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Samaveda — Uttararchika — Chapter 2103

SV 2 2103.1

वृषा सोम द्युमां असि वृषा देव वृषव्रतः । वृषा धर्माणि दध्रिषे

vṛṣā soma dyumāṃ asi vṛṣā deva vṛṣavrataḥ | vṛṣā dharmāṇi dadhriṣe

A bull you are, Soma, full of splendour; a bull, O god, whose observances are bullish; as a bull you have upheld the ordinances.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

O Soma, thou art strong and bright, potent, O God, with potent sway,

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)

SV 2 2103.2

वृष्णस्ते वृष्ण्यं शवो वृषा वनं वृषा सुतः । स त्वं वृषन्वृषेदसि

vṛṣṇaste vṛṣṇyaṃ śavo vṛṣā vanaṃ vṛṣā sutaḥ | sa tvaṃ vṛṣanvṛṣedasi

Of the bull is your bullish strength; a bull is the wooden vat, a bull the pressed juice; you, O bull, are indeed a bull.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Steer-strong thy might is like a steer's, steer-strong the wood, steer-strong the juice: A steer indeed, O Steer, art thou.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)

SV 2 2103.3

अश्वो न चक्रदो वृषा सं गा इन्दो समर्वतः । वि नो राये दुरो वृधि

aśvo na cakrado vṛṣā saṃ gā indo samarvataḥ | vi no rāye duro vṛdhi

Like a horse you have neighed, O bull; (bring) together the cows, O Indu, together the steeds; open wide for us the doors to wealth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Thou, Indu, as a vigorous horse, hast neighed together steeds and kine: Unbar for us the doors to wealth!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)