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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 9 — Chapter 100

RV 9 100.1

अभी नवन्ते अद्रुहः प्रियम् इन्द्रस्य काम्यम् । वत्सꣳ न पूर्व आयुनि जातꣳ रिहन्ति मातरः

abhī navante adruhaḥ priyam indrasya kāmyam | vatsaṁ na pūrva āyuni jātaṁ rihanti mātaraḥ

The guileless ones bellow toward the dear, desirable (drop) of Indra; as mothers lick the newborn calf in its earliest stage of life.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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THE Guileless Ones are singing praise to Indra's well beloved Friend, As, in the morning of its life, the mothers lick the new-born calf.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 100.2

पुनान इन्दव् आ भर सोम द्विबर्हसꣳ रयिम् । त्वꣳ वसूनि पुष्यसि विश्वानि दाशुषो गृहे

punāna indav ā bhara soma dvibarhasaṁ rayim | tvaṁ vasūni puṣyasi viśvāni dāśuṣo gṛhe

Purifying yourself, O drop, bring wealth of double strength, O Soma; you make all goods thrive in the house of the worshipper.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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O Indu, while they cleanse thee bring, O Soma, doubly-waxing wealth Thou in the worshipper's abode causest all treasures to increase.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 100.3

त्वꣳ धियम् मनोयुजꣳ सृजा वृष्टिꣳ न तन्यतुः । त्वꣳ वसूनि पार्थिवा दिव्या च सोम पुष्यसि

tvaṁ dhiyam manoyujaṁ sṛjā vṛṣṭiṁ na tanyatuḥ | tvaṁ vasūni pārthivā divyā ca soma puṣyasi

Send forth the vision yoked to the mind, as thunder (sends) rain; you, Soma, make thrive the earthly goods and the heavenly ones.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Set free the. song which mind hath yoked, even as thunder frees the rain: All treasures of the earth and heaven, O Soma, thou dost multiply.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 100.4

परि ते जिग्युषो यथा धारा सुतस्य धावति । रꣳहमाणा व्य् अ१व्ययꣳ वारꣳ वाजीव सानसिः

pari te jigyuṣo yathā dhārā sutasya dhāvati | raṁhamāṇā vy a1vyayaṁ vāraṁ vājīva sānasiḥ

Your stream, when you are pressed, runs around as that of a victor; speeding through the sheep's wool, like a prize-winning steed that gains.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Thy stream when thou art pressed runs on like some victorious warrior's steed Hastening onward through the fleece like a fierce horse who wins the prize.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 100.5

क्रत्वे दक्षाय नः कवे पवस्व सोम धारया । इन्द्राय पातवे सुतो मित्राय वरुणाय च

kratve dakṣāya naḥ kave pavasva soma dhārayā | indrāya pātave suto mitrāya varuṇāya ca

For our resolve and our skill, O seer, purify yourself, Soma, in a stream, pressed for Indra to drink, and for Mitra and for Varuṇa.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Flow on, Sage Soma, with thy stream to give us mental power and strength, Effused for Indra, for his drink, for Mitra and for Varuṇa.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 100.6

पवस्व वाजसातमः पवित्रे धारया सुतः । इन्द्राय सोम विष्णवे देवेभ्यो मधुमत्तमः

pavasva vājasātamaḥ pavitre dhārayā sutaḥ | indrāya soma viṣṇave devebhyo madhumattamaḥ

Purify yourself, best winner of prizes, pressed out in a stream upon the filter, for Indra, O Soma, for Viṣṇu, for the gods, most full of sweetness.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Flow to the filter with thy stream, effused, best winner, thou, of spoil, O Soma, as most rich in sweets for Indra, Vishṇu, and the Gods.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 100.7

त्वाꣳ रिहन्ति मातरो हरिम् पवित्रे अद्रुहः । वत्सꣳ जातꣳ न धेनवः पवमान विधर्मणि

tvāṁ rihanti mātaro harim pavitre adruhaḥ | vatsaṁ jātaṁ na dhenavaḥ pavamāna vidharmaṇi

The guileless mothers lick you, the tawny one, on the filter, as milk-cows (lick) a newborn calf, O Pavamāna, in your wide expanse.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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The mothers, void of guiles, caress thee Golden-coloured, in the sieve, As cows, O Pavamâna, lick the new-born calf, as Law commands.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 100.8

पवमान महि श्रवश् चित्रेभिर् यासि रश्मिभिः । शर्धन् तमाꣳसि जिघ्नसे विश्वानि दाशुषो गृहे

pavamāna mahi śravaś citrebhir yāsi raśmibhiḥ | śardhan tamāṁsi jighnase viśvāni dāśuṣo gṛhe

O Pavamāna, you go toward great fame with your bright rays; blustering, you smite away all darknesses in the house of the worshipper.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Thou, Pavamâna, movest on with wondrous rays to great renown. Striving within the votary's house thou drivest all the glooms away.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 100.9

त्वꣳ द्याꣳ च महिव्रत पृथिवीꣳ चाति जभ्रिषे । प्रति द्रापिम् अमुञ्चथाः पवमान महित्वना

tvaṁ dyāṁ ca mahivrata pṛthivīṁ cāti jabhriṣe | prati drāpim amuñcathāḥ pavamāna mahitvanā

You, of great commandments, have carried yourself beyond both heaven and earth; you have put on your mantle, O Pavamāna, by your greatness.

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

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Lord of great sway, thou liftest thee above the heavens, above the earth. Thou, Pavamâna hast assumed thy coat of mail in majesty.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)