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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 8 — Chapter 30

RV 8 30.1

नहि वो अस्त्य् अर्भको देवासो न कुमारकः । विश्वे सतोमहान्त इत्

nahi vo asty arbhako devāso na kumārakaḥ | viśve satomahānta it

For none of you, O gods, is a little one, nor a small child: all of you are indeed great.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

NOT one of you, ye Gods, is small, none of you is a feeble child: All of you, verily, are great.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 30.2

इति स्तुतासो असथा रिशादसो ये स्थ त्रयश् च त्रिꣳशच् च । मनोर् देवा यज्ञियासः

iti stutāso asathā riśādaso ye stha trayaś ca triṁśac ca | manor devā yajñiyāsaḥ

Thus praised may you be, you foe-destroyers who are three and thirty, gods of Manu, worthy of the sacrifice.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Thus be ye lauded, ye destroyers of the foe, ye Three-and-Thirty Deities, The Gods of man, the Holy Ones.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 30.3

ते नस् त्राध्वꣳ ते ऽवत त उ नो अधि वोचत । मा नः पथः पित्र्यान् मानवाद् अधि दूरꣳ नैष्ट परावतः

te nas trādhvaṁ te 'vata ta u no adhi vocata | mā naḥ pathaḥ pitryān mānavād adhi dūraṁ naiṣṭa parāvataḥ

Do you guard us, do you help us, do you speak up for us; do not lead us far away from the fathers' path, the path of Manu, off into the distances.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

As such defend and succour us, with benedictions speak to us: Lead us not from our fathers' and from Manu's path into the distance far away.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 30.4

ये देवास इह स्थन विश्वे वैश्वानरा उत । अस्मभ्यꣳ शर्म सप्रथो गवे ऽश्वाय यच्छत

ye devāsa iha sthana viśve vaiśvānarā uta | asmabhyaṁ śarma sapratho gave 'śvāya yacchata

You gods who are here, all of you and (those) belonging to Vaiśvānara: extend to us shelter that is wide, and to (our) cow and horse.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Ye Deities who stay with us, and all ye Gods of all mankind, Give us your wide protection, give shelter for cattle and for steed.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)