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Rig Veda 5.46

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Well knowing I have bound me, horselike, to the pole: I carry that which bears as on and gives us help. I seek for no release, no turning back therefrom. May he who knows the way, the Leader, guide me straight.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

O Agni, Indra, Varuna, and Mitra, give, O ye Gods, and Marut host, and Vishnu. May both Nasatyas, Rudra, heavenly Matrons, Pushan, Sarasvati, Bhaga, accept us.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Indra and Agni, Mitra, Varuna, Aditi, the Waters, Mountains, Maruts, Sky, and Earth and Heaven, Vishnu I call, Pushan, and Brahmanaspati, and Bhaga, Samsa, Savitar that they may help.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

May Vishnu also and Vata who injures none, and Soma granter of possessions give us joy; And may the Ribhus and the Asvins, Tvashtar and Vibhvan remember us so that we may have wealth.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

So may the band of Maruts dwelling in the sky, the holy, come to us to sit on sacred grass; Brihaspati and Pushan grant us sure defense, Varuna, Mitra, Aryaman guard and shelter us.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

And may the Mountains famed in noble eulogies, and the fair-gleaming Rivers keep us safe from harm. May Bhaga the Dispenser come with power and grace, and far-pervading Aditi listen to my call.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

May the Gods' Spouses aid us of their own freewill, aid us to offspring and the winning of the spoil. Grant us protection, O ye gracious Goddesses, ye who are on the earth or in the waters' realm.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

May the Dames, wives of Gods, enjoy our presents, Rat, Asvini, Agnayi, and Indrani. May Rodasi and Varunani hear us, and Goddesses come at the Matrons' season.

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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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