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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 9 — Chapter 55

RV 9 55.1

यवꣳ-यवꣳ नो अन्धसा पुष्टम्-पुष्टम् परि स्रव । सोम विश्वा च सौभगा

yavaṁ-yavaṁ no andhasā puṣṭam-puṣṭam pari srava | soma viśvā ca saubhagā

Flow around for us with your juice barley upon barley, thriving upon thriving, and all good fortunes, O Soma.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

POUR on us with thy juice all kinds of corn, each sort of nourishment, And, Soma, all felicities.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 55.2

इन्दो यथा तव स्तवो यथा ते जातम् अन्धसः । नि बर्हिषि प्रिये सदः

indo yathā tava stavo yathā te jātam andhasaḥ | ni barhiṣi priye sadaḥ

O Indu, as your praise is, as your birth from the juice is, so sit down upon the dear barhis.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

As thine, O Indu, is the praise, and thine what springeth from the juice, Seat thee on the dear sacred grass.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 55.3

उत नो गोविद् अश्ववित् पवस्व सोमान्धसा । मक्षूतमेभिर् अहभिः

uta no govid aśvavit pavasva somāndhasā | makṣūtamebhir ahabhiḥ

And as finder of cattle, finder of horses, purify yourself for us, O Soma, with the juice, in the swiftest days.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

And, finding for us kine and steeds, O Soma, with thy juice flow on Through days that fly most rapidly.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 55.4

यो जिनाति न जीयते हन्ति शत्रुम् अभीत्य । स पवस्व सहस्रजित्

yo jināti na jīyate hanti śatrum abhītya | sa pavasva sahasrajit

He who wins and is not won, who slays the enemy by attacking—flow clear as that conqueror of a thousand.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

As one who conquers, ne'er subdued, attacks and stays the enemy, Thus, Vanquisher of thousands! flow.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)