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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 7 — Chapter 102

RV 7 102.1

पर्जन्याय प्र गायत दिवस् पुत्राय मीऴ्हुषे । स नो यवसम् इच्छतु

parjanyāya pra gāyata divas putrāya mīḻhuṣe | sa no yavasam icchatu

Sing forth to Parjanya, to the son of heaven, the showerer: may he seek out pasture for us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

SING forth and laud Parjanya, son of Heaven, who sends the gift of rain May he provide our pasturage.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 102.2

यो गर्भम् ओषधीनाꣳ गवाꣳ कृणोत्य् अर्वताम् । पर्जन्यः पुरुषीणाम्

yo garbham oṣadhīnāṁ gavāṁ kṛṇoty arvatām | parjanyaḥ puruṣīṇām

He who makes the embryo of the plants, of the cows, of the steeds — Parjanya, (the embryo) of human women.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Parjanya is the God who forms in kine, in mares, in plants of earth, And womankind, the germ of life.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 102.3

तस्मा इद् आस्ये हविर् जुहोता मधुमत्तमम् । इऴाꣳ नः सꣳयतꣳ करत्

tasmā id āsye havir juhotā madhumattamam | iḻāṁ naḥ saṁyataṁ karat

To him indeed pour into the mouth the sweetest oblation: may he make our nourishment continuous.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Offer and pour into his mouth oblation rich in savoury juice: May he for ever give us food.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)