[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) › 1.4 # Rigveda 1.4 Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 1.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.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. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda ### [1.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.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. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda ### [1.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.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. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda ### [1.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.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. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda ### [1.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.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; > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda ### [1.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.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. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda ### [1.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.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. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda ### [1.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.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. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda ### [1.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.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. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda ### [1.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.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. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda ## Translations (6) - [The Hymns of the Rigveda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg~en-griffith.1.4.1) — 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.1.4.1) — Karl Friedrich Geldner 1951, German - [Ригведа](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg~ru-elizarenkova.1.4.1) — Tatyana Yakovlevna Elizarenkova 1989, Russian - [Études védiques et pāṇinéennes (traductions)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg~fr-renou.1.4.1) — Louis Renou 1955, French - [Rig-Veda Sanhitá](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg~en-wilson.1.4.1) — 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.1.4.1) — Hermann Grassmann 1876, German ## Commentaries (2) - [Ṛgvedapadapāṭha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg!padapatha.1.4.1) — Śākalya, Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Skandasvāmin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg!skandasvamin.5.1) — Skandasvāmin, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Metrically restored text (van Nooten & Holland)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg*vnh.1.4.1) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Nītimañjarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic.niti.nitimanjari.1.4-2) — Dyādvivedina, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.4) · Pramāṇa