Rigveda 1.22
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 1.22
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- Sanskrit
1.22.1
prā̱ta̱ryujā̱ vi bo̍dhayā̱śvinā̱v eha ga̍cchatām |
a̱sya soma̍sya pī̱taye̍ ||
WAKEN the Aṣvin Pair who yoke their car at early morn: may they Approach to drink this Soma juice.
1.22.2
yā su̱rathā̍ ra̱thīta̍mo̱bhā de̱vā di̍vi̱spṛśā̍ |
a̱śvinā̱ tā ha̍vāmahe ||
We call the Aṣvins Twain, the Gods borne in a noble car, the best Of charioteers, who reach the heavens.
1.22.3
yā vā̱ṁ kaśā̱ madhu̍ma̱ty aśvi̍nā sū̱nṛtā̍vatī |
tayā̍ ya̱jñam mi̍mikṣatam ||
Dropping with honey is your whip, Aṣvins, and full of pleasantness Sprinkle therewith the sacrifice.
1.22.4
na̱hi vā̱m asti̍ dūra̱ke yatrā̱ rathe̍na̱ gaccha̍thaḥ |
aśvi̍nā so̱mino̍ gṛ̱ham ||
As ye go thither in your car, not far, O Aṣvins, is the home Of him who offers Soma juice.
1.22.5
hira̍ṇyapāṇim ū̱taye̍ savi̱tāra̱m upa̍ hvaye |
sa cettā̍ de̱vatā̍ pa̱dam ||
For my protection I invoke the golden-handed Savitar. He knoweth, as a God, the place.
1.22.6
a̱pāṁ napā̍ta̱m ava̍se savi̱tāra̱m upa̍ stuhi |
tasya̍ vra̱tāny u̍śmasi ||
That he may send us succour, praise the Waters' Offspring Savitar: Fain are we for his holy ways.
1.22.7
vi̱bha̱ktāra̍ṁ havāmahe̱ vaso̍ś ci̱trasya̱ rādha̍saḥ |
sa̱vi̱tāra̍ṁ nṛ̱cakṣa̍sam ||
We call on him, distributer of wondrous bounty and of wealth, On Savitar who looks on men.
1.22.8
sakhā̍ya̱ ā ni ṣī̍data savi̱tā stomyo̱ nu na̍ḥ |
dātā̱ rādhā̍ṁsi śumbhati ||
Come hither, friends, and seat yourselves Savitar, to be praised by us, Giving good gifts, is beautiful.
1.22.9
agne̱ patnī̍r i̱hā va̍ha de̱vānā̍m uśa̱tīr upa̍ |
tvaṣṭā̍ra̱ṁ soma̍pītaye ||
O Agni, hither bring to us the willing Spouses of the Gods, And Tvashṭar, to the Soma draught.
1.22.10
ā gnā a̍gna i̱hāva̍se̱ hotrā̍ṁ yaviṣṭha̱ bhāra̍tīm |
varū̍trīṁ dhi̱ṣaṇā̍ṁ vaha ||
Most youthful Agni, hither bring their Spouses, Hotrâ, Bhâratî, Varûtrî, Dhishaṇâ, for aid.
1.22.11
a̱bhi no̍ de̱vīr ava̍sā ma̱haḥ śarma̍ṇā nṛ̱patnī̍ḥ |
acchi̍nnapatrāḥ sacantām ||
Spouses of Heroes, Goddesses, with whole wings may they come to us With great protection and with aid.
1.22.12
i̱hendrā̱ṇīm upa̍ hvaye varuṇā̱nīṁ sva̱staye̍ |
a̱gnāyī̱ṁ soma̍pītaye ||
Indrâṇî, Varuṇânî, and Agnayi hither I invite, For weal, to drink the Soma juice.
1.22.13
ma̱hī dyauḥ pṛ̍thi̱vī ca̍ na i̱maṁ ya̱jñam mi̍mikṣatām |
pi̱pṛ̱tāṁ no̱ bharī̍mabhiḥ ||
May Heaven and Earth, the Mighty Pair, bedew for us our sacrifice, And feed us full with nourishments.
1.22.14
tayo̱r id ghṛ̱tava̱t payo̱ viprā̍ rihanti dhī̱tibhi̍ḥ |
ga̱ndha̱rvasya̍ dhru̱ve pa̱de ||
Their water rich with fatness, there in the Gandharva's steadfast place, The singers taste through sacred songs.
1.22.15
syo̱nā pṛ̍thivi bhavānṛkṣa̱rā ni̱veśa̍nī |
yacchā̍ na̱ḥ śarma̍ sa̱pratha̍ḥ ||
Thornless be thou, O Earth, spread wide before us for a dwelling-place: Vouchsafe us shelter broad and sure.
1.22.16
ato̍ de̱vā a̍vantu no̱ yato̱ viṣṇu̍r vicakra̱me |
pṛ̱thi̱vyāḥ sa̱pta dhāma̍bhiḥ ||
The Gods be gracious unto us even from the place whence Vishṇu strode Through the seven regions of the earth!
1.22.17
i̱daṁ viṣṇu̱r vi ca̍krame tre̱dhā ni da̍dhe pa̱dam |
samū̍ḻham asya pāṁsu̱re ||
Through all this world strode Vishṇu; thrice his foot he planted, and the whole Was gathered in his footstep's dust.
1.22.18
trīṇi̍ pa̱dā vi ca̍krame̱ viṣṇu̍r go̱pā adā̍bhyaḥ |
ato̱ dharmā̍ṇi dhā̱raya̍n ||
Vishṇu, the Guardian, he whom none deceiveth, made three steps; thenceforth Establishing his high decrees.
1.22.19
viṣṇo̱ḥ karmā̍ṇi paśyata̱ yato̍ vra̱tāni̍ paspa̱śe |
indra̍sya̱ yujya̱ḥ sakhā̍ ||
Look ye on Vishṇu's works, whereby the Friend of Indra, close-allied, Hath let his holy ways be seen.
1.22.20
tad viṣṇo̍ḥ para̱mam pa̱daṁ sadā̍ paśyanti sū̱raya̍ḥ |
di̱vī̍va̱ cakṣu̱r āta̍tam ||
The princes evermore behold that loftiest place where Vishṇu is, Laid as it were an eye in heaven.
1.22.21
tad viprā̍so vipa̱nyavo̍ jāgṛ̱vāṁsa̱ḥ sam i̍ndhate |
viṣṇo̱r yat pa̍ra̱mam pa̱dam ||
This, Vishṇu's station most sublime, the singers, ever vigilant, Lovers of holy song, light up.
Translations (5)
- 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
- 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
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