Samaveda — Purvarchika — Chapter 4103
SV 1 4103.1
असावि देवं गोऋजीकमन्धो न्यस्मिन्निन्द्रो जनुषेमुवोच । बोधामसि त्वा हर्यश्व यज्ञैर्बोधा न स्तोममन्धसो मदेषु
asāvi devaṃ goṛjīkamandho nyasminnindro januṣemuvoca | bodhāmasi tvā haryaśva yajñairbodhā na stomamandhaso madeṣu
The divine juice, sharpened with milk, has been pressed; in it Indra from his birth has declared himself. We awaken you with sacrifices, lord of bay horses; take note of our praise in the raptures of the juice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Pressed is the juice divine with milk commingled: thereto hath Indra ever been accustomed. We wake thee, Lord of bays, with sacrifices: mark this our laud in the wild joys of Soma!
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)
SV 1 4103.2
योनिष्ट इन्द्र सदने अकारि तमा नृभिः पुरूहूत प्र याहि । असो यथा नोऽविता वृधश्चिद्ददो वसूनि ममदश्च सोमैः
yoniṣṭa indra sadane akāri tamā nṛbhiḥ purūhūta pra yāhi | aso yathā no'vitā vṛdhaściddado vasūni mamadaśca somaiḥ
A womb has been made for you, Indra, in the seat (of sacrifice); go forth to it with the men, much-invoked one, so that you may be our helper and furtherer indeed; give goods and be exhilarated with the somas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
A home is made for thee to dwell in, Indra: O much-invoked one, with the men go thither! Thou, that thou mayest guard us and increase us, givest us wealth and joyest in the Somas.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)
SV 1 4103.3
अदर्दरुत्समसृजो वि खानि त्वमर्णवान्बद्बधानां अरम्णाः । महान्तमिन्द्र पर्वतं वि यद्वः सृजद्धारा अव यद्दानवान्हन्
adardarutsamasṛjo vi khāni tvamarṇavānbadbadhānāṃ aramṇāḥ | mahāntamindra parvataṃ vi yadvaḥ sṛjaddhārā ava yaddānavānhan
You split open the well, you let loose the outlets, you stilled the pent-up floods; when you opened up the great mountain, Indra, he let the streams flow, when you struck down the Dānavas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
The well thou clavest, settest free the fountains, and gavest rest to floods that were obstructed. Thou, Indra, laying the great mountain open, slaying the Ddnava, didst loose the torrents.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)
SV 1 4103.4
सुष्वाणास इन्द्र स्तुमसि त्वा सनिष्यन्तश्चित्तुविनृम्ण वाजं । आ नो भर सुवितं यस्य कोना तना त्मना सह्यामा त्वोताः
suṣvāṇāsa indra stumasi tvā saniṣyantaścittuvinṛmṇa vājaṃ | ā no bhara suvitaṃ yasya konā tanā tmanā sahyāmā tvotāḥ
Having pressed (the soma), Indra, we praise you, seeking to win the prize, O you of abundant manly power. Bring us the good passage whose ... ; with offspring and with our own selves may we prevail, helped by you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
When we have pressed the juice we laud thee, Indra, most valorous! even about to win the booty. Bring us prosperity, and by thy great wisdom, under thine own protection, may we conquer!
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)
SV 1 4103.5
जगृह्मा ते दक्षिणमिन्द्र हस्तं वसूयवो वसुपते वसूनां । विद्मा हि त्वा गोपतिं शूर गोनामस्मभ्यं चित्रं वृषणं रयिन्दाः
jagṛhmā te dakṣiṇamindra hastaṃ vasūyavo vasupate vasūnāṃ | vidmā hi tvā gopatiṃ śūra gonāmasmabhyaṃ citraṃ vṛṣaṇaṃ rayindāḥ
We have grasped your right hand, Indra, desiring goods, O lord of goods; for we know you as the cattle-lord of cattle, hero: give us brilliant, bullish wealth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Thy right hand have we grasped in ours, O Indra, longing, thou very Lord of wealth, for treasures. Because we know thee, hero, Lord of cattle: vouchsafe us mighty and resplendent riches!
