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Rigveda 9.94

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 9.94

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Sanskrit

9.94.1

adhi̱ yad a̍smin vā̱jinī̍va̱ śubha̱ḥ spardha̍nte̱ dhiya̱ḥ sūrye̱ na viśa̍ḥ |
a̱po vṛ̍ṇā̱naḥ pa̍vate kavī̱yan vra̱jaṁ na pa̍śu̱vardha̍nāya̱ manma̍ ||

WHEN beauties strive for him as for a charger, then strive the songs like soldiers for the sunlight. Acting the Sage, he flows enrobed in waters and song as 'twere a stall that kine may prosper.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

9.94.2

dvi̱tā vyū̱rṇvann a̱mṛta̍sya̱ dhāma̍ sva̱rvide̱ bhuva̍nāni prathanta |
dhiya̍ḥ pinvā̱nāḥ svasa̍re̱ na gāva̍ ṛtā̱yantī̍r a̱bhi vā̍vaśra̱ indu̍m ||

The worlds expand to hirn who from aforetime found light to spread the law of life eternal. The swelling songs, like kine within the stable, in deep devotion call aloud on Indu.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

9.94.3

pari̱ yat ka̱viḥ kāvyā̱ bhara̍te̱ śūro̱ na ratho̱ bhuva̍nāni̱ viśvā̍ |
de̱veṣu̱ yaśo̱ martā̍ya̱ bhūṣa̱n dakṣā̍ya rā̱yaḥ pu̍ru̱bhūṣu̱ navya̍ḥ ||

When the sage bears his holy wisdom round him, like a car visiting all worlds, the Hero, Becoming fame, mid Gods, unto the mortal, wealth to the skilled, worth praise mid the Ever-present,

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

9.94.4

śri̱ye jā̱taḥ śri̱ya ā nir i̍yāya̱ śriya̱ṁ vayo̍ jari̱tṛbhyo̍ dadhāti |
śriya̱ṁ vasā̍nā amṛta̱tvam ā̍ya̱n bhava̍nti sa̱tyā sa̍mi̱thā mi̱tadrau̍ ||

For glory born be hath come forth to glory: he giveth life and glory to the singers. They, clothed in glory, have become immortal. He, measured in his course, makes frays successful.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

9.94.5

iṣa̱m ūrja̍m a̱bhy a1̱̍rṣāśva̱ṁ gām u̱ru jyoti̍ḥ kṛṇuhi̱ matsi̍ de̱vān |
viśvā̍ni̱ hi su̱ṣahā̱ tāni̱ tubhya̱m pava̍māna̱ bādha̍se soma̱ śatrū̍n ||

Stream to us food and vigour, kine and horses: give us broad lights and fill thGods with rapture. All ther are easy things for thee to master thou, Pavamâna Soma, quellest foemen.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

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