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Samaveda — Uttararchika — Chapter 1206

SV 2 1206.1

आ तू न इन्द्र क्षुमन्तं चित्रं ग्राभं सं गृभाय । महाहस्ती दक्षिणेन

ā tū na indra kṣumantaṃ citraṃ grābhaṃ saṃ gṛbhāya | mahāhastī dakṣiṇena

Grasp for us, Indra, a rich and bright catch (of goods); you of the great hand, (grasp it) with the right.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Indra, as one with mighty arm, gather for us with thy right hand, Manifold and nutritious spoil!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)

SV 2 1206.2

विद्मा हि त्वा तुविकूर्मिं तुविदेष्णं तुवीमघं । तुविमात्रमवोभिः

vidmā hi tvā tuvikūrmiṃ tuvideṣṇaṃ tuvīmaghaṃ | tuvimātramavobhiḥ

For we know you as one of mighty exertion, of mighty giving, of mighty bounty, of mighty measure in (your) helps.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

We know thee mighty in thy deeds, of mighty bounty, mighty wealth. Mighty in measure, prompt to aid.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)

SV 2 1206.3

न हि त्वा शूर देवा न मर्तासो दित्सन्तं । भीमं न गां वारयन्ते

na hi tvā śūra devā na martāso ditsantaṃ | bhīmaṃ na gāṃ vārayante

For neither the gods nor mortals hold you back, O hero, when you wish to give — the terrible one, as (one holds back) a cow.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Hero when thou wouldst give thy gifts, neither the Gods nor mortal men Restrain thee like a fearful bull.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)