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Rig Veda 10.36

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

There are the Dawn and Night, the grand and beauteous Pair, Earth, Heaven, and Varuna, Mitra, and Aryaman. Indra I call, the Maruts, Mountains, and the Floods, Adityas, Heaven and Earth, the Waters, and the Sky.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

May Dyaus and Prithivi, wise, true to Holy Law, keep us in safety from distress and injury. Let not malignant Nirriti rule over us. We crave to-day this gracious favour of the Gods.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Mother of Mitra and of opulent Varuna, may Aditi preserve us safe from all distress. May we obtain the light of heaven without a foe. We crave this gracious favour of the Gods to-day.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

May ringing press-stones keep the Rakshasas afar, ill dream, and Nirriti, and each voracious fiend. May the Adityas and the Maruts shelter us. We crave this gracious favour of the Gods to-day.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Full flow libations; on our grass let Indra sit; Brihaspati the singer laud with Sama hymns! Wise be our hearts' imaginings that we may live. We crave this gracious favour of the Gods to-day.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Ye Asvins, make our sacrifice ascend to heaven, and animate the rite that it may send us bliss, Offered with holy oil, with forward-speeding rein. We crave the gracious favour of the Gods to-day.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Hither I call the band of Maruts, swift to hear, great, purifying, bringing bliss, to he our Friends. May we increase our wealth to glorify our name. We crave this gracious favour of the Gods to-day.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

We bring the Stay of Life, who makes the waters swell, swift-hearing, Friend of Gods, who waits on sacrifice. May we control that Power, Soma whose rays are bright. We crave this gracious favour of the Gods to-day.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Alive ourselves, with living sons, devoid of guilt, may we win this with winners by fair means to win. Let the prayer-haters bear our sin to every side. We crave this gracious favour of the Gods to-day.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Hear us, O ye who claim the worship of mankind, and give us, O ye Gods, the gift for which we pray, Victorious wisdom, fame with heroes and with wealth. We crave to-day this gracious favour of the Gods.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

We crave the gracious favour of the Gods to-day, great favour of great Gods, sublime and free from foes, That we may gain rich treasure sprung from hero sons. We crave this gracious favour of the Gods to-day.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

In great enkindled Agni's keeping, and, for bliss, free from all sin before Mitra and Varuna. May we share Savitar's best animating help. We crave this gracious favour of the Gods to-day.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

All ye, the Gods whom Savitar the Father of truth, and Varuna and Mitra govern, Give us prosperity with hero children, and opulence in kine and various treasure.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Savitar, Savitar from east and westward, Savitar, Savitar from north and southward, Savitar send us perfect health and comfort, Savitar let our days of life be lengthened!

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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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