Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 9 — Chapter 21

RV 9 21.1

एते धावन्तीन्दवः सोमा इन्द्राय घृष्वयः । मत्सरासः स्वर्विदः

ete dhāvantīndavaḥ somā indrāya ghṛṣvayaḥ | matsarāsaḥ svarvidaḥ

These drops run on, the soma-draughts, exhilarated for Indra, intoxicating, finders of the sunlight.

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RV 9 21.2

प्रवृण्वन्तो अभियुजः सुष्वये वरिवोविदः । स्वयꣳ स्तोत्रे वयस्कृतः

pravṛṇvanto abhiyujaḥ suṣvaye varivovidaḥ | svayaṁ stotre vayaskṛtaḥ

Warding off the assailants, finding free space for the presser, of themselves making vigour for the praiser.

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RV 9 21.3

वृथा क्रीऴन्त इन्दवः सधस्थम् अभ्य् एकम् इत् । सिन्धोर् ऊर्मा व्य् अक्षरन्

vṛthā krīḻanta indavaḥ sadhastham abhy ekam it | sindhor ūrmā vy akṣaran

Playing at will, the drops have flowed apart toward one and the same seat, in the wave of the river.

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RV 9 21.4

एते विश्वानि वार्या पवमानास आशत । हिता न सप्तयो रथे

ete viśvāni vāryā pavamānāsa āśata | hitā na saptayo rathe

These, the clarifying ones, have attained all desirable things, like steeds harnessed to a chariot.

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RV 9 21.5

आस्मिन् पिशङ्गम् इन्दवो दधाता वेनम् आदिशे । यो अस्मभ्यम् अरावा

āsmin piśaṅgam indavo dadhātā venam ādiśe | yo asmabhyam arāvā

Set upon him, O drops, a tawny longing, so as to mark out the one who is ungenerous to us.

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

RV 9 21.6

ऋभुर् न रथ्यꣳ नवꣳ दधाता केतम् आदिशे । शुक्राः पवध्वम् अर्णसा

ṛbhur na rathyaṁ navaṁ dadhātā ketam ādiśe | śukrāḥ pavadhvam arṇasā

Like a Ṛbhu (fashioning) a new chariot-piece, set your intention so as to aim (it); flow clear, you bright ones, with your flood.

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RV 9 21.7

एत उ त्ये अवीवशन् काष्ठाꣳ वाजिनो अक्रत । सतः प्रासाविषुर् मतिम्

eta u tye avīvaśan kāṣṭhāṁ vājino akrata | sataḥ prāsāviṣur matim

These very ones have bellowed; as prize-winners they have made the racecourse (their own); they have sped forward the thought of the one who exists.

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