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Rig Veda

Rig Veda 1.3

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Ye Asvins, rich in treasure, Lords of splendour, having nimble hands, Accept the sacrificial food.

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Ye Asvins, rich in wondrous deeds, ye heroes worthy of our praise, Accept our songs with mighty thought.

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Nasatyas, wonder-workers, yours are these libations with clipt grass: Come ye whose paths are red with flame.

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O Indra marvellously bright, come, these libations long for thee, Thus by fine fingers purified.

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Urged by the holy singer, sped by song, come, Indra, to the prayers, Of the libation-pouring priest.

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Approach, O Indra, hasting thee, Lord of Bay Horses, to the prayers. In our libation take delight.

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Ye Visvedevas, who protect, reward, and cherish men, approach Your worshipper's drink-offering.

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Ye Visvedevas, swift at work, come hither quickly to the draught, As milch-kine hasten to their stalls.

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The Visvedevas, changing shape like serpents, fearless, void of guile, Bearers, accept the sacred draught

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Wealthy in spoil, enriched with hymns, may bright Sarasvati desire, With eager love, our sacrifice.

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Inciter of all pleasant songs, inspirer o all gracious thought, Sarasvati accept our rite

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Sarasvati, the mighty flood,—she with be light illuminates, She brightens every pious thought.

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Sanskrit text: Oliver Hellwig, The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (DCS), 2010–2024. CC BY 4.0. · Source ↗

Sanskrit text from The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (DCS) by Oliver Hellwig, 2010–2024, https://github.com/OliverHellwig/sanskrit, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Changes: sentence parts joined per verse; only verses the DCS numbers are included (8483 of the Ṛgveda's 10,552).

Ralph T. H. Griffith's translation (1896–97). It is dated, and scholars now read many verses differently. A few verses Griffith left untranslated or moved to an appendix are not included.

Ralph T. H. Griffith, The Hymns of the Rigveda, 2nd edition (Benares: E. J. Lazarus, 1896–97). Public domain. Text from English Wikisource, checked against Internet Archive scans of the 1896–97 printing. · Source ↗

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