[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) › [Saṃhitās (mantra collections)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita) › [Rigveda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) › 1.2 # Rigveda 1.2 Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 1.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.2.1) vāya̱v ā yā̍hi darśate̱me somā̱ ara̍ṁkṛtāḥ | teṣā̍m pāhi śru̱dhī hava̍m || > BEAUTIFUL Vâyu, come, for thee these Soma drops have been prepared: Drink of them, hearken to our call. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda ### [1.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.2.2) vāya̍ u̱kthebhi̍r jarante̱ tvām acchā̍ jari̱tāra̍ḥ | su̱taso̍mā aha̱rvida̍ḥ || > Knowing the days, with Soma juice poured forth, the singers glorify Thee, Vâyu, with their hymns of praise. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda ### [1.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.2.3) vāyo̱ tava̍ prapṛñca̱tī dhenā̍ jigāti dā̱śuṣe̍ | u̱rū̱cī soma̍pītaye || > Vâyu, thy penetrating stream goes forth unto the worshipper, Far-spreading for the Soma draught. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda ### [1.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.2.4) indra̍vāyū i̱me su̱tā upa̱ prayo̍bhi̱r ā ga̍tam | inda̍vo vām u̱śanti̱ hi || > These, Indra-Vâyu, have been shed; come for our offered dainties' sake: The drops are yearning for you both. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda ### [1.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.2.5) vāya̱v indra̍ś ca cetathaḥ su̱tānā̍ṁ vājinīvasū | tāv ā yā̍ta̱m upa̍ dra̱vat || > Well do ye mark libations, ye Vâyu and Indra, rich in spoil So come ye swiftly hitherward. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda ### [1.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.2.6) vāya̱v indra̍ś ca sunva̱ta ā yā̍ta̱m upa̍ niṣkṛ̱tam | ma̱kṣv i1̱̍tthā dhi̱yā na̍rā || > Vâyu and Indra, come to what the Soma. presser hath prepared: Soon, Heroes, thus I make my prayer. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda ### [1.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.2.7) mi̱traṁ hu̍ve pū̱tada̍kṣa̱ṁ varu̍ṇaṁ ca ri̱śāda̍sam | dhiya̍ṁ ghṛ̱tācī̱ṁ sādha̍ntā || > Mitra, of holy strength, I call, and foe-destroying Varuṇa, Who make the oil-fed rite complete. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda ### [1.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.2.8) ṛ̱tena̍ mitrāvaruṇāv ṛtāvṛdhāv ṛtaspṛśā | kratu̍m bṛ̱hanta̍m āśāthe || > Mitra and Varuṇa, through Law, lovers and cherishers of Law, Have ye obtained your might power > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda ### [1.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.2.9) ka̱vī no̍ mi̱trāvaru̍ṇā tuvijā̱tā u̍ru̱kṣayā̍ | dakṣa̍ṁ dadhāte a̱pasa̍m || > Our Sages, Mitra-Varuṇa, wide dominion, strong by birth, Vouchsafe us strength that worketh well. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda ## Translations (7) - [The Hymns of the Rigveda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg~en-griffith.1.2.1) — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, English - [Der Rig-Veda aus dem Sanskrit ins Deutsche übersetzt (HOS 33–35)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg~de-geldner.1.2.1) — Karl Friedrich Geldner 1951, German - [Ригведа](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg~ru-elizarenkova.1.2.1) — Tatyana Yakovlevna Elizarenkova 1989, Russian - [Études védiques et pāṇinéennes (traductions)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg~fr-renou.1.2.1) — Louis Renou 1955, French - [Rig-Veda Sanhitá](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg~en-wilson.1.2.1) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1850, English - [Rig-Veda, übersetzt und mit kritischen und erläuternden Anmerkungen versehen](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg~de-grassmann.1.2.1) — Hermann Grassmann 1876, German - [Vedic Hymns, Part I: Hymns to the Maruts, Rudra, Vāyu and Vāta (SBE 32)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg~en-muller.1.2.1) — Friedrich Max Müller 1891, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Ṛgvedapadapāṭha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg!padapatha.1.2.1) — Śākalya, Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Skandasvāmin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg!skandasvamin.2.1) — Skandasvāmin, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Metrically restored text (van Nooten & Holland)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg*vnh.1.2.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.2) · Pramāṇa