Rigveda 1.42
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 1.42
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- Sanskrit
1.42.1
sam pū̍ṣa̱nn adhva̍nas tira̱ vy aṁho̍ vimuco napāt |
sakṣvā̍ deva̱ pra ṇa̍s pu̱raḥ ||
SHORTEN our ways, O Pûshan, move aside obstruction in the path: Go close before us, cloud-born God.
1.42.2
yo na̍ḥ pūṣann a̱gho vṛko̍ du̱ḥśeva̍ ā̱dide̍śati |
apa̍ sma̱ tam pa̱tho ja̍hi ||
Drive, Pûshan, from our road the wolf, the wicked inauspicious wolf, Who lies in Wait to injure us.
1.42.3
apa̱ tyam pa̍ripa̱nthina̍m muṣī̱vāṇa̍ṁ hura̱ścita̍m |
dū̱ram adhi̍ sru̱ter a̍ja ||
Who lurks about the path we take, the robber with a guileful heart: Far from the road chase him away.
1.42.4
tvaṁ tasya̍ dvayā̱vino̱ 'ghaśa̍ṁsasya̱ kasya̍ cit |
pa̱dābhi ti̍ṣṭha̱ tapu̍ṣim ||
Tread with thy foot and trample out the firebrand of the wicked one, The double-tongued, whoe'er he be.
1.42.5
ā tat te̍ dasra mantuma̱ḥ pūṣa̱nn avo̍ vṛṇīmahe |
yena̍ pi̱tṝn aco̍dayaḥ ||
Wise Pûshan, Wonder-Worker, we claim of thee now the aid wherewith Thou furtheredst our sires of old.
1.42.6
adhā̍ no viśvasaubhaga̱ hira̍ṇyavāśīmattama |
dhanā̍ni su̱ṣaṇā̍ kṛdhi ||
So, Lord of all prosperity, best wielder of the golden sword, Make riches easy to be won.
1.42.7
ati̍ naḥ sa̱ścato̍ naya su̱gā na̍ḥ su̱pathā̍ kṛṇu |
pūṣa̍nn i̱ha kratu̍ṁ vidaḥ ||
Past all pursuers lead us, make pleasant our path and fair to tread: O Pûshan, find thou power for this.
1.42.8
a̱bhi sū̱yava̍saṁ naya̱ na na̍vajvā̱ro adhva̍ne |
pūṣa̍nn i̱ha kratu̍ṁ vidaḥ ||
Lead us to meadows rich in grass: send on our way no early heat: O Pûshan, find thou power for this.
1.42.9
śa̱gdhi pū̱rdhi pra ya̍ṁsi ca śiśī̱hi prāsy u̱dara̍m |
pūṣa̍nn i̱ha kratu̍ṁ vidaḥ ||
Be gracious to us, fill us full, give, feed us, and invigorate: O Pûshan, find thou power for this.
1.42.10
na pū̱ṣaṇa̍m methāmasi sū̱ktair a̱bhi gṛ̍ṇīmasi |
vasū̍ni da̱smam ī̍mahe ||
No blame have we for Pûshan; him we magnify with songs of praise: We seek the Mighty One for wealth.
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
- Hymns from the Rigveda — Arthur Anthony Macdonell 1922, 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 (12)
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Āśvalāyanasaṃhitā — Sanskrit
- La religion védique d'après les hymnes du Rig-Véda — Abel Bergaigne, French
- Vedic Metre in its Historical Development — E. Vernon Arnold, English
- Ṛgvedamantrabhāṣya — Sanskrit
- Vedabhāṣya — Mādhava, Sanskrit
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — John Muir, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- Saṃhitāpadapāṭha — Sanskrit
- Die Hymnen des Rigveda, Bd. I: Metrische und textgeschichtliche Prolegomena — Hermann Oldenberg, German
- The Hindu Temple — Stella Kramrisch, English