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Samaveda — Purvarchika — Chapter 6105

SV 1 6105.1

प्र सेनानीः शूरो अग्रे रथानां गव्यन्नेति हर्षते अस्य सेना । भद्रान्कृण्वन्निन्द्रहवान्त्सखिभ्य आ सोमो वस्त्रा रभसानि दत्ते

pra senānīḥ śūro agre rathānāṃ gavyanneti harṣate asya senā | bhadrānkṛṇvannindrahavāntsakhibhya ā somo vastrā rabhasāni datte

Forth the army-leader, the hero, goes at the head of the chariots, seeking cows; his army exults. Making auspicious calls to Indra for his friends, Soma takes on vigorous garments.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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In forefront of the cars forth goes the hero, the leader, seeking spoil: his host rejoices. Soma endues his robe of lasting colours, and blesses, for his friends, their calls on Indra.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)

SV 1 6105.2

प्र ते धारा मधुमतीरसृग्रन्वारं यत्पूतो अत्येष्यव्यं । पवमान पवसे धाम गोनां जनयन्त्सूर्यमपिन्वो अर्कैः

pra te dhārā madhumatīrasṛgranvāraṃ yatpūto atyeṣyavyaṃ | pavamāna pavase dhāma gonāṃ janayantsūryamapinvo arkaiḥ

Your honeyed streams have been released, when, purified, you pass over the sheep's fleece; O Pavamāna, you flow clear as the abode of the cows; begetting the sun, you made (it) swell with chants.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Thy streams have been poured forth with all their sweetness, when, cleansed thou passest through the woollen filter. The race of kine thou cleansest, Pavamana! Thou didst beget: and speed the Sun with splendours.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)

SV 1 6105.3

प्र गायताभ्यर्चाम देवान्त्सोमं हिनोत महते धनाय । स्वादुः पवतामति वारमव्यमा सीदतु कलशं देव इन्दुः

pra gāyatābhyarcāma devāntsomaṃ hinota mahate dhanāya | svāduḥ pavatāmati vāramavyamā sīdatu kalaśaṃ deva induḥ

Sing forth! Let us praise the gods! Urge Soma on for great wealth. Let the sweet one flow clear over the sheep's fleece; let the god Indu settle into the pitcher.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Let us sing praises to the Gods: sing loudly, send ye the Soma forth for mighty riches! Let him flow, sweetly-flavoured, through the filter: let the God Indu settle in the beaker!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)

SV 1 6105.4

प्र हिन्वानो जनिता रोदस्यो रथो न वाजं सनिषन्नयासीत् । इन्द्रं गच्छन्नायुधा संशिशानो विश्वा वसु हस्तयोरादधानः

pra hinvāno janitā rodasyo ratho na vājaṃ saniṣannayāsīt | indraṃ gacchannāyudhā saṃśiśāno viśvā vasu hastayorādadhānaḥ

Urged forth, the begetter of the two worlds, like a chariot he has set out to win the prize; going to Indra, sharpening his weapons, taking all goods into his hands.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Urged on, the father of the earth and heaven hath gone forth like a car to gather booty. Going to Indra, sharpening his weapons, and in his hands containing every treasure.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)

SV 1 6105.5

तक्षद्यदी मनसो वेनतो वाग्ज्येष्ठस्य धर्मं द्युक्षोरनीके । आदीमायन्वरमा वावशाना जुष्टं पतिं कलशे गाव इन्दुं

takṣadyadī manaso venato vāgjyeṣṭhasya dharmaṃ dyukṣoranīke | ādīmāyanvaramā vāvaśānā juṣṭaṃ patiṃ kalaśe gāva induṃ

When the voice fashioned the ordinance of the eldest, of the heaven-dwelling one, out of the yearning mind, before his face—then the cows came to him at the fleece, bellowing, to the welcome lord Indu in the pitcher.

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

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When, by the law of the Most High, in presence of heaven and earth, the fond mind's utterance formed him. Then, loudly lowing, came the cows to Indu, the chosen, wellloved master in the beaker.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)

SV 1 6105.6

साकमुक्षो मर्जयन्त स्वसारो दश धीरस्य धीतयो धनुत्रीः । हरिः पर्यद्रवज्जाः सूर्यस्य द्रोणं ननक्षे अत्यो न वाजी

sākamukṣo marjayanta svasāro daśa dhīrasya dhītayo dhanutrīḥ | hariḥ paryadravajjāḥ sūryasya droṇaṃ nanakṣe atyo na vājī

The sisters, growing strong together, have groomed him—the ten speeding thoughts of the wise one; the tawny one ran around, born of the sun; he reached the tub like a prize-winning steed.

