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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 9 — Chapter 37

RV 9 37.1

स सुतः पीतये वृषा सोमः पवित्रे अर्षति । विघ्नन् रक्षाꣳसि देवयुः

sa sutaḥ pītaye vṛṣā somaḥ pavitre arṣati | vighnan rakṣāṁsi devayuḥ

That pressed bull, Soma, streams into the filter for the drinking, smashing the rakṣases, devoted to the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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SOMA, the Steer, effused for draught, flows to the purifying sieve, Slaying the fiends, loving the Gods.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 37.2

स पवित्रे विचक्षणो हरिर् अर्षति धर्णसिः । अभि योनिꣳ कनिक्रदत्

sa pavitre vicakṣaṇo harir arṣati dharṇasiḥ | abhi yoniṁ kanikradat

That far-gazing tawny one, the sustaining, streams into the filter, roaring toward his womb.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Far-sighted, tawny-coloured, he flows to the sieve, intelligent, Bellowing, to his place of rest.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 37.3

स वाजी रोचना दिवः पवमानो वि धावति । रक्षोहा वारम् अव्ययम्

sa vājī rocanā divaḥ pavamāno vi dhāvati | rakṣohā vāram avyayam

That prize-steed, Pavamāna, runs through the bright spaces of heaven, slayer of rakṣases, (through) the sheep's-wool filter.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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This vigorous Pavamâna runs forth to the luminous realm of heaven, Fiend-slayer, through the fleecy sieve.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 37.4

स त्रितस्याधि सानवि पवमानो अरोचयत् । जामिभिः सूर्यꣳ सह

sa tritasyādhi sānavi pavamāno arocayat | jāmibhiḥ sūryaṁ saha

He, Pavamāna, upon Trita's ridge made the sun shine together with the sister (waters).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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This Payamana up above Trita's high ridge hath made the Sun, Together with the Sisters, shine.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 37.5

स वृत्रहा वृषा सुतो वरिवोविद् अदाभ्यः । सोमो वाजम् इवासरत्

sa vṛtrahā vṛṣā suto varivovid adābhyaḥ | somo vājam ivāsarat

That slayer of Vṛtra, the bull, pressed out, finder of free space, not to be deceived — Soma has run as if to the prize.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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This Vr̥itra-slaying Steer, effused, Soma room-giver, ne'er deceived, Hath gone, as 'twere, to win the spoil.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 37.6

स देवः कविनेषितो३ ऽभि द्रोणानि धावति । इन्दुर् इन्द्राय मꣳहना

sa devaḥ kavineṣito3 'bhi droṇāni dhāvati | indur indrāya maṁhanā

That god, impelled by the sage, runs toward the wooden vats, Indu for Indra, with liberality.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Urged onward by the sage, the God speeds forward to the casks of wood, Indu to Indra willingly.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)