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Samaveda — Uttararchika — Chapter 1123

SV 2 1123.1

अधा हीन्द्र गिर्वण उप त्वा काम ईमहे ससृग्महे । उदेव ग्मन्त उदभिः

adhā hīndra girvaṇa upa tvā kāma īmahe sasṛgmahe | udeva gmanta udabhiḥ

And so, O Indra who loves songs, our desire goes out to you, we have poured ourselves forth—as those going to water with the waters.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

So, Indra, friend of song, do we draw near to thee with longing; we have streamed to thee Coming like floods that follow floods.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)

SV 2 1123.2

वार्ण त्वा यव्याभिर्वर्धन्ति शूर ब्रह्माणि । ववृध्वांसं चिदद्रिवो दिवेदिवे

vārṇa tvā yavyābhirvardhanti śūra brahmāṇi | vavṛdhvāṃsaṃ cidadrivo divedive

Like water by channels, the sacred formulas strengthen you, O hero—you who are already grown strong, O lord of the stone, day after day.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

As rivers swell the ocean, so, hero, our prayers increase thy might, Though of thyself, O Thunderer, waxing day by day.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)

SV 2 1123.3

युञ्जन्ति हरी इषिरस्य गाथयोरौ रथ उरुयुगे वचोयुजा । इन्द्रवाहा स्वर्विदा

yuñjanti harī iṣirasya gāthayorau ratha uruyuge vacoyujā | indravāhā svarvidā

With song they yoke the two bay horses of the impetuous one, in the wide chariot with wide yoke, the two yoked by a word, bearers of Indra, finders of the sun.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

With holy song they bind to the broad wide-yoked car the bay steeds of the quickening God, Bearers of Indra, yoked by word.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)