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Samaveda — Uttararchika — Chapter 1217

SV 2 1217.1

एष प्रत्नेन जन्मना देवो देवेभ्यः सुतः । हरिः पवित्रे अर्षति

eṣa pratnena janmanā devo devebhyaḥ sutaḥ | hariḥ pavitre arṣati

This god, by his ancient birth, pressed out for the gods, the tawny one, flows into the filter.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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By generation long ago this God, engendered for the Gods, Flows tawny to the straining cloth.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)

SV 2 1217.2

एष प्रत्नेन मन्मना देवो देवेभ्यस्परि । कविर्विप्रेण वावृधे

eṣa pratnena manmanā devo devebhyaspari | kavirvipreṇa vāvṛdhe

This god, by ancient thought, out beyond the gods—the sage has grown strong through the inspired singer.

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

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According to primeval plan this poet hath been strengthened by, The sage as God for all the Gods.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)

SV 2 1217.3

दुहानः प्रत्नमित्पयः पवित्रे परि षिच्यसे । क्रन्दं देवां अजीजनः

duhānaḥ pratnamitpayaḥ pavitre pari ṣicyase | krandaṃ devāṃ ajījanaḥ

Milking out the ancient milk, you are poured about in the filter; roaring, you have begotten the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Shedding the ancient fiuid thou art poured into the cleansing sieve: Roaring, thou hast produced the Gods.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)