[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) › 1.6 # Rigveda 1.6 Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 1.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.6.1) yu̱ñjanti̍ bra̱dhnam a̍ru̱ṣaṁ cara̍nta̱m pari̍ ta̱sthuṣa̍ḥ | roca̍nte roca̱nā di̱vi || > They who stand round him as he moves harness the bright, the ruddy Steed The lights are shining in the sky. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda ### [1.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.6.2) yu̱ñjanty a̍sya̱ kāmyā̱ harī̱ vipa̍kṣasā̱ rathe̍ | śoṇā̍ dhṛ̱ṣṇū nṛ̱vāha̍sā || > On both sides to the car they yoke the two bay coursers dear to him, Bold, tawny, bearers of the Chief. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda ### [1.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.6.3) ke̱tuṁ kṛ̱ṇvann a̍ke̱tave̱ peśo̍ maryā ape̱śase̍ | sam u̱ṣadbhi̍r ajāyathāḥ || > Thou, making light where no light was, and form, O men: where form was not, Wast born together with the Dawns. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda ### [1.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.6.4) ād aha̍ sva̱dhām anu̱ puna̍r garbha̱tvam e̍ri̱re | dadhā̍nā̱ nāma̍ ya̱jñiya̍m || > Thereafter they, as is their wont, threw off the state of' babes unborn, Assuming sacrificial names. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda ### [1.6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.6.5) vī̱ḻu ci̍d āruja̱tnubhi̱r guhā̍ cid indra̱ vahni̍bhiḥ | avi̍nda u̱sriyā̱ anu̍ || > Thou, Indra, with the Tempest-Gods, the breakers down of what is firm ' Foundest the kine even in the cave. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda ### [1.6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.6.6) de̱va̱yanto̱ yathā̍ ma̱tim acchā̍ vi̱dadva̍su̱ṁ gira̍ḥ | ma̱hām a̍nūṣata śru̱tam || > Worshipping even as they list, singers laud him who findeth wealth, The far-renowned, the mighty One. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda ### [1.6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.6.7) indre̍ṇa̱ saṁ hi dṛkṣa̍se saṁjagmā̱no abi̍bhyuṣā | ma̱ndū sa̍mā̱nava̍rcasā || > Mayest thou verily be seen coming by fearless Indra's side: Both joyous, equal in your sheen. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda ### [1.6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.6.8) a̱na̱va̱dyair a̱bhidyu̍bhir ma̱khaḥ saha̍svad arcati | ga̱ṇair indra̍sya̱ kāmyai̍ḥ || > With Indra's well beloved hosts, the blameless, hastening to heaven, The sacrificer cries aloud. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda ### [1.6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.6.9) ata̍ḥ parijma̱nn ā ga̍hi di̱vo vā̍ roca̱nād adhi̍ | sam a̍sminn ṛñjate̱ gira̍ḥ || > Come from this place, O Wanderer, or downward from the light of heaven: Our songs of praise all yearn for this. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda ### [1.6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.6.10) i̱to vā̍ sā̱tim īma̍he di̱vo vā̱ pārthi̍vā̱d adhi̍ | indra̍m ma̱ho vā̱ raja̍saḥ || > Indra we seek to give us help, from here, from heaven above the earth, Or from the spacious firmament. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda ## Translations (7) - [The Hymns of the Rigveda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg~en-griffith.1.6.1) — 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.1.6.1) — Karl Friedrich Geldner 1951, German - [Ригведа](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg~ru-elizarenkova.1.6.1) — Tatyana Yakovlevna Elizarenkova 1989, Russian - [Études védiques et pāṇinéennes (traductions)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg~fr-renou.1.6.1) — Louis Renou 1955, French - [Rig-Veda Sanhitá](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg~en-wilson.1.6.1) — 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.1.6.1) — Hermann Grassmann 1876, German - [Vedic Hymns, Part I: Hymns to the Maruts, Rudra, Vāyu and Vāta (SBE 32)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg~en-muller.1.6.1) — Friedrich Max Müller 1891, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Ṛgvedapadapāṭha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg!padapatha.1.6.1) — Śākalya, Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Skandasvāmin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg!skandasvamin.9.1) — Skandasvāmin, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Metrically restored text (van Nooten & Holland)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg*vnh.1.6.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.6) · Pramāṇa