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Rig Veda 5.43

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

May the Milch-cows who hasten to their object come harmless unto us with liquid sweetness. The Singer, lauding, calls, for ample riches, the Seven Mighty Ones who bring enjoyment.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

With reverence and fair praise will I bring hither, for sake of strength, exhaustless Earth and Heaven. Father and Mother, sweet of speech, fairhanded, may they, far-famed, in every fight protect us.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Adhvaryus, make the sweet libations ready, and bring the beautiful bright juice to Vayu. God, as our Priest, be thou the first to drink it: we give thee of the mead to make thee joyful.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Two arms-the Soma's dexterous immolators-and the ten fingers set and fix the press-stone. The stalk hath poured, fair with its spreading branches, the mead's bright glittering juice that dwells on mountains.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

The Soma hath been pressed for thee, its lover, to give thee power and might and high enjoyment. Invoked, turn hither in thy car, O Indra, at need, thy two well-trained and dear Bay Horses.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Bring by God-traversed paths, accordant, Agni, the great Aramati, Celestial Lady, Exalted, worshipped with our gifts and homage, who knoweth holy Law, to drink sweet Soma.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

As on his father's lap the son, the darling, so on the fire is set the sacred caldron, Which holy singers deck, as if extending and heating that which holds the fatty membrane.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Hither, as herald to invite the Asvins, come the great lofty song, most sweet and pleasant! Come in one car, joy-givers! to the banquet, like the bolt binding pole and nave, come hither.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

I have declared this speech of adoration to mightiest Pushan and victorious Vayu, Who by their bounty are the hymns' inspirers, and of themselves give power as a possession.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Invoked by us bring hither, Jatavedas the Maruts all under their names and figures. Come to the sacrifice with aid all Maruts, all to the songs and praises of the singer!

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

From high heaven may Sarasvati the Holy visit our sacrifice, and from the mountain. Eager, propitious, may the balmy Goddess hear our effectual speech, our invocation.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Set in his seat the God whose back is dusky, Brihaspati the lofty, the Disposer. Him let us worship, set within the dwelling, the red, the golden-hued, the all resplendent.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

May the Sustainer, high in heaven, come hither, the Bounteous One, invoked, with all his favours, Dweller with Dames divine, with plants, unwearied, the Steer with triple horn, the life-bestower.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

The tuneful eloquent priests of him who liveth have sought the Mother's bright and loftiest station. As living men, with offered gifts and homage they deck the most auspicious Child to clothe him.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Agni, great vital power is thine, the mighty: pairs waxing old in their devotion seek thee. May every Deity be swift to listen, and Mother Earth with no ill thought regard me.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Gods, may we dwell in free untroubled bliss.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

May we obtain the Asvins' newest favour, and gain their health-bestowing happy guidance. Bring riches hither unto us, and heroes, and all felicity and joy, Immortals!

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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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