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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 9 — Chapter 56

RV 9 56.1

परि सोम ऋतम् बृहद् आशुः पवित्रे अर्षति । विघ्नन् रक्षाꣳसि देवयुः

pari soma ṛtam bṛhad āśuḥ pavitre arṣati | vighnan rakṣāṁsi devayuḥ

Soma the swift flows around in the filter—the lofty ṛta—smiting the rakṣases, devoted to the gods.

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

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SWIFT to the purifying sieve flows Soma as exalted Law, Slaying the fiends, loving the Gods.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 56.2

यत् सोमो वाजम् अर्षति शतꣳ धारा अपस्युवः । इन्द्रस्य सख्यम् आविशन्

yat somo vājam arṣati śataṁ dhārā apasyuvaḥ | indrasya sakhyam āviśan

When Soma streams toward the prize, a hundred busy streams (stream), entering into Indra's friendship.

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

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When Soma pours the strengthening food a hundred ever-active streams To Indra's friendship win theirway.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 56.3

अभि त्वा योषणो दश जारꣳ न कन्यानूषत । मृज्यसे सोम सातये

abhi tvā yoṣaṇo daśa jāraṁ na kanyānūṣata | mṛjyase soma sātaye

The ten young women have cried out to you as a maiden to her lover; you are burnished, O Soma, for the winning.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Ten Dames have sung to welcome thee, even as a maiden greets her love: O Soma, thou art decked to win.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 56.4

त्वम् इन्द्राय विष्णवे स्वादुर् इन्दो परि स्रव । नॄन् स्तोतॄन् पाह्य् अꣳहसः

tvam indrāya viṣṇave svādur indo pari srava | nṝn stotṝn pāhy aṁhasaḥ

You, sweet, O Indu, flow around for Indra, for Viṣṇu; protect the men, the praisers, from distress.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Flow hitherward, O Indu, sweet to Indra and to Vishṇu: guard The men, the singers, from distress.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)