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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 9 — Chapter 53

RV 9 53.1

उत् ते शुष्मासो अस्थू रक्षो भिन्दन्तो अद्रिवः । नुदस्व याः परिस्पृधः

ut te śuṣmāso asthū rakṣo bhindanto adrivaḥ | nudasva yāḥ parispṛdhaḥ

Your surging powers have risen up, shattering the demon, O lord of the stone; thrust away those who contend (against us).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

O THOU with stones for arms, thy powers, crushing the fiends, have raised themselves: Chase thou the foes who compass us.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 53.2

अया निजघ्निर् ओजसा रथसꣳगे धने हिते । स्तवा अबिभ्युषा हृदा

ayā nijaghnir ojasā rathasaṁge dhane hite | stavā abibhyuṣā hṛdā

Thus, smiting down with (his) strength at the clash of chariots when the prize is set, I will praise (him) with unfearing heart.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Thou conquerest thus with might when car meets car, and when the prize is staked: With fearless heart will I sing praise.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 53.3

अस्य व्रतानि नाधृषे पवमानस्य दूढ्या । रुज यस् त्वा पृतन्यति

asya vratāni nādhṛṣe pavamānasya dūḍhyā | ruja yas tvā pṛtanyati

The ordinances of this Pavamāna are not to be assailed by one of evil intent; crush him who wars against you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

No one with evil thought assails this Pavamâna's holy laws: Crush him who fain would fight with thee.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 53.4

तꣳ हिन्वन्ति मदच्युतꣳ हरिꣳ नदीषु वाजिनम् । इन्दुम् इन्द्राय मत्सरम्

taṁ hinvanti madacyutaṁ hariṁ nadīṣu vājinam | indum indrāya matsaram

Him they urge on, him who drips with rapture, the tawny prize-winner amid the rivers, the Indu that intoxicates, for Indra.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

For Indra to the streams they drive the tawny rapture-dropping Steed, Indu the bringer of delight.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)