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Samaveda — Uttararchika — Chapter 1108

SV 2 1108.1

उच्चा ते जातमन्धसो दिवि सद्भूम्या ददे । उग्रं शर्म महि श्रवः

uccā te jātamandhaso divi sadbhūmyā dade | ugraṃ śarma mahi śravaḥ

On high thy birth from the stalk; being in heaven, thou art taken up by the earth; (thine is) strong shelter, great fame.

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

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High is thy juice's birth: though set in heaven, on earth it hath obtained Dread sheltering power and great renown.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)

SV 2 1108.2

स न इन्द्राय यज्यवे वरुणाय मरुद्भ्यः । वरिवोवित्परि स्रव

sa na indrāya yajyave varuṇāya marudbhyaḥ | varivovitpari srava

So for us, for Indra the sacrificer, for Varuṇa, for the Maruts, flow round, finding open space.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Finder of room and freedom, flow for Indra whom we must adore, For Varuna and the Marut host!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)

SV 2 1108.3

एना विश्वान्यर्य आ द्युम्नानि मानुषाणां । सिषासन्तो वनामहे

enā viśvānyarya ā dyumnāni mānuṣāṇāṃ | siṣāsanto vanāmahe

By this (soma), seeking to win, we gain all the splendours of men, O lord (arya).

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Striving to win, with him we gain all riches from the enemy, Yea, all the glories of mankind,

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)