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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 7 — Chapter 49

RV 7 49.1

समुद्रज्येष्ठाः सलिलस्य मध्यात् पुनाना यन्त्य् अनिविशमानाः । इन्द्रो या वज्री वृषभो रराद ता आपो देवीर् इह माम् अवन्तु

samudrajyeṣṭhāḥ salilasya madhyāt punānā yanty aniviśamānāḥ | indro yā vajrī vṛṣabho rarāda tā āpo devīr iha mām avantu

Having the ocean as their eldest, from the midst of the flood they go, purifying themselves, never coming to rest — those whose channels Indra the vajra-bearer, the bull, cut open: may those waters, the goddesses, help me here.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

FORTH from the middle of the flood the Waters-their chief the Sea-flow cleansing, never sleeping. Indra, the Bull, the Thunderer, dug their channels: here let those Waters, Goddesses, protect me.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 49.2

या आपो दिव्या उत वा स्रवन्ति खनित्रिमा उत वा याः स्वयꣳजाः । समुद्रार्था याः शुचयः पावकास् ता आपो देवीर् इह माम् अवन्तु

yā āpo divyā uta vā sravanti khanitrimā uta vā yāḥ svayaṁjāḥ | samudrārthā yāḥ śucayaḥ pāvakās tā āpo devīr iha mām avantu

The waters that are heavenly, or that flow (on earth), those made by digging, or those that are self-born, that have the ocean as their goal, that are clear and purifying: may those waters, the goddesses, help me here.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Waters which come from heaven, or those that wander dug from the earth, or flowing free by nature, Bright, purifying, speeding to the Ocean, here let those Waters. Goddesses, protect me.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 49.3

यासाꣳ राजा वरुणो याति मध्ये सत्यानृते अवपश्यञ् जनानाम् । मधुश्चुतः शुचयो याः पावकास् ता आपो देवीर् इह माम् अवन्तु

yāsāṁ rājā varuṇo yāti madhye satyānṛte avapaśyañ janānām | madhuścutaḥ śucayo yāḥ pāvakās tā āpo devīr iha mām avantu

In whose midst king Varuṇa goes, looking down on the truth and falsehood of men, those that drip honey, that are clear and purifying: may those waters, the goddesses, help me here.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Those amid whom goes Varuṇa the Sovran, he who discriminates men's truth and falsehood- Distilling meath, the bright, the purifying, here let those Waters, Goddesses, protect me.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 49.4

यासु राजा वरुणो यासु सोमो विश्वे देवा यासूर्जम् मदन्ति । वैश्वानरो यास्व् अग्निः प्रविष्टस् ता आपो देवीर् इह माम् अवन्तु

yāsu rājā varuṇo yāsu somo viśve devā yāsūrjam madanti | vaiśvānaro yāsv agniḥ praviṣṭas tā āpo devīr iha mām avantu

In whom king Varuṇa, in whom Soma, in whom all the gods take joy in strength, into whom Agni Vaiśvānara has entered: may those waters, the goddesses, help me here.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

They from whom Varuṇa the King, and Soma, and all the Deities drink strength and vigour, They into whom Vaiṣvânara Agni entered, here let those Waters, Goddesses, protect Me.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)