Rigveda 1.70
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 1.70
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- Sanskrit
1.70.1
va̱nema̍ pū̱rvīr a̱ryo ma̍nī̱ṣā a̱gniḥ su̱śoko̱ viśvā̍ny aśyāḥ ||
MAY we, the pious, win much food by prayer, may Agni with fair light pervade each act,–
1.70.2
ā daivyā̍ni vra̱tā ci̍ki̱tvān ā mānu̍ṣasya̱ jana̍sya̱ janma̍ ||
He the observer of the heavenly laws of Gods, and of the race of mortal man.
1.70.3
garbho̱ yo a̱pāṁ garbho̱ vanā̍nā̱ṁ garbha̍ś ca sthā̱tāṁ garbha̍ś ca̱rathā̍m ||
He who is germ of waters, germ of woods, germ of all things that move not and that move,–
1.70.4
adrau̍ cid asmā a̱ntar du̍ro̱ṇe vi̱śāṁ na viśvo̍ a̱mṛta̍ḥ svā̱dhīḥ ||
To him even in the rock and in the house: Immortal One, he cares for all mankind.
1.70.5
sa hi kṣa̱pāvā̍m̐ a̱gnī ra̍yī̱ṇāṁ dāśa̱d yo a̍smā̱ ara̍ṁ sū̱ktaiḥ ||
Agni is Lord of riches for the man who serves him readily with sacred songs.
1.70.6
e̱tā ci̍kitvo̱ bhūmā̱ ni pā̍hi de̱vānā̱ṁ janma̱ martā̍m̐ś ca vi̱dvān ||
Protect these beings thou with careful thought, knowing the races both of Gods and men.
1.70.7
vardhā̱n yam pū̱rvīḥ kṣa̱po virū̍pāḥ sthā̱tuś ca̱ ratha̍m ṛ̱tapra̍vītam ||
Whom many dawns and nights, unlike, make strong, whom, born in Law, all things that move and stand,–
1.70.8
arā̍dhi̱ hotā̱ sva1̱̍r niṣa̍ttaḥ kṛ̱ṇvan viśvā̱ny apā̍ṁsi sa̱tyā ||
He bath been won, Herald who sits in light, making effectual all our holy works.
1.70.9
goṣu̱ praśa̍sti̱ṁ vane̍ṣu dhiṣe̱ bhara̍nta̱ viśve̍ ba̱liṁ sva̍r ṇaḥ ||
Thou settest value on our cows and woods: all shall bring tribute to us, to the light.
1.70.10
vi tvā̱ nara̍ḥ puru̱trā sa̍paryan pi̱tur na jivre̱r vi vedo̍ bharanta ||
Men have served thee in many and sundry spots, parting, as 'twere, an aged father's wealth.
1.70.11
sā̱dhur na gṛ̱dhnur aste̍va̱ śūro̱ yāte̍va bhī̱mas tve̱ṣaḥ sa̱matsu̍ ||
Like a brave archer, like one skilled and bold, a fierce avenger, so he shines in fight.
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, übersetzt und mit kritischen und erläuternden Anmerkungen versehen — Hermann Grassmann 1876, German
- Vedic Hymns, Part II: Hymns to Agni (Maṇḍalas I–V) (SBE 46) — Hermann Oldenberg 1897, English
- Rig-Veda Sanhitá — Horace Hayman Wilson 1850, English
Commentaries (10)
- Vedārthaprakāśa (Ṛgvedabhāṣya) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedapadapāṭha — Śākalya, Sanskrit
- Ṛgarthadīpikā — Veṅkaṭamādhava, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Skandasvāmin) — Skandasvāmin, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Udgītha) — Udgītha, Sanskrit
- Ṛgbhāṣya (Madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitāvyākhyā — Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Udgīthācārya, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasūktanirukta — Mādhava, Sanskrit
- Bhāṣya — Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
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