Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·9·9.94
अधि यद् अस्मिन् वाजिनीव शुभ स्पर्धन्ते धियः सूर्ये न विशः । अपो वृणानः पवते कवीयन् व्रजं न पशुवर्धनाय मन्म ॥
adhi yad asmin vājinīva śubha spardhante dhiyaḥ sūrye na viśaḥ | apo vṛṇānaḥ pavate kavīyan vrajaṃ na paśuvardhanāya manma ||
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.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
द्विता व्यूर्ण्वन्न् अमृतस्य धाम स्वर्विदे भुवनानि प्रथन्त । धियः पिन्वानाः स्वसरे न गाव ऋतायन्तीर् अभि वावश्र इन्दुम् ॥
dvitā vyūrṇvann amṛtasya dhāma svarvide bhuvanāni prathanta | dhiyaḥ pinvānāḥ svasare na gāva ṛtāyantīr abhi vāvaśra indum ||
The worlds expand to him 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.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
परि यत् कविः काव्या भरते शूरो न रथो भुवनानि विश्वा । देवेषु यशो मर्ताय भूषन् दक्षाय रायः पुरुभूषु नव्यः ॥
pari yat kaviḥ kāvyā bharate śūro na ratho bhuvanāni viśvā | deveṣu yaśo martāya bhūṣan dakṣāya rāyaḥ purubhūṣu navyaḥ ||
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,
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
श्रिये जातः श्रिय आ निर् इयाय श्रियं वयो जरितृभ्यो दधाति । श्रियं वसाना अमृतत्वम् आयन् भवन्ति सत्या समिथा मितद्रौ ॥
śriye jātaḥ śriya ā nir iyāya śriyaṃ vayo jaritṛbhyo dadhāti | śriyaṃ vasānā amṛtatvam āyan bhavanti satyā samithā mitadrau ||
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.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इषम् ऊर्जम् अभ्य् अर्षाश्वं गाम् उरु ज्योतिः कृणुहि मत्सि देवान् । विश्वानि हि सुषहा तानि तुभ्यम् पवमान बाधसे सोम शत्रून् ॥
iṣam ūrjam abhy arṣāśvaṃ gām uru jyotiḥ kṛṇuhi matsi devān | viśvāni hi suṣahā tāni tubhyam pavamāna bādhase soma śatrūn ||
Stream to us food and vigour, kine and horses: give us broad lights and fill the Gods with rapture. All there are easy things for thee to master thou, Pavamana Soma, quellest foemen.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)