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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 9 — Chapter 18

RV 9 18.1

परि सुवानो गिरिष्ठाः पवित्रे सोमो अक्षाः । मदेषु सर्वधा असि

pari suvāno giriṣṭhāḥ pavitre somo akṣāḥ | madeṣu sarvadhā asi

Pressed, mountain-dwelling, Soma has flowed around into the filter; in the intoxications you are all-sustaining.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

THOU, Soma, dweller on the hills, effused, hast flowed into the sieve,: All-bounteous art thou in carouse.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 18.2

त्वꣳ विप्रस् त्वꣳ कविर् मधु प्र जातम् अन्धसः । मदेषु सर्वधा असि

tvaṁ vipras tvaṁ kavir madhu pra jātam andhasaḥ | madeṣu sarvadhā asi

You are the inspired one, you are the seer, the honey born from the plant; in the intoxications you are all-sustaining.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Thou art a sacred Bard, a Sage; the meath is offspring of thy sap: All-bountcous art thou in carouse.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 18.3

तव विश्वे सजोषसो देवासः पीतिम् आशत । मदेषु सर्वधा असि

tava viśve sajoṣaso devāsaḥ pītim āśata | madeṣu sarvadhā asi

All the gods, of one accord, have obtained a drink of you; in the intoxications you are all-sustaining.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

All Deities of one accord have come that they may drink of thee: All-bounteous art thou in carouse.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 18.4

आ यो विश्वानि वार्या वसूनि हस्तयोर् दधे । मदेषु सर्वधा असि

ā yo viśvāni vāryā vasūni hastayor dadhe | madeṣu sarvadhā asi

He who has taken in his two hands all choice goods; in the intoxications you are all-sustaining.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

He who containeth in his hands all treasures much to be desired: All-bounteous art thou in carouse.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 18.5

य इमे रोदसी मही सम् मातरेव दोहते । मदेषु सर्वधा असि

ya ime rodasī mahī sam mātareva dohate | madeṣu sarvadhā asi

He who milks together these two great world-halves as if they were mothers; in the intoxications you are all-sustaining.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Who milketh out this mighty Pair, the Earth and Heaven, like mother kine All-bounteous art thou in carouse.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 18.6

परि यो रोदसी उभे सद्यो वाजेभिर् अर्षति । मदेषु सर्वधा असि

pari yo rodasī ubhe sadyo vājebhir arṣati | madeṣu sarvadhā asi

He who in one day flows around both world-halves with prizes; in the intoxications you are all-sustaining.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Who in a moment mightily floweth around these two world-halvcs: All-bounteous art thou in carouse.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 18.7

स शुष्मी कलशेष्व् आ पुनानो अचिक्रदत् । मदेषु सर्वधा असि

sa śuṣmī kalaśeṣv ā punāno acikradat | madeṣu sarvadhā asi

He, the powerful one, being purified, has roared in the jars; in the intoxications you are all-sustaining.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

The Strong One, being purified, hath in the pitchers cried aloud: All-bounteous art thou in carouse.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)