Rigveda 1.188
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 1.188
- Language
- Sanskrit
1.188.1
sami̍ddho a̱dya rā̍jasi de̱vo de̱vaiḥ sa̍hasrajit |
dū̱to ha̱vyā ka̱vir va̍ha ||
WINNER of thousands, kindled, thou shinest a God with Gods to-day. Bear out oblations, envoy, Sage.
1.188.2
tanū̍napād ṛ̱taṁ ya̱te madhvā̍ ya̱jñaḥ sam a̍jyate |
dadha̍t saha̱sriṇī̱r iṣa̍ḥ ||
Child of Thyself the sacrifice is for the righteous blent with meath, Presenting viands thousandfold.
1.188.3
ā̱juhvā̍no na̱ īḍyo̍ de̱vām̐ ā va̍kṣi ya̱jñiyā̍n |
agne̍ sahasra̱sā a̍si ||
Invoked and worthy of our praise bring Gods whose due is sacrifice: Thou, Agni, givest countless gifts.
1.188.4
prā̱cīna̍m ba̱rhir oja̍sā sa̱hasra̍vīram astṛṇan |
yatrā̍dityā vi̱rāja̍tha ||
To seat a thousand Heroes they eastward have strewn the grass with might, Whereon, Âdityas, ye shine forth.
1.188.5
vi̱rāṭ sa̱mrāḍ vi̱bhvīḥ pra̱bhvīr ba̱hvīś ca̱ bhūya̍sīś ca̱ yāḥ |
duro̍ ghṛ̱tāny a̍kṣaran ||
The sovran all-imperial Doors, wide, good, many and manifold, Have poured their streams of holy oil.
1.188.6
su̱ru̱kme hi su̱peśa̱sādhi̍ śri̱yā vi̱rāja̍taḥ |
u̱ṣāsā̱v eha sī̍datām ||
With gay adornment, fair to see, in glorious beauty shine they forth: Let Night and Morning rest them here.
1.188.7
pra̱tha̱mā hi su̱vāca̍sā̱ hotā̍rā̱ daivyā̍ ka̱vī |
ya̱jñaṁ no̍ yakṣatām i̱mam ||
Let these two Sages first of all, heralds divine and eloquent, Perform for us this sacrifice.
1.188.8
bhāra̱tīḻe̱ sara̍svati̱ yā va̱ḥ sarvā̍ upabru̱ve |
tā na̍ś codayata śri̱ye ||
You I address, Sarasvatî, and Bhâratî, and Iḷâ, all: Urge ye us on to glorious fame.
1.188.9
tvaṣṭā̍ rū̱pāṇi̱ hi pra̱bhuḥ pa̱śūn viśvā̍n samāna̱je |
teṣā̍ṁ naḥ sphā̱tim ā ya̍ja ||
Tvashṭar the Lord hath made all forms and all the cattle of the field Cause them to multiply for us.
1.188.10
upa̱ tmanyā̍ vanaspate̱ pātho̍ de̱vebhya̍ḥ sṛja |
a̱gnir ha̱vyāni̍ siṣvadat ||
Send to the Gods, Vanaspati, thyself, the sacrificial draught: Let Agni make the oblations sweet.
1.188.11
pu̱ro̱gā a̱gnir de̱vānā̍ṁ gāya̱treṇa̱ sam a̍jyate |
svāhā̍kṛtīṣu rocate ||
Agni, preceder of the Gods, is honoured with the sacred song: He glows at offerings blest with Hail!
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
- 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 (2)
- Vedārthayatna — Śaṅkarapāṇḍuraṅga Paṇḍita, Sanskrit
- Saṃhitāpadapāṭha — Sanskrit
Discussed in (13)
- 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
- History of Indian Medicine, containing Notices, Biographical and Bibliographical, of the Āyurvedic Physicians and their Works on Medicine — Mukhopadhyaya 1923, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German
- 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
- Die Religion des Veda — Oldenberg 1894, German
- A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature, so far as it illustrates the Primitive Religion of the Brahmans — Müller 1859, English
- Vedic Mythology — Macdonell 1897, English
- Historical Development of Indian Music: A Critical Study — Prajnanananda 1960, English
- The Arctic Home in the Vedas — Tilak 1903, English