Rigveda 1.106
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 1.106
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- Sanskrit
1.106.1
indra̍m mi̱traṁ varu̍ṇam a̱gnim ū̱taye̱ māru̍ta̱ṁ śardho̱ adi̍tiṁ havāmahe |
ratha̱ṁ na du̱rgād va̍savaḥ sudānavo̱ viśva̍smān no̱ aṁha̍so̱ niṣ pi̍partana ||
CALL we for aid on Indra, Mitra, Varuṇa and Agni and the Marut host and Aditi. Even as a chariot from a difficult ravine, bountiful Vasus, rescue us from all distress.
1.106.2
ta ā̍dityā̱ ā ga̍tā sa̱rvatā̍taye bhū̱ta de̍vā vṛtra̱tūrye̍ṣu śa̱mbhuva̍ḥ |
ratha̱ṁ na du̱rgād va̍savaḥ sudānavo̱ viśva̍smān no̱ aṁha̍so̱ niṣ pi̍partana ||
Come ye Âdityas for our full prosperity, in conquests of the foe, ye Gods, bring joy to us. Even as a chariot from a difficult ravine, bountiful Vasus, rescue us from all distress.
1.106.3
ava̍ntu naḥ pi̱tara̍ḥ supravāca̱nā u̱ta de̱vī de̱vapu̍tre ṛtā̱vṛdhā̍ |
ratha̱ṁ na du̱rgād va̍savaḥ sudānavo̱ viśva̍smān no̱ aṁha̍so̱ niṣ pi̍partana ||
May the most glorious Fathers aid us, and the two Goddesses, Mothers of the Gods, who strengthen Law. Even as a chariot from a difficult ravine, bountiful Vasus, rescue us from all distress.
1.106.4
narā̱śaṁsa̍ṁ vā̱jina̍ṁ vā̱jaya̍nn i̱ha kṣa̱yadvī̍ram pū̱ṣaṇa̍ṁ su̱mnair ī̍mahe |
ratha̱ṁ na du̱rgād va̍savaḥ sudānavo̱ viśva̍smān no̱ aṁha̍so̱ niṣ pi̍partana ||
To mighty Narâṣansa, strengthening his might, to Pûshan, ruler over men, we pray with hymns. Even as a chariot from a difficult ravine, bountiful Vasus, rescue us from all distress.
1.106.5
bṛha̍spate̱ sada̱m in na̍ḥ su̱gaṁ kṛ̍dhi̱ śaṁ yor yat te̱ manu̍rhita̱ṁ tad ī̍mahe |
ratha̱ṁ na du̱rgād va̍savaḥ sudānavo̱ viśva̍smān no̱ aṁha̍so̱ niṣ pi̍partana ||
Bṛihaspati, make us evermore an easy path: we crave what boon thou hast for men in rest and stir. Like as a chariot from a difficult ravine, bountiful Vasus, rescue us from all distress.
1.106.6
indra̱ṁ kutso̍ vṛtra̱haṇa̱ṁ śacī̱pati̍ṁ kā̱ṭe nibā̍ḻha̱ ṛṣi̍r ahvad ū̱taye̍ |
ratha̱ṁ na du̱rgād va̍savaḥ sudānavo̱ viśva̍smān no̱ aṁha̍so̱ niṣ pi̍partana ||
Sunk in the pit the Ṛishi Kutsa called, to aid, Indra the Vṛitra-slayer, Lord of power and might. Even as a chariot from a difficult ravine, bountiful Vasus, rescue us from all distress.
1.106.7
de̱vair no̍ de̱vy adi̍ti̱r ni pā̍tu de̱vas trā̱tā trā̍yatā̱m apra̍yucchan |
tan no̍ mi̱tro varu̍ṇo māmahantā̱m adi̍ti̱ḥ sindhu̍ḥ pṛthi̱vī u̱ta dyauḥ ||
May Aditi the Goddess guard us with the Gods: may the protecting God keep us with ceaseless care. This prayer of ours may Varuṇa grant, and Mitra, and Aditi and Sindhu, Earth and Heaven.
Translations (6)
- 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
Commentaries (10)
- Vedārthaprakāśa (Ṛgvedabhāṣya) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedapadapāṭha — Śākalya, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Skandasvāmin) — Skandasvāmin, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Udgītha) — Udgītha, Sanskrit
- Ṛgarthadīpikā — Veṅkaṭamādhava, Sanskrit
- Ṛgbhāṣya (Madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitāvyākhyā — Sanskrit
- Vedabhāṣya — Mādhava, Sanskrit
- Vedabhāṣyasāra — Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣyabhūmikā — Dayānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
Linked texts (1)
- Saṃhitāpadapāṭha — Sanskrit
Discussed in (12)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- La religion védique d'après les hymnes du Rig-Véda — Bergaigne 1878, French
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — Muir 1858, English
- Vedic Mythology — Macdonell 1897, English
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English
- The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Keith 1925, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German
- Indian Philosophy — Radhakrishnan 1923, English
- History of Indian Medicine, containing Notices, Biographical and Bibliographical, of the Āyurvedic Physicians and their Works on Medicine — Mukhopadhyaya 1923, English
- Vedic Metre in its Historical Development — Arnold 1905, English
- The Arctic Home in the Vedas — Tilak 1903, English