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Samaveda — Uttararchika — Chapter 9109

SV 2 9109.1

बण्महां असि सूर्य बडादित्य महां असि । महस्ते सतो महिमा पनिष्तम मह्ना देव महां असि

baṇmahāṃ asi sūrya baḍāditya mahāṃ asi | mahaste sato mahimā paniṣtama mahnā deva mahāṃ asi

Yes indeed, great art thou, Sūrya; yes, Āditya, great art thou. Great is the greatness of thee who art great, most praiseworthy one; by greatness, god, art thou great.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Verily, Surya, thou art great; truly, Aditya, thou art great. O most admired for greatness of thy majesty, God, by thy greatn.ess thou art great.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)

SV 2 9109.2

बट्सूर्य श्रवसा महां असि सत्रा देव महां असि । मह्ना देवानामसुर्यः पुरोहितो विभु ज्योतिरदाभ्यं

baṭsūrya śravasā mahāṃ asi satrā deva mahāṃ asi | mahnā devānāmasuryaḥ purohito vibhu jyotiradābhyaṃ

Yes, Sūrya, by renown thou art great; altogether, god, thou art great. By greatness thou art the asura-like lord among the gods, the one set in front, the far-extending, unassailable light.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Yea, Surya, thou art great in fame: thou evermore, O God, art great. Thou by thy greatness art the Gods' High-Priest, divine, farspread unconquerable light.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1893)