Rigveda 1.1
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 1.1
- Language
- Sanskrit
1.1.1
a̱gnim ī̍ḻe pu̱rohi̍taṁ ya̱jñasya̍ de̱vam ṛ̱tvija̍m |
hotā̍raṁ ratna̱dhāta̍mam ||
I Laud Agni, the chosen Priest, God, minister of sacrifice, The hotar, lavishest of wealth.
1.1.2
a̱gniḥ pūrve̍bhi̱r ṛṣi̍bhi̱r īḍyo̱ nūta̍nair u̱ta |
sa de̱vām̐ eha va̍kṣati ||
Worthy is Agni to be praised by living as by ancient seers. He shall bring hitherward the Gods.
1.1.3
a̱gninā̍ ra̱yim a̍śnava̱t poṣa̍m e̱va di̱ve-di̍ve |
ya̱śasa̍ṁ vī̱rava̍ttamam ||
Through Agni man obtaineth wealth, yea, plenty waxing day by day, Most rich in heroes, glorious.
1.1.4
agne̱ yaṁ ya̱jñam a̍dhva̱raṁ vi̱śvata̍ḥ pari̱bhūr asi̍ |
sa id de̱veṣu̍ gacchati ||
Agni, the perfect sacrifice which thou encompassest about Verily goeth to the Gods.
1.1.5
a̱gnir hotā̍ ka̱vikra̍tuḥ sa̱tyaś ci̱traśra̍vastamaḥ |
de̱vo de̱vebhi̱r ā ga̍mat ||
May Agni, sapient-minded Priest, truthful, most gloriously great, The God, come hither with the Gods.
1.1.6
yad a̱ṅga dā̱śuṣe̱ tvam agne̍ bha̱draṁ ka̍ri̱ṣyasi̍ |
tavet tat sa̱tyam a̍ṅgiraḥ ||
Whatever blessing, Agni, thou wilt grant unto thy worshipper, That, Angiras, is indeed thy truth.
1.1.7
upa̍ tvāgne di̱ve-di̍ve̱ doṣā̍vastar dhi̱yā va̱yam |
namo̱ bhara̍nta̱ ema̍si ||
To thee, dispeller of the night, O Agni, day by day with prayer Bringing thee reverence, we come
1.1.8
rāja̍ntam adhva̱rāṇā̍ṁ go̱pām ṛ̱tasya̱ dīdi̍vim |
vardha̍māna̱ṁ sve dame̍ ||
Ruler of sacrifices, guard of Law eternal, radiant One, Increasing in thine own abode.
1.1.9
sa na̍ḥ pi̱teva̍ sū̱nave 'gne̍ sūpāya̱no bha̍va |
saca̍svā naḥ sva̱staye̍ ||
Be to us easy of approach, even as a father to his son: Agni, be with us for our weal.
Translations (8)
- The Hymns of the Rigveda — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, English
- Der Rig-Veda aus dem Sanskrit ins Deutsche übersetzt (HOS 33–35) — Karl Friedrich Geldner 1951, German
- Ригведа — Tatyana Yakovlevna Elizarenkova 1989, Russian
- Études védiques et pāṇinéennes (traductions) — Louis Renou 1955, French
- Rig-Veda Sanhitá — Horace Hayman Wilson 1850, English
- Rig-Veda, übersetzt und mit kritischen und erläuternden Anmerkungen versehen — Hermann Grassmann 1876, German
- Vedic Hymns, Part II: Hymns to Agni (Maṇḍalas I–V) (SBE 46) — Hermann Oldenberg 1897, English
- Hymns from the Rigveda — Arthur Anthony Macdonell 1922, English
Commentaries (2)
- Ṛgvedapadapāṭha — Śākalya, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Skandasvāmin) — Skandasvāmin, Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
Linked texts (2)
- Śrutirahasya — Giridhara Prapanna 1790, Sanskrit
- Nītimañjarī — Dyādvivedina, Sanskrit