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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 6 — Chapter 57

RV 6 57.1

इन्द्रा नु पूषणा वयꣳ सख्याय स्वस्तये । हुवेम वाजसातये

indrā nu pūṣaṇā vayaṁ sakhyāya svastaye | huvema vājasātaye

Let us now call on Indra and Pūṣan, for friendship, for well-being, for the winning of the prize.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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INDRA and Pûshan will we call for friend ship and prosperity And for the winning of the spoil.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 6 57.2

सोमम् अन्य उपासदत् पातवे चम्वोः सुतम् । करम्भम् अन्य इच्छति

somam anya upāsadat pātave camvoḥ sutam | karambham anya icchati

The one has sat down by the Soma pressed in the two cups, to drink it; the other desires porridge.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

One by the Soma sits to drink juice which the mortar hath expressed: The other longs for curd and meal.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 6 57.3

अजा अन्यस्य वह्नयो हरी अन्यस्य सम्भृता । ताभ्याꣳ वृत्राणि जिघ्नते

ajā anyasya vahnayo harī anyasya sambhṛtā | tābhyāṁ vṛtrāṇi jighnate

Goats are the one's draught-animals; the two bay horses, well-harnessed, are the other's; with those two he strikes down the obstacles.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Goats are the team that draws the one: the other hath Bay Steeds at hand; With both of these he slays the fiends.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 6 57.4

यद् इन्द्रो अनयद् रितो महीर् अपो वृषन्तमः । तत्र पूषाभवत् सचा

yad indro anayad rito mahīr apo vṛṣantamaḥ | tatra pūṣābhavat sacā

When Indra, most bull-like, led the great waters straight on, there Pūṣan was at his side.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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When Indra, wondrous strong, brought down the streams, the mighty waterfloods, Pûshan was standing by his side.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 6 57.5

ताम् पूष्णः सुमतिꣳ वयꣳ वृक्षस्य प्र वयाम् इव । इन्द्रस्य चा रभामहे

tām pūṣṇaḥ sumatiṁ vayaṁ vṛkṣasya pra vayām iva | indrasya cā rabhāmahe

That favour of Pūṣan and of Indra we grasp, as one grasps a branch of a tree.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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To this, to Pûshan's favouring love, and Indra's, may we closely cling, As to a tree's extended bough.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 6 57.6

उत् पूषणꣳ युवामहे ऽभीशूꣳर् इव सारथिः । मह्या इन्द्रꣳ स्वस्तये

ut pūṣaṇaṁ yuvāmahe 'bhīśūm̐r iva sārathiḥ | mahyā indraṁ svastaye

We pull Pūṣan up toward us, as a charioteer (pulls) the reins, and Indra, for great well-being.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

As one who drives a car draws in his reins, may we draw Pûshan near, And Indra, for our great success.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)