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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 7 — Chapter 31

RV 7 31.1

प्र व इन्द्राय मादनꣳ हर्यश्वाय गायत । सखायः सोमपाव्ने

pra va indrāya mādanaṁ haryaśvāya gāyata | sakhāyaḥ somapāvne

Sing forth your exhilarating (song) for Indra of the bay horses, O friends, for the soma-drinker.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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SING ye a song, to make him glad, to Indra, Lord of Tawny Steeds, The Soma-drinker, O my friends.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 31.2

शꣳसेद् उक्थꣳ सुदानव उत द्युक्षꣳ यथा नरः । चकृमा सत्यराधसे

śaṁsed ukthaṁ sudānava uta dyukṣaṁ yathā naraḥ | cakṛmā satyarādhase

Let one recite the hymn to the generous giver, and the heaven-dwelling (one), as men do; we have made (it) for him whose bounty is real.

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

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To him the Bounteous say the laud, and let us glorify, as men May do, the Giver of true gifts.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 31.3

त्वꣳ न इन्द्र वाजयुस् त्वꣳ गव्युः शतक्रतो । त्वꣳ हिरण्ययुर् वसो

tvaṁ na indra vājayus tvaṁ gavyuḥ śatakrato | tvaṁ hiraṇyayur vaso

You, Indra, are for us the seeker of prize, you the seeker of cattle, O you of a hundred resolves, you the seeker of gold, O good one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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O Indra, Lord of boundless might, for us thou winnest strength and kine, Thou winnest gold for us, Good Lord.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 31.4

वयम् इन्द्र त्वायवो ऽभि प्र णोनुमो वृषन् । विद्धी त्व् अ१स्य नो वसो

vayam indra tvāyavo 'bhi pra ṇonumo vṛṣan | viddhī tv a1sya no vaso

We, Indra, devoted to you, roar out toward you, O bull; take note of this (offering) of ours, O good one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Faithful to thee we loudly sing, heroic Indra, songs to thee: Mark, O Good Lord, this act of ours.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 31.5

मा नो निदे च वक्तवे ऽर्यो रन्धीर् अराव्णे । त्वे अपि क्रतुर् मम

mā no nide ca vaktave 'ryo randhīr arāvṇe | tve api kratur mama

Do not deliver us over to the scorner, to the one to be reviled, to the ungenerous stranger; in you rests my resolve.

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

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Give us not up to man's reproach, to foeman's hateful calumny: In thee alone is all my strength.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 31.6

त्वꣳ वर्मासि सप्रथः पुरोयोधश् च वृत्रहन् । त्वया प्रति ब्रुवे युजा

tvaṁ varmāsi saprathaḥ puroyodhaś ca vṛtrahan | tvayā prati bruve yujā

You are far-reaching armour and a fighter in the front, O Vṛtra-slayer; with you as yokemate I speak back (in answer).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Thou art mine ample coat of mail, my Champion, Vr̥itra-Slayer, thou: With thee for Friend I brave the foe.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 31.7

महाꣳ उतासि यस्य ते ऽनु स्वधावरी सहः । मम्नाते इन्द्र रोदसी

mahām̐ utāsi yasya te 'nu svadhāvarī sahaḥ | mamnāte indra rodasī

And you are great, you whose might the two self-willed world-halves have conformed to, Indra.

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

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Yea, great art thou whose conquering might two independent Powers confess. The Heaven, O India, and the Earth.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 31.8

तꣳ त्वा मरुत्वती परि भुवद् वाणी सयावरी । नक्षमाणा सह द्युभिः

taṁ tvā marutvatī pari bhuvad vāṇī sayāvarī | nakṣamāṇā saha dyubhiḥ

May the Marut-attended Voice, travelling with (you), encompass you, reaching (you) together with the days.

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

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So let the voice surround thee, which attends the Maruts on their way, Reaching thee with the rays of light.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 31.9

ऊर्ध्वासस् त्वान्व् इन्दवो भुवन् दस्मम् उप द्यवि । सꣳ ते नमन्त कृष्टयः

ūrdhvāsas tvānv indavo bhuvan dasmam upa dyavi | saṁ te namanta kṛṣṭayaḥ

Rising up, the soma-drops went after you, the wondrous one, up in heaven; the peoples bow down together before you.

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

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Let the ascending drops attain to thee, the Wondrous God, in heaven: Let all the folk bow down to thee.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 31.10

प्र वो महे महिवृधे भरध्वम् प्रचेतसे प्र सुमतिꣳ कृणुध्वम् । विशः पूर्वीः प्र चरा चर्षणिप्राः

pra vo mahe mahivṛdhe bharadhvam pracetase pra sumatiṁ kṛṇudhvam | viśaḥ pūrvīḥ pra carā carṣaṇiprāḥ

Bring (your offering) forth to the great one, who grows great, the far-perceiving; put forth your good thought. Come forth, (thou) filler of men, (through) the many clans.

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

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Bring to the Wise, the Great, who waxeth mighty, your offerings, and make ready your devotion; To many clans he goeth, man's controller.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 31.11

उरुव्यचसे महिने सुवृक्तिम् इन्द्राय ब्रह्म जनयन्त विप्राः । तस्य व्रतानि न मिनन्ति धीराः

uruvyacase mahine suvṛktim indrāya brahma janayanta viprāḥ | tasya vratāni na minanti dhīrāḥ

For the wide-extending, the mighty Indra the inspired ones have generated a well-turned hymn, a formulation; the wise do not violate his ordinances.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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For Indra, the sublime, the far-pervading, have singers generated prayer and praises: The sages never violate his statutes.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 31.12

इन्द्रꣳ वाणीर् अनुत्तमन्युम् एव सत्रा राजानꣳ दधिरे सहध्यै । हर्यश्वाय बर्हया सम् आपीन्

indraṁ vāṇīr anuttamanyum eva satrā rājānaṁ dadhire sahadhyai | haryaśvāya barhayā sam āpīn

The songs have indeed set up Indra, whose fury is unrepelled, wholly as king, so that he may prevail; strengthen the allies for the one with tawny horses.

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

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The choirs have stablished Indra King for ever, for victory, him whose anger is resistless: And, for the Bays' Lord, strengthened those he loveth.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)