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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 9 — Chapter 95

RV 9 95.1

कनिक्रन्ति हरिर् आ सृज्यमानः सीदन् वनस्य जठरे पुनानः । नृभिर् यतः कृणुते निर्णिजꣳ गा अतो मतीर् जनयत स्वधाभिः

kanikranti harir ā sṛjyamānaḥ sīdan vanasya jaṭhare punānaḥ | nṛbhir yataḥ kṛṇute nirṇijaṁ gā ato matīr janayata svadhābhiḥ

The tawny one roars again and again as he is let loose, settling purified in the belly of the wood; guided by the men he makes the cows his festive garment; from there he engenders the thoughts by his own powers.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Loud neighs the Tawny Steed when started, settling deep in the wooden vessel while they cleanse him. Led by the men he takes the milk for raiment: then shall he, through his powers, engender praisesongs.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 95.2

हरिः सृजानः पथ्याम् ऋतस्येयर्ति वाचम् अरितेव नावम् । देवो देवानाꣳ गुह्यानि नामाविष् कृणोति बर्हिषि प्रवाचे

hariḥ sṛjānaḥ pathyām ṛtasyeyarti vācam ariteva nāvam | devo devānāṁ guhyāni nāmāviṣ kṛṇoti barhiṣi pravāce

The tawny one, let loose upon the path of ṛta, sets speech in motion as a rower a boat; a god, he makes manifest the hidden names of the gods, to be proclaimed on the barhis.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

As one who rows drives on his boat, he, Gold-hued, sends forth his voice, loosed on the path of Order. As God, the secret names of Gods he utters, to be declared on sacred grass more widely.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 95.3

अपाम् इवेद् ऊर्मयस् तर्तुराणाः प्र मनीषा ईरते सोमम् अच्छ । नमस्यन्तीर् उप च यन्ति सꣳ चा च विशन्त्य् उशतीर् उशन्तम्

apām ived ūrmayas tarturāṇāḥ pra manīṣā īrate somam accha | namasyantīr upa ca yanti saṁ cā ca viśanty uśatīr uśantam

Like waves of waters pressing on, the thoughts move forth toward Soma; doing homage they approach and enter together, eager (they) to the eager one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Hastening onward like the waves of waters, our holy hymns are pressing nigh to Soma. To him they come with lowly adoration, and, longing, enter him who longs to meet them.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 95.4

तम् मर्मृजानम् महिषꣳ न सानाव् अꣳशुꣳ दुहन्त्य् उक्षणꣳ गिरिष्ठाम् । तꣳ वावशानम् मतयः सचन्ते त्रितो बिभर्ति वरुणꣳ समुद्रे

tam marmṛjānam mahiṣaṁ na sānāv aṁśuṁ duhanty ukṣaṇaṁ giriṣṭhām | taṁ vāvaśānam matayaḥ sacante trito bibharti varuṇaṁ samudre

Him they milk, polished like a buffalo on the mountain ridge — the stalk, the bull that dwells on the mountain; the thoughts attend him as he bellows; Trita bears Varuṇa in the sea.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

They drain the stalk, the Steer who dwells on mountains, even as a Bull who decks him on the upland. Hymns follow and attend him as he bellows: Trita bears Varuṇa aloft in ocean.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9 95.5

इष्यन् वाचम् उपवक्तेव होतुः पुनान इन्दो वि ष्या मनीषाम् । इन्द्रश् च यत् क्षयथः सौभगाय सुवीर्यस्य पतयः स्याम

iṣyan vācam upavakteva hotuḥ punāna indo vi ṣyā manīṣām | indraś ca yat kṣayathaḥ saubhagāya suvīryasya patayaḥ syāma

Urging on speech like the upavaktṛ (urging) the hotṛ's, do thou, purifying thyself, O Indu, release our thought; and since thou and Indra have power for good fortune, may we be masters of an abundance of heroes.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Sending thy voice out as Director, loosen the Invoker's thought, O Indu, as they cleanse thee. While thou and Indra rule for our advantage, may we be masters of heroic vigour.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)