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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 6 — Chapter 55

RV 6 55.1

एहि वाꣳ विमुचो नपाद् आघृणे सꣳ सचावहै । रथीर् ऋतस्य नो भव

ehi vāṁ vimuco napād āghṛṇe saṁ sacāvahai | rathīr ṛtasya no bhava

Come here, son of the unyoking, O glowing one: let the two of us keep company; be our charioteer of ṛta.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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SON of Deliverance, come, bright God! Let us twain go together: be our charioteer of sacrifice.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 6 55.2

रथीतमꣳ कपर्दिनम् ईशानꣳ राधसो महः । रायः सखायम् ईमहे

rathītamaṁ kapardinam īśānaṁ rādhaso mahaḥ | rāyaḥ sakhāyam īmahe

We entreat him, the best of charioteers, the braided-hair one, ruling over great bounty, the comrade of wealth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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We pray for wealth to thee most skilled of charioteers, with braided hair, Lord of great riches, and our Friend.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 6 55.3

रायो धारास्य् आघृणे वसो राशिर् अजाश्व । धीवतो-धीवतः सखा

rāyo dhārāsy āghṛṇe vaso rāśir ajāśva | dhīvato-dhīvataḥ sakhā

You are a stream of wealth, O glowing one, a heap of goods, O you with goats for horses, the friend of each and every pious man.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Bright God whose steeds are goats, thou art a stream of wealth, a treasure-heap, The Friend of every pious man.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 6 55.4

पूषणꣳ न्व् अ१जाश्वम् उप स्तोषाम वाजिनम् । स्वसुर् यो जार उच्यते

pūṣaṇaṁ nv a1jāśvam upa stoṣāma vājinam | svasur yo jāra ucyate

Let us now praise Pūṣan, whose horses are goats, the winner of prizes, who is called the lover of his sister.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Pûshan, who driveth goats for steeds, the strong and Mighty, who is called His Sister's lover, will we laud.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 6 55.5

मातुर् दिधिषुम् अब्रवꣳ स्वसुर् जारः शृणोतु नः । भ्रातेन्द्रस्य सखा मम

mātur didhiṣum abravaṁ svasur jāraḥ śṛṇotu naḥ | bhrātendrasya sakhā mama

I have spoken of (him as) the one who courts his mother; let the lover of his sister hear us — the brother of Indra, my friend.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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His Mother's suitor I address. May he who loves his Sister hear, Brother of Indra, and my Friend.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 6 55.6

आजासः पूषणꣳ रथे निशृम्भास् ते जनश्रियम् । देवꣳ वहन्तु बिभ्रतः

ājāsaḥ pūṣaṇaṁ rathe niśṛmbhās te janaśriyam | devaṁ vahantu bibhrataḥ

Let the goats, thrusting against the chariot, carry Pūṣan, the glory of the people, bearing the god (along).

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

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May the sure-footed goats come nigh, conveying Pûshan on his car, The God who visiteth mankind.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)