Niihin aikoihin kun hindujen Wanha Testamentti, Rgveda (rig-veeda) luotiin*, alapään jutskissa
ei ilmeisesti ollut mitään hävettävää. Luultavasti alkutekstille uskolliset käännökset
ovat kuitenkin ylen harvinaisia...
Tässä pieni näyte Rgvedan 9. maNDalan 112. suuktan (hymnin) säkeistöstä 4:
शेपो रोमण्वन्तौ भेदौ...इछति shepo romaNvantau bhedau...ichati (sheepoo roomanvantau bheedau itsh-hati)
"häntä" (shepo) kaipaa (ichati) karvaista (romaNvantau) "rakokaksikkoa" (bhedau)(Lisäys) Koko hymni (UTF-koodattuna?)
nānānaṃ vā u no dhiyo vi vratāni janānām |
takṣā riṣṭaṃ rutaṃ bhiṣagh brahmā sunvantamichatīndrāyendo pari srava ||
jaratībhiroṣadhībhiḥ parṇebhiḥ śakunānām |
kārmāro aśmabhirdyubhirhiraṇyavantamichatīndrāyendo pari srava ||
kārurahaṃ tato bhiṣaghupalaprakṣiṇī nanā |
nānādhiyovasūyavo.anu ghā iva tasthimendrāyendo pari srava ||
aśvo voḷhā sukhaṃ rathaṃ hasanāmupamantriṇaḥ |
śepo romaṇvantau bhedau vārin maṇḍūka ichatīndrāyendo pari srava ||
Käännös (1896):
1. WE all have various thoughts and plans, and diverse are the ways of men.
The Brahman seeks the worshipper, wright seeks the cracked, and leech the maimed. Flow, Indu, flow for Indra's sake.
2 The smith with ripe and seasoned plants, with feathers of the birds of air,
With stones, and with enkindled flames, seeks him who hath a store of gold. Flow, Indu, flow for Indra's sake.
3 A bard am I, my dad's a leech, mammy lays corn upon the stones.
Striving for wealth, with varied plans, we follow our desires like kine. Flow, Indu, flow for Indra's sake.
4 The horse would draw an easy car, gay hosts attract the laugh and jest.
The male desires his mate's approach :
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the frog [is eager for] the flood, Flow, Indu, flow for Indra's sake.
* Tuoreimmat osat n. 500 eaa