SV 1.6.1.507 — Sāmaveda Saṃhitā (Kauthuma)

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SV 1.6.1.507

अधि यदस्मिन्वाजिनीव शुभः स्पर्धन्ते धियः सूरे न विशः । अपो वृणानः पवते कवीयन्व्रजं न पशुवर्धनाय मन्म ॥ ५३९

adhi yadasminvājinīva śubhaḥ spardhante dhiyaḥ sūre na viśaḥ . apo vṛṇānaḥ pavate kavīyanvrajaṃ na paśuvardhanāya manma .. 539

Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.

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)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 9.94.1; the wording of this text may differ in places.

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GRETIL 1_veda/1_sam/samavedu.htm — Samaveda-Samhita, input by Anshuman Pandey (1998), complete; the file asks to be used for academic and scholarly purposes only. All 1,875 verses; verses are counted in order within each hymn (the file's line labels carry 16 typing slips) and the count is checked against the edition's 585 + 55 + 10 + 1,225; reference = part.prapāṭhaka.ardha.(daśati or hymn × 100 + verse), part 1 pūrvārcika, 2 āraṇyaka, 3 mahānāmnī, 4 uttarārcika.

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