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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 7 — Chapter 47

RV 7 47.1

आपो यꣳ वः प्रथमꣳ देवयन्त इन्द्रपानम् ऊर्मिम् अकृण्वतेऴः । तꣳ वो वयꣳ शुचिम् अरिप्रम् अद्य घृतप्रुषम् मधुमन्तꣳ वनेम

āpo yaṁ vaḥ prathamaṁ devayanta indrapānam ūrmim akṛṇvateḻaḥ | taṁ vo vayaṁ śucim aripram adya ghṛtapruṣam madhumantaṁ vanema

O Waters, that wave of yours which the god-seeking ones first made as Indra's drink, (a wave) of refreshment — may we today win that (wave) of yours, pure, spotless, ghee-sprinkling, full of honey.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

MAY we obtain this day from you, O Waters, that wave of pure refreshment, which the pious Made erst the special beverage of Indra, bright, stainless, rich in sweets and dropping fatness.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 47.2

तम् ऊर्मिम् आपो मधुमत्तमꣳ वो ऽपाꣳ नपाद् अवत्व् आशुहेमा । यस्मिन्न् इन्द्रो वसुभिर् मादयाते तम् अश्याम देवयन्तो वो अद्य

tam ūrmim āpo madhumattamaṁ vo 'pāṁ napād avatv āśuhemā | yasminn indro vasubhir mādayāte tam aśyāma devayanto vo adya

That wave of yours, O Waters, the most honeyed, may Apāṁ Napāt, who drives swiftly, favour; that in which Indra revels with the Vasus — may we, god-seeking, attain it of yours today.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

May the Floods' Offspring, he whose course is rapid, protect that wave most rich in sweets, O Waters, That shall make Indra and the Vasus joyful. This may we gain from you to-day, we pious.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 47.3

शतपवित्राः स्वधया मदन्तीर् देवीर् देवानाम् अपि यन्ति पाथः । ता इन्द्रस्य न मिनन्ति व्रतानि सिन्धुभ्यो हव्यꣳ घृतवज् जुहोत

śatapavitrāḥ svadhayā madantīr devīr devānām api yanti pāthaḥ | tā indrasya na minanti vratāni sindhubhyo havyaṁ ghṛtavaj juhota

Purified a hundredfold, rejoicing by their own power, the goddesses go along the path of the gods. They do not transgress the ordinances of Indra; pour the ghee-rich oblation to the rivers.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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All-purifying, joying in their nature, to paths of Gods the Goddesses move onward. They never violate the laws of Indra. Present the oil-rich offering to the Rivers.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 47.4

याः सूर्यो रश्मिभिर् आततान याभ्य इन्द्रो अरदद् गातुम् ऊर्मिम् । ते सिन्धवो वरिवो धातना नो यूयम् पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः

yāḥ sūryo raśmibhir ātatāna yābhya indro aradad gātum ūrmim | te sindhavo varivo dhātanā no yūyam pāta svastibhiḥ sadā naḥ

Those which Sūrya has stretched out with his rays, for which Indra dug out a course, a wave — you rivers, establish wide space for us. Do you protect us always with blessings.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Whom Sûrya with his bright beams hath attracted, and Indra dug the path for them to travel, May these Streams give us ample room and freedom. Preserve us evermore, ye Gods, with blessings.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)