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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 9 — Chapter 38

RV 9 38.1

एष उ स्य वृषा रथो ऽव्यो वारेभिर् अर्षति । गच्छन् वाजꣳ सहस्रिणम्

eṣa u sya vṛṣā ratho 'vyo vārebhir arṣati | gacchan vājaṁ sahasriṇam

This very one, the bull, the chariot, streams through the fleeces of the sheep, going to a thousandfold prize.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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THIS Steer, this Chariot, rushes through the woollen filter, as he goes To war that wins a thousand spoils.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 38.2

एतꣳ त्रितस्य योषणो हरिꣳ हिन्वन्त्य् अद्रिभिः । इन्दुम् इन्द्राय पीतये

etaṁ tritasya yoṣaṇo hariṁ hinvanty adribhiḥ | indum indrāya pītaye

This tawny one the women of Trita urge on with the stones, the drop, for Indra to drink.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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The Dames of Trita with the stones onward impel this Tawny One Indu to Indra for his drink.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 38.3

एतꣳ त्यꣳ हरितो दश मर्मृज्यन्ते अपस्युवः । याभिर् मदाय शुम्भते

etaṁ tyaṁ harito daśa marmṛjyante apasyuvaḥ | yābhir madāya śumbhate

This very one the ten tawny (fingers), busy at their work, groom again and again — by whom he is beautified for the exhilaration.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Ten active fingers carefully adorn him here; they make him bright And beauteous for the gladdening draught.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 38.4

एष स्य मानुषीष्व् आ श्येनो न विक्षु सीदति । गच्छञ् जारो न योषितम्

eṣa sya mānuṣīṣv ā śyeno na vikṣu sīdati | gacchañ jāro na yoṣitam

This one settles among the human clans like a falcon (settling), going as a lover to a young woman.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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He like a falcon settles down amid the families of men. Speeding like lover to his love.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 38.5

एष स्य मद्यो रसो ऽव चष्टे दिवः शिशुः । य इन्दुर् वारम् आविशत्

eṣa sya madyo raso 'va caṣṭe divaḥ śiśuḥ | ya indur vāram āviśat

This intoxicating juice, the child of heaven, looks down — the drop that has entered the (woollen) fleece.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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This young exhilarating juice looks downward from its place in heaven, This Soma-drop that pierced the sieve.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 38.6

एष स्य पीतये सुतो हरिर् अर्षति धर्णसिः । क्रन्दन् योनिम् अभि प्रियम्

eṣa sya pītaye suto harir arṣati dharṇasiḥ | krandan yonim abhi priyam

This tawny one, pressed for drinking, flows on, sustaining, roaring toward his dear womb (the vat).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Poured for the draught, this tawny juice flows forth, intelligent, crying out, Unto the well-beloved place.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)