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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 9 — Chapter 41

RV 9 41.1

प्र ये गावो न भूर्णयस् त्वेषा अयासो अक्रमुः । घ्नन्तः कृष्णाम् अप त्वचम्

pra ye gāvo na bhūrṇayas tveṣā ayāso akramuḥ | ghnantaḥ kṛṣṇām apa tvacam

They who, like impetuous cattle, glittering, untiring, have strode forth, striking away the black skin —

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ACTIVE and bright have they come forth, impetuous in speed like bulls, Driving the black skin far away.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 41.2

सुवितस्य मनामहे ऽति सेतुꣳ दुराव्यम् । साह्वाꣳसो दस्युम् अव्रतम्

suvitasya manāmahe 'ti setuṁ durāvyam | sāhvāṁso dasyum avratam

We think of easy passage past the hard-to-cross dam, having overcome the Dasyu who keeps no vows.

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Quelling the riteless Dasyu, may we think upon the bridge of bliss, Leaving the bridge of woe behind.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 41.3

शृण्वे वृष्टेर् इव स्वनः पवमानस्य शुष्मिणः । चरन्ति विद्युतो दिवि

śṛṇve vṛṣṭer iva svanaḥ pavamānasya śuṣmiṇaḥ | caranti vidyuto divi

The sound of the surging Pavamāna is heard like that of rain; the lightnings move in heaven.

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The mighty Pavamâna's roar is heard as 'twere the rush of rain Lightnings are flashing to the sky.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 41.4

आ पवस्व महीम् इषꣳ गोमद् इन्दो हिरण्यवत् । अश्वावद् वाजवत् सुतः

ā pavasva mahīm iṣaṁ gomad indo hiraṇyavat | aśvāvad vājavat sutaḥ

Purify here great refreshment, rich in cattle, O drop, rich in gold, rich in horses, rich in prize — (you) pressed.

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Pour out on us abundant food, when thou art pressed, O Indu wealth In kine and gold and steeds and spoil.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 41.5

स पवस्व विचर्षण आ मही रोदसी पृण । उषाः सूर्यो न रश्मिभिः

sa pavasva vicarṣaṇa ā mahī rodasī pṛṇa | uṣāḥ sūryo na raśmibhiḥ

Purify yourself, O widely active one; fill the two great worlds, as Dawn and the Sun (fill them) with their rays.

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Flow on thy way, Most Active, thou. fill full the mighty heavens and earth, As Dawn, as Sûrya with his beams.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 41.6

परि णः शर्मयन्त्या धारया सोम विश्वतः । सरा रसेव विष्टपम्

pari ṇaḥ śarmayantyā dhārayā soma viśvataḥ | sarā raseva viṣṭapam

Flow around us on every side, O Soma, with your shelter-giving stream; run like the Rasā to the high place.

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On every side, O Soma, flow round us with thy protecting stream, As Rasâ flows around the world.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)