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
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
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
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
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
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
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
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
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
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
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)