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

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Ten sisters, pouring out the rain together, the sage's quickly-moving thoughts, adorn him. Hither hath run the gold-hued child of Surya, and reached the vat like a fleet vigorous courser.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)

SV 1 6105.7

अधि यदस्मिन्वाजिनीव शुभः स्पर्धन्ते धियः सूरे न विशः । अपो वृणानः पवते कवीयन्व्रजं न पशुवर्धनाय मन्म

adhi yadasminvājinīva śubhaḥ spardhante dhiyaḥ sūre na viśaḥ | apo vṛṇānaḥ pavate kavīyanvrajaṃ na paśuvardhanāya manma

When upon him the visions contend for splendour as prize-mares do, like clans upon a prince, then choosing the waters he flows clear, acting the seer—(his) thought like a pen for the increase of cattle.

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

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When beauties strive for him as for a charger, then strive the songs as people for the sunlight. A mighty Sage, he flows enrobed in waters and hymns as 'twree a stall that kine may prosper.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)

SV 1 6105.8

इन्दुर्वाजी पवते गोन्योघा इन्द्रे सोमः सह इन्वन्मदाय । हन्ति रक्षो बाधते पर्यरातिं वरिवस्कृण्वन्वृजनस्य राजा

indurvājī pavate gonyoghā indre somaḥ saha invanmadāya | hanti rakṣo bādhate paryarātiṃ varivaskṛṇvanvṛjanasya rājā

The vigorous drop purifies itself, streaming amid the cows; soma in Indra, impelling might for the intoxication; he slays the demon, thrusts back hostility on all sides, making wide room, king of the (settled) community.

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

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Strong Indu, bathed in milk, flows on for Indra, Soma exciting, strength, for his carousal. He quells malignity and slays the demons, King of the homestead, he who gives us comfort.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)

SV 1 6105.9

अया पवा पवस्वैना वसूनि मांश्चत्व इन्द्रो सरसि प्र धन्व । ब्रघ्नश्चिद्यस्य वातो न जूतिं पुरुमेधाश्चित्तकवे नरं धात्

ayā pavā pavasvainā vasūni māṃścatva indro sarasi pra dhanva | braghnaścidyasya vāto na jūtiṃ purumedhāścittakave naraṃ dhāt

By this (course) purify, purify yourself; (win) these goods. O Māṃścatva, O Indra, run forth in the lake. Even the swift one, whose speed is like the wind — even the very wise one placed the man for Taka(?).

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

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Pour forth this wealth with this purification: flow onward to the yellow lake, O Indu! Here, too, the bright one, wind-swift, full of wisdom, shall give a son to him who cometh quickly.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)

SV 1 6105.10

महत्तत्सोमो महिषश्चकारापां यद्गर्भोऽवृणीत देवान् । अदधादिन्द्रे पवमान ओजोऽजनयत्सूर्ये ज्योतिरिन्दुः

mahattatsomo mahiṣaścakārāpāṃ yadgarbho'vṛṇīta devān | adadhādindre pavamāna ojo'janayatsūrye jyotirinduḥ

Great was that which Soma the buffalo did, that as the embryo of the waters he chose the gods; Pavamāna set strength in Indra, the drop begot light in the sun.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Soma, the mighty, when, the waters' offspring, he chose the Gods, performed that great achievement. He, Pavamana, granted strength to Indra: he, Indu, generated light in Surya.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)

SV 1 6105.11

असर्जि वक्वा रथ्ये यथाजौ धिया मनोता प्रथमा मनीषा । दश स्वसारो अधि सानो अव्ये मृजन्ति वह्निं सदनेष्वच्छ

asarji vakvā rathye yathājau dhiyā manotā prathamā manīṣā | daśa svasāro adhi sāno avye mṛjanti vahniṃ sadaneṣvaccha

The rolling one has been let loose as in a race for the chariot-horse, together with thought, insight first devised; ten sisters upon the woolen ridge groom the bearer (of the offering) toward the seats.

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

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As for a chariot-race, the skilful speaker, first hymn, inventor, hath with song been started. The sisters ten upon the fleecy summit adorn the car-horse in the resting-places.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)

SV 1 6105.12

अपामिवेदूर्मयस्तर्त्तुराणाः प्र मनीषा ईरते सोममच्छ । नमस्यन्तीरुप च यन्ति सं चाच विशन्त्युशतीरुशन्तं

apāmivedūrmayastartturāṇāḥ pra manīṣā īrate somamaccha | namasyantīrupa ca yanti saṃ cāca viśantyuśatīruśantaṃ

Like the waves of waters hurrying across, the insights move forth toward Soma; doing homage they come near, and together, and eagerly they enter the eager one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)