lover! guard our sacrifice, to help us.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)