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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 9 — Chapter 80

RV 9 80.1

सोमस्य धारा पवते नृचक्षस ऋतेन देवान् हवते दिवस् परि । बृहस्पते रवथेना वि दिद्युते समुद्रासो न सवनानि विव्यचुः

somasya dhārā pavate nṛcakṣasa ṛtena devān havate divas pari | bṛhaspate ravathenā vi didyute samudrāso na savanāni vivyacuḥ

You, O prize-winner, whom the cows have hailed — brilliant, you mount the metal-wrought womb. Extending the lifetime of the patrons and great fame, for Indra, O Soma, you purify yourself, a bull, an intoxication.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

ON flows the stream of Soma who beholds mankind: by everlasting Law he calls the Gods from heaven. He lightens with the roaring of Br aspati: h the lakes have not contained the pourings of juice.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 80.2

यꣳ त्वा वाजिन्न् अघ्न्या अभ्य् अनूषतायोहतꣳ योनिम् आ रोहसि द्युमान् । मघोनाम् आयुः प्रतिरन् महि श्रव इन्द्राय सोम पवसे वृषा मदः

yaṁ tvā vājinn aghnyā abhy anūṣatāyohataṁ yonim ā rohasi dyumān | maghonām āyuḥ pratiran mahi śrava indrāya soma pavase vṛṣā madaḥ

Into Indra's two flanks he flows, most intoxicating, clothing himself in vigour for fame, of good omen. Facing (them) he has spread himself over all the worlds; playing, the bay steed, the bull, runs on.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Thou, powerful Soma, thou to whom the cows have -lowed, ascendest bright with sheen, thine ironfashioned home. Thou, lengthening our princes' life and high renown, flowest for Indra as his might to gladdening drink.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 80.3

एन्द्रस्य कुक्षा पवते मदिन्तम ऊर्जꣳ वसानः श्रवसे सुमङ्गलः । प्रत्यङ् स विश्वा भुवनाभि पप्रथे क्रीऴन् हरिर् अत्यः स्यन्दते वृषा

endrasya kukṣā pavate madintama ūrjaṁ vasānaḥ śravase sumaṅgalaḥ | pratyaṅ sa viśvā bhuvanābhi paprathe krīḻan harir atyaḥ syandate vṛṣā

You, the most honey-rich, the thousand-streamed, the men milk out for the gods, the ten fingers (milk you). Set in motion by the men, pressed with the stones, purify yourself hither to all the gods, O thousand-winner.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Best giver of delight, he flows to Indra's throat, robing himself in might, Auspicious One, for fame. He spreads himself abroad to meet all things that be: the vigorous Tawny Steed flows sporting on his way.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 80.4

तꣳ त्वा देवेभ्यो मधुमत्तमꣳ नरः सहस्रधारꣳ दुहते दश क्षिपः । नृभिः सोम प्रच्युतो ग्रावभिः सुतो विश्वान् देवाꣳ आ पवस्वा सहस्रजित्

taṁ tvā devebhyo madhumattamaṁ naraḥ sahasradhāraṁ duhate daśa kṣipaḥ | nṛbhiḥ soma pracyuto grāvabhiḥ suto viśvān devām̐ ā pavasvā sahasrajit

You, sweetest for the gods, the men milk out, thousand-streamed — the ten fingers (milk you); O Soma, set in motion by men, pressed by the stones, purify yourself toward all the gods, O winner of a thousand.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

The men, the ten swift fingers, milk thee out for Gods, even thee most rich in meath, with thousand flowing streams. Soma who winnest thousands, driven by the men, expressed with stones, bring, as thou flowest, all the Gods.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 80.5

तꣳ त्वा हस्तिनो मधुमन्तम् अद्रिभिर् दुहन्त्य् अप्सु वृषभꣳ दश क्षिपः । इन्द्रꣳ सोम मादयन् दैव्यꣳ जनꣳ सिन्धोर् इवोर्मिः पवमानो अर्षसि

taṁ tvā hastino madhumantam adribhir duhanty apsu vṛṣabhaṁ daśa kṣipaḥ | indraṁ soma mādayan daivyaṁ janaṁ sindhor ivormiḥ pavamāno arṣasi

You, the honey-rich bull, the ten fingers, having hands, milk out with the stones in the waters; gladdening Indra, Soma, and the divine folk, you flow as you purify yourself, like the wave of a river.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Deft-handed men with stones, the ten swift fingers, drain thee into waters, thee, the Steer enriched with sweets. Thou, Soma, gladdening Indra, and the Heavenly Host, flowest as Pavamâna like a river's wave.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)