Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 9 — Chapter 112
RV 9 112.1
नानानꣳ वा उ नो धियो वि व्रतानि जनानाम् । तक्षा रिष्टꣳ रुतम् भिषग् ब्रह्मा सुन्वन्तम् इच्छतीन्द्रायेन्दो परि स्रव
nānānaṁ vā u no dhiyo vi vratāni janānām | takṣā riṣṭaṁ rutam bhiṣag brahmā sunvantam icchatīndrāyendo pari srava
Our thoughts are diverse indeed, and the callings of men are varied: the carpenter wants a break, the healer a fracture, the brahmin one who presses (soma) — flow round, O drop, for Indra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
WE all have various thoughts and plans, and diverse are the ways of men. The Brahman seeks the worshipper, wright seeks the cracked, and leech the maimed. Flow, Indu, flow for Indra's sake.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 9 112.2
जरतीभिर् ओषधीभिः पर्णेभिः शकुनानाम् । कार्मारो अश्मभिर् द्युभिर् हिरण्यवन्तम् इच्छतीन्द्रायेन्दो परि स्रव
jaratībhir oṣadhībhiḥ parṇebhiḥ śakunānām | kārmāro aśmabhir dyubhir hiraṇyavantam icchatīndrāyendo pari srava
With aged plants, with the wings of birds, with stones (and) through the days the smith seeks a man who has gold — flow round, O drop, for Indra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
The smith with ripe and seasoned plants, with feathers of the birds of air, With stones, and with enkindled flames, seeks him who hath a store of gold. Flow, Indu, flow for Indra's sake.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 9 112.3
कारुर् अहꣳ ततो भिषग् उपलप्रक्षिणी नना । नानाधियो वसूयवो ऽनु गा इव तस्थिमेन्द्रायेन्दो परि स्रव
kārur ahaṁ tato bhiṣag upalaprakṣiṇī nanā | nānādhiyo vasūyavo 'nu gā iva tasthimendrāyendo pari srava
I am a poet, papa is a healer, mama is one who grinds with a millstone; with diverse thoughts, seeking goods, we have kept to (our tasks) as if after cattle — flow round, O drop, for Indra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
A bard am I, my dad's a leech, mammy lays corn upon the stones. Striving for wealth, with varied plans, we follow our desires like kine. Flow, Indu, flow for Indra's sake.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 9 112.4
अश्वो वोऴ्हा सुखꣳ रथꣳ हसनाम् उपमन्त्रिणः । शेपो रोमण्वन्तौ भेदौ वार् इन् मण्डूक इच्छतीन्द्रायेन्दो परि स्रव
aśvo voḻhā sukhaṁ rathaṁ hasanām upamantriṇaḥ | śepo romaṇvantau bhedau vār in maṇḍūka icchatīndrāyendo pari srava
The horse (wants) to draw an easy-running chariot, the entertainers laughter, the penis a pair of hairy clefts, the frog just water — flow round, O drop, for Indra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
The horse would draw an easy car, gay hosts attract the laugh and jest. The male desires his mate's approach, the frog is eager for the flood, Flow, Indu, flow for Indra's sake.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)