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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 8 — Chapter 28

RV 8 28.1

ये त्रिꣳशति त्रयस् परो देवासो बर्हिर् आसदन् । विदन्न् अह द्वितासनन्

ye triṁśati trayas paro devāso barhir āsadan | vidann aha dvitāsanan

THE Thirty Gods and Three besides, whose seat hath been the sacred grass, From time of old have found and gained.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896) (public domain)

RV 8 28.2

वरुणो मित्रो अर्यमा स्मद्रातिषाचो अग्नयः । पत्नीवन्तो वषट्कृताः

varuṇo mitro aryamā smadrātiṣāco agnayaḥ | patnīvanto vaṣaṭkṛtāḥ

Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman, (and) the Agnis attended by gifts, accompanied by their wives, honoured with the vaṣaṭ-call.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman, Agnis, with Consorts, sending boons, To whom our Vashaṭ! is addressed:

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 28.3

ते नो गोपा अपाच्यास् त उदक् त इत्था न्यक् । पुरस्तात् सर्वया विशा

te no gopā apācyās ta udak ta itthā nyak | purastāt sarvayā viśā

These are our guardians in the west, and northward here, and in the south, And on the cast, with all the tribe.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896) (public domain)

RV 8 28.4

यथा वशन्ति देवास् तथेद् असत् तद् एषाꣳ नकिर् आ मिनत् । अरावा चन मर्त्यः

yathā vaśanti devās tathed asat tad eṣāṁ nakir ā minat | arāvā cana martyaḥ

Even as the Gods desire so verily shall it be. None minisheth this power of theirs, No demon, and no mortal

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896) (public domain)

RV 8 28.5

सप्तानाꣳ सप्त ऋष्टयः सप्त द्युम्नान्य् एषाम् । सप्तो अधि श्रियो धिरे

saptānāṁ sapta ṛṣṭayaḥ sapta dyumnāny eṣām | sapto adhi śriyo dhire

Of the seven there are seven spears, seven are their splendours, and seven ornaments have they put upon themselves.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

The Seven carry seven spears; seven are the splendours they possess, And seven the glories they assume.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)