Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 9 — Chapter 104

RV 9 104.1

सखाय आ नि षीदत पुनानाय प्र गायत । शिशुꣳ न यज्ञैः परि भूषत श्रिये

sakhāya ā ni ṣīdata punānāya pra gāyata | śiśuṁ na yajñaiḥ pari bhūṣata śriye

Friends, sit down here; sing forth to him who is being purified; adorn him like a child with sacrifices, for splendour.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 9 104.2

सम् ई वत्सꣳ न मातृभिः सृजता गयसाधनम् । देवाव्य१म् मदम् अभि द्विशवसम्

sam ī vatsaṁ na mātṛbhiḥ sṛjatā gayasādhanam | devāvya1m madam abhi dviśavasam

Send him forth together, as a calf (is loosed) with its mothers — him who wins a homestead, the god-favoring intoxicant of double strength.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 9 104.3

पुनाता दक्षसाधनꣳ यथा शर्धाय वीतये । यथा मित्राय वरुणाय शꣳतमः

punātā dakṣasādhanaṁ yathā śardhāya vītaye | yathā mitrāya varuṇāya śaṁtamaḥ

Purify him, the accomplisher of skill, so that he may go to the host, so that he may be most kindly to Mitra and to Varuṇa.

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RV 9 104.4

अस्मभ्यꣳ त्वा वसुविदम् अभि वाणीर् अनूषत । गोभिष् टे वर्णम् अभि वासयामसि

asmabhyaṁ tvā vasuvidam abhi vāṇīr anūṣata | gobhiṣ ṭe varṇam abhi vāsayāmasi

For us the songs have sung toward you, the finder of goods; with (milk of) cows we clothe your colour.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 9 104.5

स नो मदानाम् पत इन्दो देवप्सरा असि । सखेव सख्ये गातुवित्तमो भव

sa no madānām pata indo devapsarā asi | sakheva sakhye gātuvittamo bhava

You, Indu, lord of our intoxications, are a feast for the gods; like a friend to a friend, be the best finder of a way.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 9 104.6

सनेमि कृध्य् अ१स्मद् आ रक्षसꣳ कꣳ चिद् अत्रिणम् । अपादेवꣳ द्वयुम् अꣳहो युयोधि नः

sanemi kṛdhy a1smad ā rakṣasaṁ kaṁ cid atriṇam | apādevaṁ dvayum aṁho yuyodhi naḥ

Take utterly away from us any demon, any devourer; ward off from us the godless one, the double-dealer, and distress.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition