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Rigveda 1.40

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 1.40

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1.40.1

ut ti̍ṣṭha brahmaṇas pate deva̱yanta̍s tvemahe |
upa̱ pra ya̍ntu ma̱ruta̍ḥ su̱dāna̍va̱ indra̍ prā̱śūr bha̍vā̱ sacā̍ ||

O BRAMANASPATI, stand up: God-serving men we pray to thee. May they who give good gifts, the Maruts, come to us. Indra, most swift, be thou with them.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

1.40.2

tvām id dhi sa̍hasas putra̱ martya̍ upabrū̱te dhane̍ hi̱te |
su̱vīrya̍m maruta̱ ā svaśvya̱ṁ dadhī̍ta̱ yo va̍ āca̱ke ||

O Son of Strength, each mortal calls to thee for aid when spoil of battle waits for him. O Maruts, may this man who loves you well obtain wealth of good steeds and hero might.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

1.40.3

praitu̱ brahma̍ṇa̱s pati̱ḥ pra de̱vy e̍tu sū̱nṛtā̍ |
acchā̍ vī̱raṁ narya̍m pa̱ṅktirā̍dhasaṁ de̱vā ya̱jñaṁ na̍yantu naḥ ||

May Brahmaṇaspati draw nigh, may Sunrta the Goddess come, And Gods bring to this rite which gives the five-fold gift the Hero, lover of mankind.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

1.40.4

yo vā̱ghate̱ dadā̍ti sū̱nara̱ṁ vasu̱ sa dha̍tte̱ akṣi̍ti̱ śrava̍ḥ |
tasmā̱ iḻā̍ṁ su̱vīrā̱m ā ya̍jāmahe su̱pratū̍rtim ane̱hasa̍m ||

He who bestows a noble guerdon on the priest wins fame that never shall decay. For him we offer sacred hero-giving food, peerless and conquering easily.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

1.40.5

pra nū̱nam brahma̍ṇa̱s pati̱r mantra̍ṁ vadaty u̱kthya̍m |
yasmi̱nn indro̱ varu̍ṇo mi̱tro a̍rya̱mā de̱vā okā̍ṁsi cakri̱re ||

Now Brahmaṇaspati speaks forth aloud the solemn hymn of praise, Wherein Indra and Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman, the Gods, have made their dwelling place.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

1.40.6

tam id vo̍cemā vi̱dathe̍ṣu śa̱mbhuva̱m mantra̍ṁ devā ane̱hasa̍m |
i̱māṁ ca̱ vāca̍m prati̱harya̍thā naro̱ viśved vā̱mā vo̍ aśnavat ||

May we in holy synods, Gods! recite that hymn, peerless, that brings felicity. If you, O Heroes, graciously accept this word, may it obtain all bliss from you.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

1.40.7

ko de̍va̱yanta̍m aśnava̱j jana̱ṁ ko vṛ̱ktaba̍rhiṣam |
pra-pra̍ dā̱śvān pa̱styā̍bhir asthitānta̱rvāva̱t kṣaya̍ṁ dadhe ||

Who shall approach the pious? who the man whose sacred grass is trimmed? The offerer with his folk advances more and more: he fills his house with precious things.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

1.40.8

upa̍ kṣa̱tram pṛ̍ñcī̱ta hanti̱ rāja̍bhir bha̱ye ci̍t sukṣi̱tiṁ da̍dhe |
nāsya̍ va̱rtā na ta̍ru̱tā ma̍hādha̱ne nārbhe̍ asti va̱jriṇa̍ḥ ||

He amplifies his lordly might, with kings he slays: e'en mid alarms he dwells secure In great or lesser fight none checks him, none subdues,– the wielder of the thunderbolt.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

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