Rigveda 1.110
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 1.110
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- Sanskrit
1.110.1
ta̱tam me̱ apa̱s tad u̍ tāyate̱ puna̱ḥ svādi̍ṣṭhā dhī̱tir u̱cathā̍ya śasyate |
a̱yaṁ sa̍mu̱dra i̱ha vi̱śvade̍vya̱ḥ svāhā̍kṛtasya̱ sam u̍ tṛpṇuta ṛbhavaḥ ||
THE holy work I wrought before is wrought again: my sweetest hymn is sung to celebrate your praise. Here, O ye Ṛibhus, is this sea for all the Gods: sate you with Soma offered with the hallowing word.
1.110.2
ā̱bho̱gaya̱m pra yad i̱cchanta̱ aita̱nāpā̍kā̱ḥ prāñco̱ mama̱ ke ci̍d ā̱paya̍ḥ |
saudha̍nvanāsaś cari̱tasya̍ bhū̱manāga̍cchata savi̱tur dā̱śuṣo̍ gṛ̱ham ||
When, seeking your enjoyment onward from afar, ye, certain of my kinsmen, wandered on your way, Sons of Sudhanvan, after your long journeying, ye came unto the home of liberal Savitar.
1.110.3
tat sa̍vi̱tā vo̍ 'mṛta̱tvam āsu̍va̱d ago̍hya̱ṁ yac chra̱vaya̍nta̱ aita̍na |
tyaṁ ci̍c cama̱sam asu̍rasya̱ bhakṣa̍ṇa̱m eka̱ṁ santa̍m akṛṇutā̱ catu̍rvayam ||
Savitar therefore gave you immortality, because ye came proclaiming him whom naught can hide; And this the drinking-chalice of the Asura, which till that time was one, ye made to be fourfold.
1.110.4
vi̱ṣṭvī śamī̍ taraṇi̱tvena̍ vā̱ghato̱ martā̍sa̱ḥ santo̍ amṛta̱tvam ā̍naśuḥ |
sau̱dha̱nva̱nā ṛ̱bhava̱ḥ sūra̍cakṣasaḥ saṁvatsa̱re sam a̍pṛcyanta dhī̱tibhi̍ḥ ||
When they had served with zeal at sacrifice as priests, they, mortal as they were, gained immortality. The Ṛibhus, children of Sudhanvan, bright as suns, were in a year's course made associate with prayers.
1.110.5
kṣetra̍m iva̱ vi ma̍mu̱s teja̍nena̱m̐ eka̱m pātra̍m ṛ̱bhavo̱ jeha̍mānam |
upa̍stutā upa̱maṁ nādha̍mānā̱ ama̍rtyeṣu̱ śrava̍ i̱cchamā̍nāḥ ||
The Ṛibhus, with a rod measured, as 'twere a field, the single sacrificial chalice. wide of mouth, Lauded of all who saw, praying for what is best, desiring glorious fame among Immortal Gods.
1.110.6
ā ma̍nī̱ṣām a̱ntari̍kṣasya̱ nṛbhya̍ḥ sru̱ceva̍ ghṛ̱taṁ ju̍havāma vi̱dmanā̍ |
ta̱ra̱ṇi̱tvā ye pi̱tur a̍sya saści̱ra ṛ̱bhavo̱ vāja̍m aruhan di̱vo raja̍ḥ ||
As oil in ladles, we through knowledge will present unto the Heroes of the firmament our hymn,– The Ṛibhus who came near with this great Father's speed, and rose to heaven's high sphere to cat the strengthening food.
1.110.7
ṛ̱bhur na̱ indra̱ḥ śava̍sā̱ navī̍yān ṛ̱bhur vāje̍bhi̱r vasu̍bhi̱r vasu̍r da̱diḥ |
yu̱ṣmāka̍ṁ devā̱ ava̱sāha̍ni pri̱ye̱3̱̍ 'bhi ti̍ṣṭhema pṛtsu̱tīr asu̍nvatām ||
Ṛibhu to us is Indra freshest in his might, Ṛibhu with powers and wealth is giver of rich gifts. Gods, through your favour may we on the happy day quell the attacks of those who pour no offerings forth.
1.110.8
niś carma̍ṇa ṛbhavo̱ gām a̍piṁśata̱ saṁ va̱tsenā̍sṛjatā mā̱tara̱m puna̍ḥ |
saudha̍nvanāsaḥ svapa̱syayā̍ naro̱ jivrī̱ yuvā̍nā pi̱tarā̍kṛṇotana ||
Out of a skin, O Ṛibhus, once ye formed a cow, and brought the mother close unto her calf again. Sons of Sudhanvan, Heroes, with surpassing skill ye made your aged Parents youthful as before.
1.110.9
vāje̍bhir no̱ vāja̍sātāv aviḍḍhy ṛbhu̱mām̐ i̍ndra ci̱tram ā da̍rṣi̱ rādha̍ḥ |
tan no̍ mi̱tro varu̍ṇo māmahantā̱m adi̍ti̱ḥ sindhu̍ḥ pṛthi̱vī u̱ta dyauḥ ||
Help us with strength where spoil is won, O Indra: joined with the gbhus give us varied bounty. 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
- Ṛgarthadīpikā — Veṅkaṭamādhava, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Skandasvāmin) — Skandasvāmin, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Udgītha) — Udgītha, Sanskrit
- Ṛgbhāṣya (Madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitāvyākhyā — Sanskrit
- Vedabhāṣya — Mādhava, Sanskrit
- Vedabhāṣyasāra — Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣyabhūmikā — Dayānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
Linked texts (1)
- Nītimañjarī — Dyādvivedina, Sanskrit
Discussed in (13)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- La religion védique d'après les hymnes du Rig-Véda — Bergaigne 1878, French
- Vedic Metre in its Historical Development — Arnold 1905, English
- Vedic Mythology — Macdonell 1897, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — Muir 1858, English
- The Orion, or Researches into the Antiquity of the Vedas — Tilak 1893, English
- The History and Culture of the Indian People — Majumdar et al. 1951, English
- Die Hymnen des Rigveda, Bd. I: Metrische und textgeschichtliche Prolegomena — Oldenberg 1888, German
- The Arctic Home in the Vedas — Tilak 1903, English
- Ancient Indian Education: An Inquiry into its Origin, Development, and Ideals — Keay 1918, English