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)
SV 1 4103.6
इन्द्रं नरो नेमधिता हवन्ति यत्पार्या युनजते धियस्ताः । शूरो नृषाता श्रवसश्च काम आ गोमति व्रजे भजा त्वं नः
indraṃ naro nemadhitā havanti yatpāryā yunajate dhiyastāḥ | śūro nṛṣātā śravasaśca kāma ā gomati vraje bhajā tvaṃ naḥ
The men call on Indra in the contest, when they yoke those decisive thoughts of theirs; the hero, in the winning of men and in the longing for fame — give us a share in the pen full of cattle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Men call on Indra in the armed encounter that he may make the hymns they sing decisive. Hero in combat and in love of glory, give us a portion of the stall of cattle!
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)
SV 1 4103.7
वयः सुपर्णा उप सेदुरिन्द्रं प्रियमेधा ऋषयो नाधमानाः । अप ध्वान्तमूर्णुहि पूर्धि चक्षुर्मुमुग्ध्या३स्मान्निधयेव बद्धान्
vayaḥ suparṇā upa sedurindraṃ priyamedhā ṛṣayo nādhamānāḥ | apa dhvāntamūrṇuhi pūrdhi cakṣurmumugdhyā3smānnidhayeva baddhān
Like birds with fine wings the Priyamedha seers have sat down beside Indra, imploring; uncover the darkness, fill the eye, release us who are bound as though by a snare.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Like birds of beauteous wing the Priyamedhas, Rishis, imploring, have come nigh to Indra. Dispel the darkness and fill full our vision: deliver us as men whom snares entangle!
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)
SV 1 4103.8
नाके सुपर्णमुप यत्पतन्तं हृदा वेनन्तो अभ्यचक्षत त्वा । हिरण्यपक्षं वरुणस्य दूतं यमस्य योनौ शकुनं भुरण्युं
nāke suparṇamupa yatpatantaṃ hṛdā venanto abhyacakṣata tvā | hiraṇyapakṣaṃ varuṇasya dūtaṃ yamasya yonau śakunaṃ bhuraṇyuṃ
When (they saw) the fair-winged one flying up into the vault, yearning with the heart they gazed upon you — the golden-winged, the messenger of Varuṇa, the bird in Yama's womb, the swiftly stirring one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
They gaze on thee with longing in their spirit, as on a strongwinged bird that mounteth sky-ward; On thee with wings of gold, Varuna's envoy, the Bird that hasteneth to the home of Yama.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)
SV 1 4103.9
ब्रह्म जज्ञानं प्रथमं पुरस्ताद्वि सीमतः सुरुचो वेन आवः । स बुध्न्या उपमा अस्य विष्ठाः सतश्च योनिमसतश्च विवः
brahma jajñānaṃ prathamaṃ purastādvi sīmataḥ suruco vena āvaḥ | sa budhnyā upamā asya viṣṭhāḥ sataśca yonimasataśca vivaḥ
Brahman being born first in the east — Vena uncovered (it) from the boundary, radiant. He uncovered its deepest and its highest stations, the womb of what is and of what is not.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
First in the ancient time was Prayer engendered: Vena disclosed the bright ones from the summit, Laid bare this world's lowest and highest regions, womb of the existent and the non-existent.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)
SV 1 4103.10
अपूर्व्या पुरुतमान्यस्मै महे वीराय तवसे तुराय । विरप्शिने वज्रिणे शन्तमानि वचांस्यास्मै स्थविराय तक्षुः
apūrvyā purutamānyasmai mahe vīrāya tavase turāya | virapśine vajriṇe śantamāni vacāṃsyāsmai sthavirāya takṣuḥ
Unprecedented, most abundant, most soothing words have they fashioned for him, for the great hero, the strong, the swift, for the abounding, the wielder of the vajra — for him, the firm one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
They have prepared and fashioned for this hero words never matched, most plentiful, most auspicious, For him the ancient, great, strong, energetic, the very mighty wielder of the thunder.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)