Rigveda 1.41
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 1.41
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- Sanskrit
1.41.1
yaṁ rakṣa̍nti̱ prace̍taso̱ varu̍ṇo mi̱tro a̍rya̱mā |
nū ci̱t sa da̍bhyate̱ jana̍ḥ ||
NE'ER is he injured whom the Gods Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman, The excellently wise, protect.
1.41.2
yam bā̱hute̍va̱ pipra̍ti̱ pānti̱ martya̍ṁ ri̱ṣaḥ |
ari̍ṣṭa̱ḥ sarva̍ edhate ||
He prospers ever, free from scathe, whom they, as with full hands, enrich, Whom they preserve from every foe.
1.41.3
vi du̱rgā vi dviṣa̍ḥ pu̱ro ghnanti̱ rājā̍na eṣām |
naya̍nti duri̱tā ti̱raḥ ||
The Kings drive far away from him his troubles and his enemies, And lead him safely o'er distress.
1.41.4
su̱gaḥ panthā̍ anṛkṣa̱ra ādi̍tyāsa ṛ̱taṁ ya̱te |
nātrā̍vakhā̱do a̍sti vaḥ ||
Thornless, Âdityas, is the path, easy for him who seeks the Law: With him is naught to anger you.
1.41.5
yaṁ ya̱jñaṁ naya̍thā nara̱ ādi̍tyā ṛ̱junā̍ pa̱thā |
pra va̱ḥ sa dhī̱taye̍ naśat ||
What sacrifice, Âdityas, ye Heroes guide by the path direct,– May that come nigh unto your thought.
1.41.6
sa ratna̱m martyo̱ vasu̱ viśva̍ṁ to̱kam u̱ta tmanā̍ |
acchā̍ gaccha̱ty astṛ̍taḥ ||
That mortal, ever unsubdued, gains wealth and every precious thing, And children also of his own.
1.41.7
ka̱thā rā̍dhāma sakhāya̱ḥ stoma̍m mi̱trasyā̍rya̱mṇaḥ |
mahi̱ psaro̱ varu̍ṇasya ||
How, my friends, shall we prepare Aryaman's and Mitra's laud, Glorious food of Varuṇa?
1.41.8
mā vo̱ ghnanta̱m mā śapa̍nta̱m prati̍ voce deva̱yanta̍m |
su̱mnair id va̱ ā vi̍vāse ||
I point not out to you a man who strikes the pious, or reviles: Only with hymns I call you nigh.
1.41.9
ca̱tura̍ś ci̱d dada̍mānād bibhī̱yād ā nidhā̍toḥ |
na du̍ru̱ktāya̍ spṛhayet ||
Let him not love to speak ill words: but fear the One who holds all four Within his hand, until they fall.
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
- Ṛgarthadīpikā — Veṅkaṭamādhava, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Skandasvāmin) — Skandasvāmin, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Udgītha) — Udgītha, Sanskrit
- Ṛgbhāṣya (Madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Udgīthācārya, Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
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- Vedic Metre in its Historical Development — E. Vernon Arnold, English
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