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Samaveda — Purvarchika — Chapter 5104

SV 1 5104.1

आ ते अग्न इधीमहि द्युमन्तं देवाजरं । युद्ध स्या ते पनीयसी समिद्दीदयति द्यवीषं स्तोतृभ्य आ भर

ā te agna idhīmahi dyumantaṃ devājaraṃ | yuddha syā te panīyasī samiddīdayati dyavīṣaṃ stotṛbhya ā bhara

We would kindle for ourselves you, Agni, the brilliant, the unaging, O god; when that more admirable (flame) of yours, kindled, shines in the sky — bring refreshment to the praisers.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

O Agni, God, we kindle thee, refulgent, wasting not away, That this more glorious fuel may send forth for thee its shine to heaven. Bring food to those who sing thy praise!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)

SV 1 5104.2

आग्निं न स्ववृक्तिभिर्होतारं त्वा वृणीमहे । शीरं पावकशोचिषं वि वो मदे यज्ञेषु स्तीर्णबर्हिषं विवक्षसे

āgniṃ na svavṛktibhirhotāraṃ tvā vṛṇīmahe | śīraṃ pāvakaśociṣaṃ vi vo made yajñeṣu stīrṇabarhiṣaṃ vivakṣase

Agni — with our own praises we choose thee as hotṛ, the sharp one with purifying flame — vi vo made — him at the sacrifices with the barhis strewn: thou wilt bear (it) forth.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

With offerings of our own we choose thee, Agni, as our Hotar priest, Piercing and brightly shining-at your glad carouse-served with trimmed grass at sacrifice. Thou waxest great.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)

SV 1 5104.3

महे नो अद्य बोधयोषो राये दिवित्मती । यथा चिन्नो अबोधयः सत्यश्रवसि वाय्ये सुजाते अश्वसूनृते

mahe no adya bodhayoṣo rāye divitmatī | yathā cinno abodhayaḥ satyaśravasi vāyye sujāte aśvasūnṛte

Awaken us today, Uṣas, for great wealth, thou who shine toward heaven, just as thou didst awaken us at (the house of) Satyaśravas Vāyya, O well-born one, rich in horses and in generous gifts.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

O heavenly Dawn, awaken us to ample opulence to-day, Even as thou didst waken us with Satyasravas, Vayya's son, high born! delightful with thy steeds!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)

SV 1 5104.4

भद्रं नो अपि वातय मनो दक्षमुत क्रतुं । अथा ते सख्ये अन्धसो वि वो मदे रणा गावो न यवसे विवक्षसे

bhadraṃ no api vātaya mano dakṣamuta kratuṃ | athā te sakhye andhaso vi vo made raṇā gāvo na yavase vivakṣase

Blow into us an auspicious mind, and skill and resolve; then in thy friendship, (that) of the soma-juice — vi vo made — rejoice like cows in the pasture: thou wilt bear (it) forth.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Send us a mind that brings delight, send energy and mental power. Then-at your glad carouse-let men joy in thy love, sweet juice! as kine in pasturage. Thou waxest great,

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)

SV 1 5104.5

क्रत्वा महां अनुष्वधं भीम आ वावृते शवः । श्रिय ऋष्व उपाकयोर्नि शिप्री हरिवां दधे हस्तयोर्वज्रमायसं

kratvā mahāṃ anuṣvadhaṃ bhīma ā vāvṛte śavaḥ | śriya ṛṣva upākayorni śiprī harivāṃ dadhe hastayorvajramāyasaṃ

Great through his resolve, according to his own nature, the fearsome one — (his) power has been turned hither; lofty for splendour, the jaw-adorned lord of the bay steeds has placed the iron vajra in his two ready hands.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Great, as his nature is, through power, terrible, he hath waxed in strength, Lord of bay steeds, strong-jawed, sublime, he in joined hands for glory's sake hath grasped his iron thunderbolt.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)

SV 1 5104.6

स घा तं वृषणं रथमधि तिष्ठाति गोविदं । यः पात्रं हारियोजनं पूर्णमिन्द्रा चिकेतति योजा न्विन्द्र ते हरी

sa ghā taṃ vṛṣaṇaṃ rathamadhi tiṣṭhāti govidaṃ | yaḥ pātraṃ hāriyojanaṃ pūrṇamindrā ciketati yojā nvindra te harī

He indeed shall mount that bull-like, cow-winning chariot, who takes note of the full vessel of the hārīyojana draught, O Indra. Yoke now, Indra, thy two bays.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

He, Indra, verily will mount the powerful car that finds the kine, Who thinks upon the well-filled bowl, the tawny coursers' harnesser. Now, Indra, yoke thy two bay steeds!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)

SV 1 5104.7

अग्निं तं मन्ये यो वसुरस्तं यं यन्ति धेनवः । अस्तमर्वन्त आशवोऽस्तं नित्यासो वाजिन इषं स्तोतृभ्य आ भर

agniṃ taṃ manye yo vasurastaṃ yaṃ yanti dhenavaḥ | astamarvanta āśavo'staṃ nityāso vājina iṣaṃ stotṛbhya ā bhara

That Agni I hold to be the one who is good (to us), to whom the milch cows go as to their home, home the swift chargers, home the steady prize-winners: bring food to the praisers.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

I think of Agni who is kind, whom, as their home, the milch-kine seek: Whom fleet-foot coursers seek as home, and strong enduring steeds as home. Bring food to those who sing thy praise!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)

SV 1 5104.8

न तमंहो न दुरितं देवासो अष्ट मर्त्यं । सजोषसो यमर्यमा मित्रो नयति वरुणो अति द्विषः

na tamaṃho na duritaṃ devāso aṣṭa martyaṃ | sajoṣaso yamaryamā mitro nayati varuṇo ati dviṣaḥ

Neither distress nor difficulty reaches that mortal, O gods, whom Aryaman, Mitra and Varuṇa, of one accord, lead past the haters.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

No peril, no severe distress, ye Gods, affects the mortal man Whom Aryaman and Mitra lead, and Varuna, of one accord, beyond his foes.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)