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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 9 — Chapter 45

RV 9 45.1

स पवस्व मदाय कꣳ नृचक्षा देववीतये । इन्दव् इन्द्राय पीतये

sa pavasva madāya kaṁ nṛcakṣā devavītaye | indav indrāya pītaye

So flow clear for rapture, you who look upon men, for the gods' enjoyment; O Indu, for Indra to drink.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

FLOW, thou who viewest men, to give delight, to entertain the Gods, Indu, to Indra for his drink.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 45.2

स नो अर्षाभि दूत्य१ꣳ त्वम् इन्द्राय तोशसे । देवान् सखिभ्य आ वरम्

sa no arṣābhi dūtya1ṁ tvam indrāya tośase | devān sakhibhya ā varam

Flow you for us on the errand; you gush forth for Indra — (bring) the gods, the choicest gift, for (our) friends.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Stream to thine embassy for us: thou hastenest, for Indra, to The Gods, O better than our friends.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 45.3

उत त्वाम् अरुणꣳ वयꣳ गोभिर् अञ्ज्मो मदाय कम् । वि नो राये दुरो वृधि

uta tvām aruṇaṁ vayaṁ gobhir añjmo madāya kam | vi no rāye duro vṛdhi

And we anoint you, the ruddy one, with the cows' (milk) for exhilaration; open wide for us the doors to wealth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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We balm thee, red of hue, with milk to fit thee for the rapturous joy: Unbar for us the doors of wealth.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 45.4

अत्य् ऊ पवित्रम् अक्रमीद् वाजी धुरꣳ न यामनि । इन्दुर् देवेषु पत्यते

aty ū pavitram akramīd vājī dhuraṁ na yāmani | indur deveṣu patyate

He has strode across the filter, like a prize-steed at the pole on a journey; the drop holds sway among the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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He through the sieve hath passed, as comes a courser to the pole, to run Indu belongs unto the Gods.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 45.5

सम् ई सखायो अस्वरन् वने क्रीऴन्तम् अत्यविम् । इन्दुꣳ नावा अनूषत

sam ī sakhāyo asvaran vane krīḻantam atyavim | induṁ nāvā anūṣata

The comrades together have sung out to him playing in the wooden (vessel), gone past the fleece; with new (songs) they have hailed the drop.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

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All friends have lauded him as he sports in the wood, beyond the fleece: Singers have chanted Indu's praise.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 45.6

तया पवस्व धारया यया पीतो विचक्षसे । इन्दो स्तोत्रे सुवीर्यम्

tayā pavasva dhārayā yayā pīto vicakṣase | indo stotre suvīryam

Flow with that stream by which, when drunk, you look far abroad — O Indu, (bring) heroic strength to the praiser.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Flow, Indu, with that stream wherein steeped thou announcest to the man Who worships thee heroic strength.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)