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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 8 — Chapter 57

RV 8 57.1

युवꣳ देवा क्रतुना पूर्व्येण युक्ता रथेन तविषꣳ यजत्रा । आगच्छतꣳ नासत्या शचीभिर् इदꣳ तृतीयꣳ सवनम् पिबाथः

yuvaṁ devā kratunā pūrvyeṇa yuktā rathena taviṣaṁ yajatrā | āgacchataṁ nāsatyā śacībhir idaṁ tṛtīyaṁ savanam pibāthaḥ

You two gods, yoked with the ancient power of will, with your mighty chariot, O you worthy of worship—come here, O Nāsatyas, with your skills: drink this third pressing.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

ENDOWED, O Gods, with your primeval wisdom, come quickly with your chariot, O ye Holy. Come with your mighty powers, O ye Nâsatyas; come hither, drink ye this the third libation.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 57.2

युवाꣳ देवास् त्रय एकादशासः सत्याः सत्यस्य ददृशे पुरस्तात् । अस्माकꣳ यज्ञꣳ सवनꣳ जुषाणा पातꣳ सोमम् अश्विना दीद्यग्नी

yuvāṁ devās traya ekādaśāsaḥ satyāḥ satyasya dadṛśe purastāt | asmākaṁ yajñaṁ savanaṁ juṣāṇā pātaṁ somam aśvinā dīdyagnī

You two the gods, the three times eleven, true ones, have seen before the true one; enjoying our sacrifice and pressing, drink the soma, O Aśvins with blazing fire.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

The truthful Deities, the Three-and-Thirty, saw you approach before the Ever-Truthful. Accepting this our worship and libation, O Aṣvins bright with fire, drink ye the Soma.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 57.3

पनाय्यꣳ तद् अश्विना कृतꣳ वाꣳ वृषभो दिवो रजसः पृथिव्याः । सहस्रꣳ शꣳसा उत ये गविष्टौ सर्वाꣳ इत् ताꣳ उप याता पिबध्यै

panāyyaṁ tad aśvinā kṛtaṁ vāṁ vṛṣabho divo rajasaḥ pṛthivyāḥ | sahasraṁ śaṁsā uta ye gaviṣṭau sarvām̐ it tām̐ upa yātā pibadhyai

That deed of yours, O Aśvins, is to be marvelled at—(you are) the bull of heaven, of the airy space, of the earth; a thousand are the praises, and those that are in the quest for cattle: come to all of them, to drink.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Aṣvins, that work of yours deserves our wonder,– the Bull of heaven and earth and air's mid region; Yea, and your thousand promises in battle, -to all of these come near and drink beside us.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 57.4

अयꣳ वाम् भागो निहितो यजत्रेमा गिरो नासत्योप यातम् । पिबतꣳ सोमम् मधुमन्तम् अस्मे प्र दाश्वाꣳसम् अवतꣳ शचीभिः

ayaṁ vām bhāgo nihito yajatremā giro nāsatyopa yātam | pibataṁ somam madhumantam asme pra dāśvāṁsam avataṁ śacībhiḥ

This portion has been set down for you, O you worthy of worship; come to these songs, O Nāsatyas. Drink the honeyed soma among us; help forward with your skills the one who gives.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Here is your portion laid for you, ye Holy: come to these songs of ours, O ye Nâsatyas. Drink among us the Soma full of sweetness, and with your powers assist the man who worships.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)