Rigveda 1.189
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 1.189
- Language
- Sanskrit
1.189.1
agne̱ naya̍ su̱pathā̍ rā̱ye a̱smān viśvā̍ni deva va̱yunā̍ni vi̱dvān |
yu̱yo̱dhy a1̱̍smaj ju̍hurā̱ṇam eno̱ bhūyi̍ṣṭhāṁ te̱ nama̍üktiṁ vidhema ||
BY goodly paths lead us to riches, Agni, God who knowest every sacred duty. Remove the sin that makes us stray and wander. most ample adoration will we bring thee.
1.189.2
agne̱ tvam pā̍rayā̱ navyo̍ a̱smān sva̱stibhi̱r ati̍ du̱rgāṇi̱ viśvā̍ |
pūś ca̍ pṛ̱thvī ba̍hu̱lā na̍ u̱rvī bhavā̍ to̱kāya̱ tana̍yāya̱ śaṁ yoḥ ||
Lead us anew to happiness, O Agni; lead us beyond all danger and affliction. Be unto us a wide broad ample castle bless, prosper on their way our sons and offspring.
1.189.3
agne̱ tvam a̱smad yu̍yo̱dhy amī̍vā̱ ana̍gnitrā a̱bhy ama̍nta kṛ̱ṣṭīḥ |
puna̍r a̱smabhya̍ṁ suvi̱tāya̍ deva̱ kṣāṁ viśve̍bhir a̱mṛte̍bhir yajatra ||
Far from us, Agni, put thou all diseases let them strike lauds that have no saving Agni. God, make our home again to be a blessing, with all the Immortal Deities, O Holy.
1.189.4
pā̱hi no̍ agne pā̱yubhi̱r aja̍srair u̱ta pri̱ye sada̍na̱ ā śu̍śu̱kvān |
mā te̍ bha̱yaṁ ja̍ri̱tāra̍ṁ yaviṣṭha nū̱naṁ vi̍da̱n māpa̱raṁ sa̍hasvaḥ ||
Preserve us, Agni, with perpetual succour, refulgent in the dwelling which thou lovest. O Conqueror, most youthful, let no danger touch him who praises thee to-day or after.
1.189.5
mā no̍ a̱gne 'va̍ sṛjo a̱ghāyā̍vi̱ṣyave̍ ri̱pave̍ du̱cchunā̍yai |
mā da̱tvate̱ daśa̍te̱ mādate̍ no̱ mā rīṣa̍te sahasāva̱n parā̍ dāḥ ||
Give not us up a prey to sin, O Agni, the greedy enemy that brings us trouble; Not to the fanged that bites, not to the toothless: give not us up, thou Conqueror, to the spoiler.
1.189.6
vi gha̱ tvāvā̍m̐ ṛtajāta yaṁsad gṛṇā̱no a̍gne ta̱nve̱3̱̍ varū̍tham |
viśvā̍d riri̱kṣor u̱ta vā̍ nini̱tsor a̍bhi̱hrutā̱m asi̱ hi de̍va vi̱ṣpaṭ ||
Such as thou art, born after Law, O Agni when lauded give protection to our bodies, From whosoever would reproach or injure: for thou, God, rescuest from all oppression.
1.189.7
tvaṁ tām̐ a̍gna u̱bhayā̱n vi vi̱dvān veṣi̍ prapi̱tve manu̍ṣo yajatra |
a̱bhi̱pi̱tve mana̍ve̱ śāsyo̍ bhūr marmṛ̱jenya̍ u̱śigbhi̱r nākraḥ ||
Thou, well discerning both these classes, comest to men at early morn, O holy Agni. Be thou obedient unto man at evening, to be adorned, as keen, by eager suitors.
1.189.8
avo̍cāma ni̱vaca̍nāny asmi̱n māna̍sya sū̱nuḥ sa̍hasā̱ne a̱gnau |
va̱yaṁ sa̱hasra̱m ṛṣi̍bhiḥ sanema vi̱dyāme̱ṣaṁ vṛ̱jana̍ṁ jī̱radā̍num ||
To him have we addressed our pious speeches, I, Mâna's son, to him victorious Agni. May we gain countless riches with the sages. May we find strengthening food in full abundance.
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 (3)
- Mānavagṛhyasūtra — Sanskrit
- Vedārthayatna — Śaṅkarapāṇḍuraṅga Paṇḍita, Sanskrit
- Saṃhitāpadapāṭha — Sanskrit
Discussed in (11)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- Vedic Metre in its Historical Development — Arnold 1905, English
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Macdonell & Keith 1912, 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
- Altindische Grammatik — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German
- Die Hymnen des Rigveda, Bd. I: Metrische und textgeschichtliche Prolegomena — Oldenberg 1888, German
- Vedic Mythology — Macdonell 1897, English
- The Arctic Home in the Vedas — Tilak 1903, English