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Samaveda — Uttararchika — Chapter 2218

SV 2 2218.1

तं ते मदं गृणीमसि वृषणं पृक्षु सासहिं । उ लोककृत्नुमद्रिवो हरिश्रियं

taṃ te madaṃ gṛṇīmasi vṛṣaṇaṃ pṛkṣu sāsahiṃ | u lokakṛtnumadrivo hariśriyaṃ

That intoxicating draught of yours we extol — bullish, overpowering in the contests, and space-making, O lord of the stone, golden in its splendour.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

We sing this strong and wild delight of thine which conquers in the fray, Which, Caster of the Stone! gives room and shines like gold.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)

SV 2 2218.2

येन ज्योतींष्यायवे मनवे च विवेदिथ । मन्दानो अस्य बर्हिषो वि राजसि

yena jyotīṃṣyāyave manave ca viveditha | mandāno asya barhiṣo vi rājasi

By which you discovered the lights for Āyu and for Manu; delighting in this barhis, you shine forth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Wherewith thou foundest shining lights for Ayu and for Manu's sake: Now joying in this sacred grass thou bearnest forth.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)

SV 2 2218.3

तदद्या चित्त उक्थिनोऽनु ष्टुवन्ति पूर्वथा । वृषपत्नीरपो जया दिवेदिवे

tadadyā citta ukthino'nu ṣṭuvanti pūrvathā | vṛṣapatnīrapo jayā divedive

That of yours even today the uktha-singers praise, as of old: win the waters whose husband is the bull, day after day.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

This day too singers of the hymn praise, as of old, this might of thine: Win thou the waters every day, thralls of the strong!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)