Rigveda 1.18
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 1.18
- Language
- Sanskrit
1.18.1
so̱māna̱ṁ svara̍ṇaṁ kṛṇu̱hi bra̍hmaṇas pate |
ka̱kṣīva̍nta̱ṁ ya au̍śi̱jaḥ ||
O BRAHMANAPSATI, make him who presses Soma glorious, Even Kakshîvân Auṣija.
1.18.2
yo re̱vān yo a̍mīva̱hā va̍su̱vit pu̍ṣṭi̱vardha̍naḥ |
sa na̍ḥ siṣaktu̱ yas tu̱raḥ ||
The rich, the healer of disease, who giveth wealth, increaseth store, The prompt,– may he be with us still.
1.18.3
mā na̱ḥ śaṁso̱ ara̍ruṣo dhū̱rtiḥ praṇa̱ṅ martya̍sya |
rakṣā̍ ṇo brahmaṇas pate ||
Let not the foeman's curse, let not a mortal's onslaught fall on us Preserve us, Brahmaṇaspati.
1.18.4
sa ghā̍ vī̱ro na ri̍ṣyati̱ yam indro̱ brahma̍ṇa̱s pati̍ḥ |
somo̍ hi̱noti̱ martya̍m ||
Ne'er is the mortal hero harmed whom Indra, Brahmaṇaspati, And Soma graciously inspire.
1.18.5
tvaṁ tam bra̍hmaṇas pate̱ soma̱ indra̍ś ca̱ martya̍m |
dakṣi̍ṇā pā̱tv aṁha̍saḥ ||
Do, thou, O Brahmaṇaspati, and Indra, Soma, Dakshina, Preserve that mortal from distress.
1.18.6
sada̍sa̱s pati̱m adbhu̍tam pri̱yam indra̍sya̱ kāmya̍m |
sa̱nim me̱dhām a̍yāsiṣam ||
To the Assembly's wondrous Lord, to Indra's lovely Friend who gives Wisdom, have I drawn near in prayer.
1.18.7
yasmā̍d ṛ̱te na sidhya̍ti ya̱jño vi̍pa̱ścita̍ś ca̱na |
sa dhī̱nāṁ yoga̍m invati ||
He without whom no sacrifice, e'en of the wise man, prospers; he Stirs up the series of thoughts.
1.18.8
ād ṛ̍dhnoti ha̱viṣkṛ̍ti̱m prāñca̍ṁ kṛṇoty adhva̱ram |
hotrā̍ de̱veṣu̍ gacchati ||
He makes the oblation prosper, he promotes the course of sacrifice: Our voice of praise goes to the Gods.
1.18.9
narā̱śaṁsa̍ṁ su̱dhṛṣṭa̍ma̱m apa̍śyaṁ sa̱pratha̍stamam |
di̱vo na sadma̍makhasam ||
I have seen Narâṣansa, him most resolute, most widely famed, As 'twere the Household Priest of 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
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitāvyākhyā — Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasūktanirukta — Mādhava, Sanskrit
- Bhāṣya — Sanskrit
- Ṛgarthadīpikā — Veṅkaṭamādhava, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Udgītha) — Udgītha, Sanskrit
- Ṛgbhāṣya (Madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Udgīthācārya, Sanskrit
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