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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 9 — Chapter 50

RV 9 50.1

उत् ते शुष्मास ईरते सिन्धोर् ऊर्मेर् इव स्वनः । वाणस्य चोदया पविम्

ut te śuṣmāsa īrate sindhor ūrmer iva svanaḥ | vāṇasya codayā pavim

Your surges rise up like the roar of the river's wave; urge on the felly of the (roaring) instrument.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

LOUD as a river's roaring wave thy powers have lifted up themselves: Urge on thine arrow's sharpened point.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 50.2

प्रसवे त उद् ईरते तिस्रो वाचो मखस्युवः । यद् अव्य एषि सानवि

prasave ta ud īrate tisro vāco makhasyuvaḥ | yad avya eṣi sānavi

At your pressing-forth three voices rise up, eager for the contest, when you go upon the sheep's back.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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At thine effusion upward rise three voices full of joy, when thou Flowest upon the fleecy ridge.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 50.3

अव्यो वारे परि प्रियꣳ हरिꣳ हिन्वन्त्य् अद्रिभिः । पवमानम् मधुश्चुतम्

avyo vāre pari priyaṁ hariṁ hinvanty adribhiḥ | pavamānam madhuścutam

In the sheep's fleece they urge on with the stones the dear tawny one, the purifying one dripping sweetness.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

On to the fleece they urge with stone the tawny well-beloved One, Even Pavamâna, dropping meath.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 50.4

आ पवस्व मदिन्तम पवित्रꣳ धारया कवे । अर्कस्य योनिम् आसदम्

ā pavasva madintama pavitraṁ dhārayā kave | arkasya yonim āsadam

Purify (yourself) hither, most intoxicating one, into the filter with your stream, O sage poet, so as to sit down in the womb of the chant.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Flow with thy current to the sieve, O Sage most powerful to cheer, To seat thee in the place of song.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 50.5

स पवस्व मदिन्तम गोभिर् अञ्जानो अक्तुभिः । इन्दव् इन्द्राय पीतये

sa pavasva madintama gobhir añjāno aktubhiḥ | indav indrāya pītaye

So purify yourself, most intoxicating one, anointed with cow's (milk) as with ointments, O drop, for Indra to drink.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Flow, Most Exhilarating! flow anointed with the milk for balm, Indu, for Indra, for his drink.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)