Rigveda 1.25
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 1.25
- Language
- Sanskrit
1.25.1
yac ci̱d dhi te̱ viśo̍ yathā̱ pra de̍va varuṇa vra̱tam |
mi̱nī̱masi̱ dyavi̍-dyavi ||
WHATEVER law of thine, O God, O Varuṇa, as we are men, Day after day we violate.
1.25.2
mā no̍ va̱dhāya̍ ha̱tnave̍ jihīḻā̱nasya̍ rīradhaḥ |
mā hṛ̍ṇā̱nasya̍ ma̱nyave̍ ||
give us not as a prey to death, to be destroyed by thee in wrath, To thy fierce anger when displeased.
1.25.3
vi mṛ̍ḻī̱kāya̍ te̱ mano̍ ra̱thīr aśva̱ṁ na saṁdi̍tam |
gī̱rbhir va̍ruṇa sīmahi ||
To gain thy mercy, Varuṇa, with hymns we bind thy heart, as binds The charioteer his tethered horse.
1.25.4
parā̱ hi me̱ vima̍nyava̱ḥ pata̍nti̱ vasya̍ïṣṭaye |
vayo̱ na va̍sa̱tīr upa̍ ||
They flee from me dispirited, bent only on obtaining wealths As to their nests the birds of air.
1.25.5
ka̱dā kṣa̍tra̱śriya̱ṁ nara̱m ā varu̍ṇaṁ karāmahe |
mṛ̱ḻī̱kāyo̍ru̱cakṣa̍sam ||
When shall we bring, to be appeased, the Hero, Lord of warrior might, Him, the far-seeing Varuṇa?
1.25.6
tad it sa̍mā̱nam ā̍śāte̱ vena̍ntā̱ na pra yu̍cchataḥ |
dhṛ̱tavra̍tāya dā̱śuṣe̍ ||
This, this with joy they both accept in common: never do they fail The ever-faithful worshipper.
1.25.7
vedā̱ yo vī̱nām pa̱dam a̱ntari̍kṣeṇa̱ pata̍tām |
veda̍ nā̱vaḥ sa̍mu̱driya̍ḥ ||
He knows the path of birds that fly through heaven, and, Sovran of the sea, He knows the ships that are thereon.
1.25.8
veda̍ mā̱so dhṛ̱tavra̍to̱ dvāda̍śa pra̱jāva̍taḥ |
vedā̱ ya u̍pa̱jāya̍te ||
True to his holy law, he knows the twelve moons with their progeny: He knows the moon of later birth.
1.25.9
veda̱ vāta̍sya varta̱nim u̱ror ṛ̱ṣvasya̍ bṛha̱taḥ |
vedā̱ ye a̱dhyāsa̍te ||
He knows the pathway of the wind, the spreading, high, and mighty wind He knows the Gods who dwell above.
1.25.10
ni ṣa̍sāda dhṛ̱tavra̍to̱ varu̍ṇaḥ pa̱styā̱3̱̍sv ā |
sāmrā̍jyāya su̱kratu̍ḥ ||
Varuṇa, true to holy law, sits down among his people; he, Most wise, sits there to govern all.
1.25.11
ato̱ viśvā̱ny adbhu̍tā ciki̱tvām̐ a̱bhi pa̍śyati |
kṛ̱tāni̱ yā ca̱ kartvā̍ ||
From thence percerving he beholds all wondrous things, both what hath been, And what hereafter will be done.
1.25.12
sa no̍ vi̱śvāhā̍ su̱kratu̍r ādi̱tyaḥ su̱pathā̍ karat |
pra ṇa̱ āyū̍ṁṣi tāriṣat ||
May that Âditya, very -wise, make fair paths for us all our days: May lie prolong our lives for us.
1.25.13
bibhra̍d drā̱piṁ hi̍ra̱ṇyaya̱ṁ varu̍ṇo vasta ni̱rṇija̍m |
pari̱ spaśo̱ ni ṣe̍dire ||
Varuṇa, wearing golden mail, hath clad him in a shining robe. His spies are seated found about.
1.25.14
na yaṁ dipsa̍nti di̱psavo̱ na druhvā̍ṇo̱ janā̍nām |
na de̱vam a̱bhimā̍tayaḥ ||
The God whom enemies threaten not, nor those who tyrannize o'er men, Nor those whose minds are bent on wrong.
1.25.15
u̱ta yo mānu̍ṣe̱ṣv ā yaśa̍ś ca̱kre asā̱my ā |
a̱smāka̍m u̱dare̱ṣv ā ||
He who gives glory to mankind, not glory that is incomplete, To our own bodies giving it.
1.25.16
parā̍ me yanti dhī̱tayo̱ gāvo̱ na gavyū̍tī̱r anu̍ |
i̱cchantī̍r uru̱cakṣa̍sam ||
Yearning for the wide-seeing One, my thoughts move onward unto him, As kine unto their pastures move.
1.25.17
saṁ nu vo̍cāvahai̱ puna̱r yato̍ me̱ madhv ābhṛ̍tam |
hote̍va̱ kṣada̍se pri̱yam ||
Once more together let us speak, because my meath is brought: priest-like Thou eatest what is dear to thee.
1.25.18
darśa̱ṁ nu vi̱śvada̍rśata̱ṁ darśa̱ṁ ratha̱m adhi̱ kṣami̍ |
e̱tā ju̍ṣata me̱ gira̍ḥ ||
Now saw I him whom all may see, I saw his car above the earth: He hath accepted these my songs.
1.25.19
i̱mam me̍ varuṇa śrudhī̱ hava̍m a̱dyā ca̍ mṛḻaya |
tvām a̍va̱syur ā ca̍ke ||
Varuṇa, hear this call of mine: be gracious unto us this day Longing for help I cried to thee.
1.25.20
tvaṁ viśva̍sya medhira di̱vaś ca̱ gmaś ca̍ rājasi |
sa yāma̍ni̱ prati̍ śrudhi ||
Thou, O wise God, art Lord of all, thou art the King of earth and heaven Hear, as thou goest on thy way.
1.25.21
ud u̍tta̱mam mu̍mugdhi no̱ vi pāśa̍m madhya̱maṁ cṛ̍ta |
avā̍dha̱māni̍ jī̱vase̍ ||
Release us from the upper bond, untie the bond between, and loose The bonds below, that I may live.
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
- Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Skandasvāmin) — Skandasvāmin, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Udgītha) — Udgītha, Sanskrit
- Ṛgarthadīpikā — Veṅkaṭamādhava, Sanskrit
- Ṛgbhāṣya (Madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Udgīthācārya, Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
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