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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 9 — Chapter 43

RV 9 43.1

यो अत्य इव मृज्यते गोभिर् मदाय हर्यतः । तꣳ गीर्भिर् वासयामसि

yo atya iva mṛjyate gobhir madāya haryataḥ | taṁ gīrbhir vāsayāmasi

He who, like a steed, is groomed with the cows (milk), longed for, for the rapture — him we clothe with our songs.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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WE will enrobe with sacred song the Lovely One who, as a Steed, Is decked with milk for rapturous joy.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 43.2

तꣳ नो विश्वा अवस्युवो गिरः शुम्भन्ति पूर्वथा । इन्दुम् इन्द्राय पीतये

taṁ no viśvā avasyuvo giraḥ śumbhanti pūrvathā | indum indrāya pītaye

Him all our songs, seeking aid, make beautiful as of old — the drop, for Indra to drink.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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All songs of ours desiring grace adorn him in the ancient way, Indu for Indra, for his drink.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 43.3

पुनानो याति हर्यतः सोमो गीर्भिः परिष्कृतः । विप्रस्य मेध्यातिथेः

punāno yāti haryataḥ somo gīrbhiḥ pariṣkṛtaḥ | viprasya medhyātitheḥ

Being purified, the longed-for Soma goes, made ready with the songs of the inspired Medhyātithi.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Soma flows on when purified, beloved and adorned with songs, Songs of the sage Medhyâtithi.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 43.4

पवमान विदा रयिम् अस्मभ्यꣳ सोम सुश्रियम् । इन्दो सहस्रवर्चसम्

pavamāna vidā rayim asmabhyaṁ soma suśriyam | indo sahasravarcasam

O Pavamāna, find wealth for us, O Soma, wealth of fair splendour, O Indu, of thousandfold radiance.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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O Soma Pavamâna, find exceeding glorious wealth for us, Wealth, Indu, fraught with boundless might.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 43.5

इन्दुर् अत्यो न वाजसृत् कनिक्रन्ति पवित्र आ । यद् अक्षार् अति देवयुः

indur atyo na vājasṛt kanikranti pavitra ā | yad akṣār ati devayuḥ

The drop, like a steed racing for the prize, keeps roaring in the filter, when, seeking the gods, he has flowed across.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Like courser racing to the prize Indu, the lover of the Gods, Roars, as he passes, in the sieve.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 43.6

पवस्व वाजसातये विप्रस्य गृणतो वृधे । सोम रास्व सुवीर्यम्

pavasva vājasātaye viprasya gṛṇato vṛdhe | soma rāsva suvīryam

Flow clear for the winning of the prize, for the increase of the inspired one who sings; O Soma, grant abundance of heroes.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Flow on thy way to win us strength, to speed the sage who praises thee: Soma, bestow heroic power.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)