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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 9 — Chapter 114

RV 9 114.1

य इन्दोः पवमानस्यानु धामान्य् अक्रमीत् । तम् आहुः सुप्रजा इति यस् ते सोमाविधन् मन इन्द्रायेन्दो परि स्रव

ya indoḥ pavamānasyānu dhāmāny akramīt | tam āhuḥ suprajā iti yas te somāvidhan mana indrāyendo pari srava

Whoever has kept step with the domains of the purifying drop — him they call rich in offspring, he who, O Soma, has devoted his mind to you — 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 man who waIketh as the Laws of Indu Pavamâna bid,– Men call him rich in children, him, O Soma, who hath met thy thought. Flow, Indu, flow for Indra's sake.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 114.2

ऋषे मन्त्रकृताꣳ स्तोमैः कश्यपोद्वर्धयन् गिरः । सोमꣳ नमस्य राजानꣳ यो जज्ञे वीरुधाम् पतिर् इन्द्रायेन्दो परि स्रव

ṛṣe mantrakṛtāṁ stomaiḥ kaśyapodvardhayan giraḥ | somaṁ namasya rājānaṁ yo jajñe vīrudhām patir indrāyendo pari srava

O seer, O Kaśyapa, raising up songs with the praises of the mantra-makers — do homage to Soma the king, who was born the lord of plants. Flow round, O drop, for Indra!

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Kaṣyapa, R̥ishi, lifting up thy voice with hymn-composers' lauds, Pay reverence to King Soma born the Sovran Ruler of the plants. Flow, Indu, flow for Indra's sake.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 114.3

सप्त दिशो नानासूर्याः सप्त होतार ऋत्विजः । देवा आदित्या ये सप्त तेभिः सोमाभि रक्ष न इन्द्रायेन्दो परि स्रव

sapta diśo nānāsūryāḥ sapta hotāra ṛtvijaḥ | devā ādityā ye sapta tebhiḥ somābhi rakṣa na indrāyendo pari srava

Seven are the directions with their several suns, seven the hotṛs, the officiating priests; the gods, the Ādityas, who are seven — with these, O Soma, protect us. Flow round, O drop, for Indra!

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Seven regions have their several Suns; the ministering priests are seven; Seven are the Âditya Deities,– with these, O Soma, guard thou us. Flow, Indu, flow for Indra's sake.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 114.4

यत् ते राजञ् छृतꣳ हविस् तेन सोमाभि रक्ष नः । अरातीवा मा नस् तारीन् मो च नः किꣳ चनाममद् इन्द्रायेन्दो परि स्रव

yat te rājañ chṛtaṁ havis tena somābhi rakṣa naḥ | arātīvā mā nas tārīn mo ca naḥ kiṁ canāmamad indrāyendo pari srava

The oblation that is cooked for you, O king — with that, O Soma, protect us. Let no hostile one overcome us, and let nothing at all afflict us. Flow round, O drop, for Indra!

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Guard us with this oblation which, King Soma, hath been dressed for thee. Let not malignity conquer us, let nothing evil do us harm. Flow, Indu, flow for Indra's sake.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)