Rigveda 1.142
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 1.142
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- Sanskrit
1.142.1
sami̍ddho agna̱ ā va̍ha de̱vām̐ a̱dya ya̱tasru̍ce |
tantu̍ṁ tanuṣva pū̱rvyaṁ su̱taso̍māya dā̱śuṣe̍ ||
KINDLED, bring, Agni, Gods to-day for him who lifts the ladle up. Spin out the ancient thread for him who sheds, with gifts, the Soma juice.
1.142.2
ghṛ̱tava̍nta̱m upa̍ māsi̱ madhu̍mantaṁ tanūnapāt |
ya̱jñaṁ vipra̍sya̱ māva̍taḥ śaśamā̱nasya̍ dā̱śuṣa̍ḥ ||
Thou dealest forth, Tanûnapât, sweet sacrifice enriched with oil, Brought by a singer such as I who offers gifts and toils for thee.
1.142.3
śuci̍ḥ pāva̱ko adbhu̍to̱ madhvā̍ ya̱jñam mi̍mikṣati |
narā̱śaṁsa̱s trir ā di̱vo de̱vo de̱veṣu̍ ya̱jñiya̍ḥ ||
He wondrous, sanctifying, bright, sprinkles the sacrifice with mead, Thrice, Narâṣansa from the heavens, a God mid Gods adorable.
1.142.4
ī̱ḻi̱to a̍gna̱ ā va̱hendra̍ṁ ci̱tram i̱ha pri̱yam |
i̱yaṁ hi tvā̍ ma̱tir mamācchā̍ sujihva va̱cyate̍ ||
Agni, besought, bring hitherward Indra the Friend, the Wonderful, For this my hymn of praise, O sweet of tongue, is chanted forth to thee.
1.142.5
stṛ̱ṇā̱nāso̍ ya̱tasru̍co ba̱rhir ya̱jñe sva̍dhva̱re |
vṛ̱ñje de̱vavya̍castama̱m indrā̍ya̱ śarma̍ sa̱pratha̍ḥ ||
The ladle-holders strew trimmed grass at this well-ordered sacrifice; A home for Indra is adorned, wide, fittest to receive the Gods.
1.142.6
vi śra̍yantām ṛtā̱vṛdha̍ḥ pra̱yai de̱vebhyo̍ ma̱hīḥ |
pā̱va̱kāsa̍ḥ puru̱spṛho̱ dvāro̍ de̱vīr a̍sa̱ścata̍ḥ ||
Thrown open be the Doors Divine, unfailing, that assist the rite, High, purifying, much-desired, so that the Gods may enter in.
1.142.7
ā bhanda̍māne̱ upā̍ke̱ nakto̱ṣāsā̍ su̱peśa̍sā |
ya̱hvī ṛ̱tasya̍ mā̱tarā̱ sīda̍tām ba̱rhir ā su̱mat ||
May Night and Morning, hymned with lauds, united, fair to look upon, Strong Mothers of the sacrifice, seat them together on the grass.
1.142.8
ma̱ndraji̍hvā jugu̱rvaṇī̱ hotā̍rā̱ daivyā̍ ka̱vī |
ya̱jñaṁ no̍ yakṣatām i̱maṁ si̱dhram a̱dya di̍vi̱spṛśa̍m ||
May the two Priests Divine, the sage, the sweet-voiced lovers of the hymn, Complete this sacrifice of ours, effectual, reaching heaven to-day.
1.142.9
śuci̍r de̱veṣv arpi̍tā̱ hotrā̍ ma̱rutsu̱ bhāra̍tī |
iḻā̱ sara̍svatī ma̱hī ba̱rhiḥ sī̍dantu ya̱jñiyā̍ḥ ||
Let Hotrâ pure, set amang Gods, amid the Maruts Bhirati, Iḷâ, Sarasvatî, Mahi, rest on the grass, adorable.
1.142.10
tan na̍s tu̱rīpa̱m adbhu̍tam pu̱ru vāra̍m pu̱ru tmanā̍ |
tvaṣṭā̱ poṣā̍ya̱ vi ṣya̍tu rā̱ye nābhā̍ no asma̱yuḥ ||
May Tvashṭar send us genial dew abundant, wondrous, rich in gifts, For increase and for growth of wealth, Tvashṭar our kinsman and our Friend.
1.142.11
a̱va̱sṛ̱jann upa̱ tmanā̍ de̱vān ya̍kṣi vanaspate |
a̱gnir ha̱vyā su̍ṣūdati de̱vo de̱veṣu̱ medhi̍raḥ ||
Vanaspati, give forth, thyself, and call the Gods to sacrifice. May Agni, God intelligent, speed our oblation to the Gods.
1.142.12
pū̱ṣa̱ṇvate̍ ma̱rutva̍te vi̱śvade̍vāya vā̱yave̍ |
svāhā̍ gāya̱trave̍pase ha̱vyam indrā̍ya kartana ||
To Vâyu joined with Pûshan, with the Maruts, and the host of Gods, To Indra who inspires the hymn cry Glory! and present the gift.
1.142.13
svāhā̍kṛtā̱ny ā ga̱hy upa̍ ha̱vyāni̍ vī̱taye̍ |
indrā ga̍hi śru̱dhī hava̱ṁ tvāṁ ha̍vante adhva̱re ||
Come hither to enjoy the gifts prepared with cry of Glory! Come, O Indra, hear their calling; they invite thee to the sacrifice.
Translations (7)
- 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
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
- History of Indian Medicine, containing Notices, Biographical and Bibliographical, of the Āyurvedic Physicians and their Works on Medicine — Mukhopadhyaya 1923, English
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English
- 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
- Vedic Metre in its Historical Development — Arnold 1905, English
- The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Keith 1925, English
- A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature, so far as it illustrates the Primitive Religion of the Brahmans — Müller 1859, English
- Die Hymnen des Rigveda, Bd. I: Metrische und textgeschichtliche Prolegomena — Oldenberg 1888, German
- Historical Development of Indian Music: A Critical Study — Prajnanananda 1960, English
- The Arctic Home in the Vedas — Tilak 1903, English