Rigveda 1.50
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 1.50
- Language
- Sanskrit
1.50.1
ud u̱ tyaṁ jā̱tave̍dasaṁ de̱vaṁ va̍hanti ke̱tava̍ḥ |
dṛ̱śe viśvā̍ya̱ sūrya̍m ||
HIS bright rays bear him up aloft, the God who knoweth all that lives, Sûrya, that all may look on him.
1.50.2
apa̱ tye tā̱yavo̍ yathā̱ nakṣa̍trā yanty a̱ktubhi̍ḥ |
sūrā̍ya vi̱śvaca̍kṣase ||
The constellations pass away, like thieves, together with their beams, Before the all-beholding Sun'
1.50.3
adṛ̍śram asya ke̱tavo̱ vi ra̱śmayo̱ janā̱m̐ anu̍ |
bhrāja̍nto a̱gnayo̍ yathā ||
His herald rays are seen afar refulgent o'er the world of men, Like flames of fire that burn and blaze.
1.50.4
ta̱raṇi̍r vi̱śvada̍rśato jyoti̱ṣkṛd a̍si sūrya |
viśva̱m ā bhā̍si roca̱nam ||
Swift and all beautiful art thou, O Sûrya, maker of the light, Illuming all the radiant realm.
1.50.5
pra̱tyaṅ de̱vānā̱ṁ viśa̍ḥ pra̱tyaṅṅ ud e̍ṣi̱ mānu̍ṣān |
pra̱tyaṅ viśva̱ṁ sva̍r dṛ̱śe ||
Thou goest to the hosts of Gods, thou comest hither to mankind, Hither all light to be belield.
1.50.6
yenā̍ pāvaka̱ cakṣa̍sā bhura̱ṇyanta̱ṁ janā̱m̐ anu̍ |
tvaṁ va̍ruṇa̱ paśya̍si ||
With that same eye of thine wherewith thou lookest brilliant Varuṇa, Upon the busy race of men,
1.50.7
vi dyām e̍ṣi̱ raja̍s pṛ̱thv ahā̱ mimā̍no a̱ktubhi̍ḥ |
paśya̱ñ janmā̍ni sūrya ||
traversing sky and wide mid-air, thou metest with thy beams our days, Sun, seeing all things that have birth.
1.50.8
sa̱pta tvā̍ ha̱rito̱ rathe̱ vaha̍nti deva sūrya |
śo̱ciṣke̍śaṁ vicakṣaṇa ||
Seven Bay Steeds harnessed to thy car bear thee, O thou farseeing One, God, Sûrya, with the radiant hair.
1.50.9
ayu̍kta sa̱pta śu̱ndhyuva̱ḥ sūro̱ ratha̍sya na̱ptya̍ḥ |
tābhi̍r yāti̱ svayu̍ktibhiḥ ||
Sûrya hath yoked the pure bright Seven, the daughters of the car; with these, His own dear team, he goeth forth.
1.50.10
ud va̱yaṁ tama̍sa̱s pari̱ jyoti̱ṣ paśya̍nta̱ utta̍ram |
de̱vaṁ de̍va̱trā sūrya̱m aga̍nma̱ jyoti̍r utta̱mam ||
Looking upon the loftier light above the darkness we have come To Sûrya, God among the Gods, the light that is most excellent.
1.50.11
u̱dyann a̱dya mi̍tramaha ā̱roha̱nn utta̍rā̱ṁ diva̍m |
hṛ̱dro̱gam mama̍ sūrya hari̱māṇa̍ṁ ca nāśaya ||
Rising this day, O rich in friends, ascending to the loftier heaven, Sûrya remove my heart's disease, take from me this my yellow hue.
1.50.12
śuke̍ṣu me hari̱māṇa̍ṁ ropa̱ṇākā̍su dadhmasi |
atho̍ hāridra̱veṣu̍ me hari̱māṇa̱ṁ ni da̍dhmasi ||
To parrots and to starlings let us give away my yellowness, Or this my yellowness let us transfer to Haritâla trees.
1.50.13
ud a̍gād a̱yam ā̍di̱tyo viśve̍na̱ saha̍sā sa̱ha |
dvi̱ṣanta̱m mahya̍ṁ ra̱ndhaya̱n mo a̱haṁ dvi̍ṣa̱te ra̍dham ||
With all his conquering vigour this Âditya hath gone up on high, Giving my foe into mine hand: let me not be my foeman's prey.
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)
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