Rigveda 1.27
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 1.27
- Language
- Sanskrit
1.27.1
aśva̱ṁ na tvā̱ vāra̍vantaṁ va̱ndadhyā̍ a̱gniṁ namo̍bhiḥ |
sa̱mrāja̍ntam adhva̱rāṇā̍m ||
WITH worship will I glorify thee, Agni, like a long-tailed steed, Imperial Lord of sacred rites.
1.27.2
sa ghā̍ naḥ sū̱nuḥ śava̍sā pṛ̱thupra̍gāmā su̱śeva̍ḥ |
mī̱ḍhvām̐ a̱smāka̍m babhūyāt ||
May the far-striding Son of Strength, bringer of great felicity, Who pours his gifts like rain, be ours.
1.27.3
sa no̍ dū̱rāc cā̱sāc ca̱ ni martyā̍d aghā̱yoḥ |
pā̱hi sada̱m id vi̱śvāyu̍ḥ ||
Lord of all life, from near; from far, do thou, O Agni evermore Protect us from the sinful man.
1.27.4
i̱mam ū̱ ṣu tvam a̱smāka̍ṁ sa̱niṁ gā̍ya̱traṁ navyā̍ṁsam |
agne̍ de̱veṣu̱ pra vo̍caḥ ||
O Agni, graciously announce this our oblation to the Gods, And this our newest song of praise.
1.27.5
ā no̍ bhaja para̱meṣv ā vāje̍ṣu madhya̱meṣu̍ |
śikṣā̱ vasvo̱ anta̍masya ||
Give us a share of strength most high, a share of strength that is below, A share of strength that is between.
1.27.6
vi̱bha̱ktāsi̍ citrabhāno̱ sindho̍r ū̱rmā u̍pā̱ka ā |
sa̱dyo dā̱śuṣe̍ kṣarasi ||
Thou dealest gifts, resplendent One; nigh, as with waves of Sindhu, thou Swift streamest to the worshipper.
1.27.7
yam a̍gne pṛ̱tsu martya̱m avā̱ vāje̍ṣu̱ yaṁ ju̱nāḥ |
sa yantā̱ śaśva̍tī̱r iṣa̍ḥ ||
That man is lord of endless strength whom thou protectest in the fight, Agni, or urgest to the fray.
1.27.8
naki̍r asya sahantya parye̱tā kaya̍sya cit |
vājo̍ asti śra̱vāyya̍ḥ ||
Him, whosoever he may be, no man may vanquish, mighty One: Nay, very glorious power is his.
1.27.9
sa vāja̍ṁ vi̱śvaca̍rṣaṇi̱r arva̍dbhir astu̱ taru̍tā |
vipre̍bhir astu̱ sani̍tā ||
May he who dwells with all mankind bear us with war-steeds through the fight, And with the singers win the spoil.
1.27.10
jarā̍bodha̱ tad vi̍viḍḍhi vi̱śe-vi̍śe ya̱jñiyā̍ya |
stoma̍ṁ ru̱drāya̱ dṛśī̍kam ||
Help, thou who knowest lauds, this work, this eulogy to Rudra, him Adorable in every house.
1.27.11
sa no̍ ma̱hām̐ a̍nimā̱no dhū̱make̍tuḥ puruśca̱ndraḥ |
dhi̱ye vājā̍ya hinvatu ||
May this our God, great, limitless, smoke-bannered excellently bright, Urge us to strength and holy thought.
1.27.12
sa re̱vām̐ i̍va vi̱śpati̱r daivya̍ḥ ke̱tuḥ śṛ̍ṇotu naḥ |
u̱kthair a̱gnir bṛ̱hadbhā̍nuḥ ||
Like some rich Lord of men may he, Agni the banner of the Gods, Refulgent, hear us through our lauds.
1.27.13
namo̍ ma̱hadbhyo̱ namo̍ arbha̱kebhyo̱ namo̱ yuva̍bhyo̱ nama̍ āśi̱nebhya̍ḥ |
yajā̍ma de̱vān yadi̍ śa̱knavā̍ma̱ mā jyāya̍sa̱ḥ śaṁsa̱m ā vṛ̍kṣi devāḥ ||
Glory to Gods, the mighty and the lesser glory to Gods the younger and the elder! Let us, if we have power, pay the God worship: no better prayer than this, ye Gods, acknowledge.
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
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitāvyākhyā — Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasūktanirukta — Mādhava, Sanskrit
- Bhāṣya — Sanskrit
- Ṛgarthadīpikā — Veṅkaṭamādhava, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Skandasvāmin) — Skandasvāmin, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Udgītha) — Udgītha, Sanskrit
- Ṛgbhāṣya (Madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Udgīthācārya, Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
Linked texts (18)
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — John Muir, English
- La religion védique d'après les hymnes du Rig-Véda — Abel Bergaigne, French
- Vedic Metre in its Historical Development — E. Vernon Arnold, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- History of Indian Medicine, containing Notices, Biographical and Bibliographical, of the Āyurvedic Physicians and their Works on Medicine — Girindranath Mukhopadhyaya, English
- Vedabhāṣya — Mādhava, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedamantrabhāṣya — Sanskrit
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- Āśvalāyanasaṃhitā — Sanskrit
- Vedic Mythology — Arthur Anthony Macdonell, English
- The History and Culture of the Indian People — R. C. Majumdar & A. D. Pusalker, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Arthur Berriedale Keith, English
- The Antiquities of Orissa — Rajendralala Mitra, English
- A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature, so far as it illustrates the Primitive Religion of the Brahmans — F. Max Müller, English
- Die Hymnen des Rigveda, Bd. I: Metrische und textgeschichtliche Prolegomena — Hermann Oldenberg, German
- War in Ancient India — V. R. Ramachandra Dikshitar, English