Rigveda 1.178
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 1.178
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- Sanskrit
1.178.1
yad dha̱ syā ta̍ indra śru̱ṣṭir asti̱ yayā̍ ba̱bhūtha̍ jari̱tṛbhya̍ ū̱tī |
mā na̱ḥ kāma̍m ma̱haya̍nta̱m ā dha̱g viśvā̍ te aśyā̱m pary āpa̍ ā̱yoḥ ||
IF, Indra, thou hast given that gracious hearing where with thou helpest those who sang thy praises. Blast not the wish that would exalt us may I gain all from thee, and pay all man's devotions.
1.178.2
na ghā̱ rājendra̱ ā da̍bhan no̱ yā nu svasā̍rā kṛ̱ṇava̍nta̱ yonau̍ |
āpa̍ś cid asmai su̱tukā̍ aveṣa̱n gama̍n na̱ indra̍ḥ sa̱khyā vaya̍ś ca ||
Let not the Sovran Indra disappoint us in what shall bring both Sisters to our dwelling. To him have run the quickly flowing waters.May Indra come to us with life and friendship.
1.178.3
jetā̱ nṛbhi̱r indra̍ḥ pṛ̱tsu śūra̱ḥ śrotā̱ hava̱ṁ nādha̍mānasya kā̱roḥ |
prabha̍rtā̱ ratha̍ṁ dā̱śuṣa̍ upā̱ka udya̍ntā̱ giro̱ yadi̍ ca̱ tmanā̱ bhūt ||
Victorious with the men, Hero in battles, Indra, who hearsthe singer's supplication, Will bring his car nigh to the man who offers, if he himself upholds the songs that praise him.
1.178.4
e̱vā nṛbhi̱r indra̍ḥ suśrava̱syā pra̍khā̱daḥ pṛ̱kṣo a̱bhi mi̱triṇo̍ bhūt |
sa̱ma̱rya i̱ṣaḥ sta̍vate̱ vivā̍ci satrāka̱ro yaja̍mānasya̱ śaṁsa̍ḥ ||
Yea,Indra, with the men, through love of gloryconsumes the sacred food which friends have offered. The ever-strengthening song of him who worships is sung in fight amid the clash of voices.
1.178.5
tvayā̍ va̱yam ma̍ghavann indra̱ śatrū̍n a̱bhi ṣyā̍ma maha̱to manya̍mānān |
tvaṁ trā̱tā tvam u̍ no vṛ̱dhe bhū̍r vi̱dyāme̱ṣaṁ vṛ̱jana̍ṁ jī̱radā̍num ||
Aided by thee, O Maghavan, O Indra, may we subdue our foes who count them mighty. Be our protector, strengthen and increase us.May we find strengthening food in full abundance.
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
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Udgīthācārya, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasūktanirukta — Mādhava, Sanskrit
- Bhāṣya — Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
Linked texts (9)
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Vedārthayatna — Śaṅkarapāṇḍuraṅga Paṇḍita, Sanskrit
- Āśvalāyanasaṃhitā — Sanskrit
- La religion védique d'après les hymnes du Rig-Véda — Abel Bergaigne, French
- Vedic Metre in its Historical Development — E. Vernon Arnold, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- History of Indian Medicine, containing Notices, Biographical and Bibliographical, of the Āyurvedic Physicians and their Works on Medicine — Girindranath Mukhopadhyaya, English
- Saṃhitāpadapāṭha — Sanskrit