Rigveda 1.20
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 1.20
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- Sanskrit
1.20.1
a̱yaṁ de̱vāya̱ janma̍ne̱ stomo̱ vipre̍bhir āsa̱yā |
akā̍ri ratna̱dhāta̍maḥ ||
FOR the Celestial Race this song of praise which gives wealth lavishly Was made by singers with their lips.
1.20.2
ya indrā̍ya vaco̱yujā̍ tata̱kṣur mana̍sā̱ harī̍ |
śamī̍bhir ya̱jñam ā̍śata ||
They who for Indra, with their mind, formed horses harnessed by a word, Attained by works to sacrifice.
1.20.3
takṣa̱n nāsa̍tyābhyā̱m pari̍jmānaṁ su̱khaṁ ratha̍m |
takṣa̍n dhe̱nuṁ sa̍ba̱rdughā̍m ||
They for the two Nâsatyas wrought a light car moving every way: They formed a nectar-yielding cow.
1.20.4
yuvā̍nā pi̱tarā̱ puna̍ḥ sa̱tyama̍ntrā ṛjū̱yava̍ḥ |
ṛ̱bhavo̍ vi̱ṣṭy a̍krata ||
The Ṛibhus with effectual prayers, honest, with constant labour, made Their Sire and Mother young again.
1.20.5
saṁ vo̱ madā̍so agma̱tendre̍ṇa ca ma̱rutva̍tā |
ā̱di̱tyebhi̍ś ca̱ rāja̍bhiḥ ||
Together came your gladdening drops with Indra by the Maruts girt, With the Âdityas, with the Kings.
1.20.6
u̱ta tyaṁ ca̍ma̱saṁ nava̱ṁ tvaṣṭu̍r de̱vasya̱ niṣkṛ̍tam |
aka̍rta ca̱tura̱ḥ puna̍ḥ ||
The sacrificial ladle, wrought newly by the God Tvashṭar's hand- Four ladles have ye made thereof.
1.20.7
te no̱ ratnā̍ni dhattana̱ trir ā sāptā̍ni sunva̱te |
eka̍m-ekaṁ suśa̱stibhi̍ḥ ||
Vouchsafe us wealth, to him who pours thrice seven libations, yea, to each Give wealth, pleased with our eulogies.
1.20.8
adhā̍rayanta̱ vahna̱yo 'bha̍janta sukṛ̱tyayā̍ |
bhā̱gaṁ de̱veṣu̍ ya̱jñiya̍m ||
As ministering Priests they held, by pious acts they won themselves, A share in sacrifice with Gods.
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
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitāvyākhyā — Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasūktanirukta — Mādhava, Sanskrit
- Bhāṣya — Sanskrit
- Ṛgarthadīpikā — Veṅkaṭamādhava, Sanskrit
- Ṛgbhāṣya (Madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Skandasvāmin) — Skandasvāmin, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Udgītha) — Udgītha, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Udgīthācārya, Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
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- Saṃhitāpadapāṭha — Sanskrit
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