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)