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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 9 — Chapter 110

RV 9 110.1

पर्य् ऊ षु प्र धन्व वाजसातये परि वृत्राणि सक्षणिः । द्विषस् तरध्या ऋणया न ईयसे

pary ū ṣu pra dhanva vājasātaye pari vṛtrāṇi sakṣaṇiḥ | dviṣas taradhyā ṛṇayā na īyase

Run forth well round about, for the winning of the prize; round about, overcoming the obstructions. You go as an exactor of debt for us, so as to cross over the hatreds.

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

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O'ERPOWERING Vr̥itras, forward run to win great strength: Thou speedest to subdue like one exacting debts.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 110.2

अनु हि त्वा सुतꣳ सोम मदामसि महे समर्यराज्ये । वाजाꣳ अभि पवमान प्र गाहसे

anu hi tvā sutaṁ soma madāmasi mahe samaryarājye | vājām̐ abhi pavamāna pra gāhase

For we take delight in you, pressed, O Soma, in the great kingship of the contest; toward the prizes, O Pavamāna, you plunge forward.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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In thee, effused, O Soma, we rejoice ourselves for great supremacy in fight. Thou, Pavamâna, enterest into mighty deeds,

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 110.3

अजीजनो हि पवमान सूर्यꣳ विधारे शक्मना पयः । गोजीरया रꣳहमाणः पुरꣳध्या

ajījano hi pavamāna sūryaṁ vidhāre śakmanā payaḥ | gojīrayā raṁhamāṇaḥ puraṁdhyā

For you, O Pavamāna, have begotten the sun, (and) the milk in the container, by your skill, rushing on with the abundance that is quickened by the cows.

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

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O Pavamâna, thou didst generate the Sun, and spread the moisture out with power, Hasting to us with plenty vivified with milk.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 110.4

अजीजनो अमृत मर्त्येष्व् आꣳ ऋतस्य धर्मन्न् अमृतस्य चारुणः । सदासरो वाजम् अच्छा सनिष्यदत्

ajījano amṛta martyeṣv ām̐ ṛtasya dharmann amṛtasya cāruṇaḥ | sadāsaro vājam acchā saniṣyadat

You have begotten, O immortal one, among the mortals, at the ordinance of ṛta, of the dear immortal (draught); ever did you run toward the prize, streaming to win it.

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

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Thou didst produce him, Deathless God mid mortal men for maintenance of Law and lovely Amrit: Thou evermore hast moved making strength flow to us.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 110.5

अभ्य्-अभि हि श्रवसा ततर्दिथोत्सꣳ न कꣳ चिज् जनपानम् अक्षितम् । शर्याभिर् न भरमाणो गभस्त्योः

abhy-abhi hi śravasā tatardithotsaṁ na kaṁ cij janapānam akṣitam | śaryābhir na bharamāṇo gabhastyoḥ

For with your fame you have bored through, again and again, like some inexhaustible spring that men drink from, like one carrying arrows in both hands.

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

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All round about hast thou with glory pierced for us as 'twere a never-failing well for men to drink, Borne on thy way in fragments from the presser's arms.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 110.6

आद् ईꣳ के चित् पश्यमानास आप्यꣳ वसुरुचो दिव्या अभ्य् अनूषत । वारꣳ न देवः सविता व्य् ऊर्णुते

ād īṁ ke cit paśyamānāsa āpyaṁ vasuruco divyā abhy anūṣata | vāraṁ na devaḥ savitā vy ūrṇute

Then certain ones, seeing the kinship — the heavenly ones, shining with goods — cried out toward him; he uncovers (it) as the god Savitṛ (uncovers) the opening.

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

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Then, beautifully radiant, certain Heavenly Ones, have sung to him their kinship as they looked thereon, And Savitar the God opens as 'twere a stall.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 110.7

त्वे सोम प्रथमा वृक्तबर्हिषो महे वाजाय श्रवसे धियꣳ दधुः । स त्वꣳ नो वीर वीर्याय चोदय

tve soma prathamā vṛktabarhiṣo mahe vājāya śravase dhiyaṁ dadhuḥ | sa tvaṁ no vīra vīryāya codaya

In you, Soma, the first ones, with the barhis twisted (into place), set their thought, for the great prize and for fame; so do you, O hero, spur us on to heroic deed.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Soma, the men of old whose grass was trimmed addressed the hymn to thee for mighty strength and for renown: So, Hero, urge us onward to heroic power.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 110.8

दिवः पीयूषम् पूर्व्यꣳ यद् उक्थ्यम् महो गाहाद् दिव आ निर् अधुक्षत । इन्द्रम् अभि जायमानꣳ सम् अस्वरन्

divaḥ pīyūṣam pūrvyaṁ yad ukthyam maho gāhād diva ā nir adhukṣata | indram abhi jāyamānaṁ sam asvaran

The first milk of heaven, which is fit for the recitation, they milked out from the great depth of heaven; they sang together toward Indra as he was being born.

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They have drained forth from out the great depth of the sky the old primeval milk of heaven that claims the laud: They lifted up their voice to Indra athis birth.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 110.9

अध यद् इमे पवमान रोदसी इमा च विश्वा भुवनाभि मज्मना । यूथे न निष्ठा वृषभो वि तिष्ठसे

adha yad ime pavamāna rodasī imā ca viśvā bhuvanābhi majmanā | yūthe na niṣṭhā vṛṣabho vi tiṣṭhase

Then, O Pavamāna, since (you surpass) these two world-halves and all these beings with your greatness, you spread yourself out like a bull standing in the herd.

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

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As long as thou, O Pavamâna, art above this earth and heaven and all existence in thy might, Thou standest like a Bull the chief amid the herd.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 110.10

सोमः पुनानो अव्यये वारे शिशुर् न क्रीऴन् पवमानो अक्षाः । सहस्रधारः शतवाज इन्दुः

somaḥ punāno avyaye vāre śiśur na krīḻan pavamāno akṣāḥ | sahasradhāraḥ śatavāja induḥ

Soma, being purified in the sheep's fleece, flowing, has run like a child at play — the drop of a thousand streams, of a hundred prizes.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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In the sheep's wool hath Soma Pavamâna flowed, while they cleanse him, like a playful infant, Indu with hundred powers and hundred currents.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 110.11

एष पुनानो मधुमाꣳ ऋतावेन्द्रायेन्दुः पवते स्वादुर् ऊर्मिः । वाजसनिर् वरिवोविद् वयोधाः

eṣa punāno madhumām̐ ṛtāvendrāyenduḥ pavate svādur ūrmiḥ | vājasanir varivovid vayodhāḥ

This drop, purified, rich in honey, possessed of ṛta, flows for Indra, a sweet wave — winner of the prize, finder of open space, bestower of vigour.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Holy and sweet, while purified, this Indu flows on, a wave of pleasant taste, to Indra,– Strength-winner, Treasure-finder, Life. bestower.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 110.12

स पवस्व सहमानः पृतन्यून् सेधन् रक्षाꣳस्य् अप दुर्गहाणि । स्वायुधः सासह्वान् सोम शत्रून्

sa pavasva sahamānaḥ pṛtanyūn sedhan rakṣāṁsy apa durgahāṇi | svāyudhaḥ sāsahvān soma śatrūn

Flow clear, then, overcoming those who attack, driving off the demons and the pitfalls; well-armed, having vanquished (our) rivals, O Soma.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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So flow thou on, subduing our assailants, chasing the demons hard to beencountered, Well-armed and conquering our foes, O Soma.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)