Rigveda 1.4
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 1.4
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- Sanskrit
1.4.1
su̱rū̱pa̱kṛ̱tnum ū̱taye̍ su̱dughā̍m iva go̱duhe̍ |
ju̱hū̱masi̱ dyavi̍-dyavi ||
As a good cow to him who milks, we call the doer of fair deeds, To our assistance day by day.
1.4.2
upa̍ na̱ḥ sava̱nā ga̍hi̱ soma̍sya somapāḥ piba |
go̱dā id re̱vato̱ mada̍ḥ ||
Come thou to our libations, drink of Soma; Soma-drinker thou! The rich One's rapture giveth kine.
1.4.3
athā̍ te̱ anta̍mānāṁ vi̱dyāma̍ sumatī̱nām |
mā no̱ ati̍ khya̱ ā ga̍hi ||
So may we be acquainted with thine innermost benevolence: Neglect us not, come hitherward.
1.4.4
pare̍hi̱ vigra̱m astṛ̍ta̱m indra̍m pṛcchā vipa̱ścita̍m |
yas te̱ sakhi̍bhya̱ ā vara̍m ||
Go to the wise unconquered One, ask thou of Indra, skilled in song, Him who is better than thy friends.
1.4.5
u̱ta bru̍vantu no̱ nido̱ nir a̱nyata̍ś cid ārata |
dadhā̍nā̱ indra̱ id duva̍ḥ ||
Whether the men who mock us say, Depart unto another place, Ye who serve Indra and none else;
1.4.6
u̱ta na̍ḥ su̱bhagā̍m̐ a̱rir vo̱ceyu̍r dasma kṛ̱ṣṭaya̍ḥ |
syāmed indra̍sya̱ śarma̍ṇi ||
Or whether, God of wondrous deeds, all our true people call us blest, Still may we dwell in Indra's care.
1.4.7
em ā̱śum ā̱śave̍ bhara yajña̱śriya̍ṁ nṛ̱māda̍nam |
pa̱ta̱yan ma̍nda̱yatsa̍kham ||
Unto the swift One bring the swift, man-cheering, grace of sacrifice, That to the Friend gives wings and joy.
1.4.8
a̱sya pī̱tvā śa̍takrato gha̱no vṛ̱trāṇā̍m abhavaḥ |
prāvo̱ vāje̍ṣu vā̱jina̍m ||
Thou, Ṣatakratu, drankest this and wast the Vṛitras' slayer; thou Helpest the warrior in the fray.
1.4.9
taṁ tvā̱ vāje̍ṣu vā̱jina̍ṁ vā̱jayā̍maḥ śatakrato |
dhanā̍nām indra sā̱taye̍ ||
We strengthen, Ṣatakratu, thee, yea, thee the powerful in fight, That, Indra, we may win us wealth.
1.4.10
yo rā̱yo̱3̱̍ 'vani̍r ma̱hān su̍pā̱raḥ su̍nva̱taḥ sakhā̍ |
tasmā̱ indrā̍ya gāyata ||
To him the mighty stream of wealth, prompt friend ot'him who pours the juice, yea, to this Indra sing your song.
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 (2)
- Ṛgvedapadapāṭha — Śākalya, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Skandasvāmin) — Skandasvāmin, Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
Linked texts (1)
- Nītimañjarī — Dyādvivedina, Sanskrit