Rigveda 10.101
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 10.101
- Language
- Sanskrit
10.101.1
ud bu̍dhyadhva̱ṁ sama̍nasaḥ sakhāya̱ḥ sam a̱gnim i̍ndhvam ba̱hava̱ḥ sanī̍ḻāḥ |
da̱dhi̱krām a̱gnim u̱ṣasa̍ṁ ca de̱vīm indrā̍va̱to 'va̍se̱ ni hva̍ye vaḥ ||
WAKE with one mind, my friends, and kindle Agni, ye who are many and who dwell together. Agni and Dadhikrâs and Dawn the Goddess, you, Gods with Indra, I call down to help us.
10.101.2
ma̱ndrā kṛ̍ṇudhva̱ṁ dhiya̱ ā ta̍nudhva̱ṁ nāva̍m aritra̱para̍ṇīṁ kṛṇudhvam |
iṣkṛ̍ṇudhva̱m āyu̱dhāra̍ṁ kṛṇudhva̱m prāñca̍ṁ ya̱jñam pra ṇa̍yatā sakhāyaḥ ||
Make pleasant hymns, spin out your songs and praises: build ye a ship equipped with oars for transport. Prepare the implements, make all things ready, and let the sacrifice, my friends, go forward.
10.101.3
yu̱nakta̱ sīrā̱ vi yu̱gā ta̍nudhvaṁ kṛ̱te yonau̍ vapate̱ha bīja̍m |
gi̱rā ca̍ śru̱ṣṭiḥ sabha̍rā̱ asa̍n no̱ nedī̍ya̱ it sṛ̱ṇya̍ḥ pa̱kvam eyā̍t ||
Lay on the yokes, and fasten well the traces: formed is the furrow, sow the seed within it. Through song may we find bearing fraught with plenty: near to the ripened grain approach the sickle.
10.101.4
sīrā̍ yuñjanti ka̱vayo̍ yu̱gā vi ta̍nvate̱ pṛtha̍k |
dhīrā̍ de̱veṣu̍ sumna̱yā ||
Wise, through desire of bliss from Gods, the skilful bind the traces fast, And lay the yokes on either side.
10.101.5
nir ā̍hā̱vān kṛ̍ṇotana̱ saṁ va̍ra̱trā da̍dhātana |
si̱ñcāma̍hā ava̱tam u̱driṇa̍ṁ va̱yaṁ su̱ṣeka̱m anu̍pakṣitam ||
Arrange the buckets in their place securely fasten on the straps. We will pour forth the well that hath a copious stream, fair-flowing well that never fails.
10.101.6
iṣkṛ̍tāhāvam ava̱taṁ su̍vara̱traṁ su̍ṣeca̱nam |
u̱driṇa̍ṁ siñce̱ akṣi̍tam ||
I pour the water from the well with pails prepared and goodly straps, Unfailing, full, with plenteous stream.
10.101.7
prī̱ṇī̱tāśvā̍n hi̱taṁ ja̍yātha svasti̱vāha̱ṁ ratha̱m it kṛ̍ṇudhvam |
droṇā̍hāvam ava̱tam aśma̍cakra̱m aṁsa̍trakośaṁ siñcatā nṛ̱pāṇa̍m ||
Refresh the horses, win the prize before you: equip a chariot fraught with happy fortune. Pour forth the well with stone wheel, wooden buckets, the drink of heroes, with the trough for armour.
10.101.8
vra̱jaṁ kṛ̍ṇudhva̱ṁ sa hi vo̍ nṛ̱pāṇo̱ varma̍ sīvyadhvam bahu̱lā pṛ̱thūni̍ |
pura̍ḥ kṛṇudhva̱m āya̍sī̱r adhṛ̍ṣṭā̱ mā va̍ḥ susroc cama̱so dṛṁha̍tā̱ tam ||
Prepare the cow-stall, for there drink your heroes: stitch ye the coats of armour, wide and many. Make iron forts, secure from all assailants let not your pitcher leak: stay it securely.
10.101.9
ā vo̱ dhiya̍ṁ ya̱jñiyā̍ṁ varta ū̱taye̱ devā̍ de̱vīṁ ya̍ja̱tāṁ ya̱jñiyā̍m i̱ha |
sā no̍ duhīya̱d yava̍seva ga̱tvī sa̱hasra̍dhārā̱ paya̍sā ma̱hī gauḥ ||
Hither, for help, I turn the holy heavenly mind of you the Holy Gods, that longs for sacrifice. May it pour milk for us, even as a stately cow who, having sought the pasture, yields a thousand streams.
10.101.10
ā tū ṣi̍ñca̱ hari̍m ī̱ṁ dror u̱pasthe̱ vāśī̍bhis takṣatāśma̱nmayī̍bhiḥ |
pari̍ ṣvajadhva̱ṁ daśa̍ ka̱kṣyā̍bhir u̱bhe dhurau̱ prati̱ vahni̍ṁ yunakta ||
Pour golden juice within the wooden vessel: with stone-made axes fashion ye and form it. Embrace and compass it with tenfold girdle, and to both chariot-poles attach the car-horse.
10.101.11
u̱bhe dhurau̱ vahni̍r ā̱pibda̍māno̱ 'ntar yone̍va carati dvi̱jāni̍ḥ |
vana̱spati̱ṁ vana̱ āsthā̍payadhva̱ṁ ni ṣū da̍dhidhva̱m akha̍nanta̱ utsa̍m ||
Between both poles the car-horse goes pressed closely, as in his dwelling moves the doublywedded. Lay in the wood the Soviran of the Forest, and sink the well although ye do not dig it.
10.101.12
kapṛ̍n naraḥ kapṛ̱tham ud da̍dhātana co̱daya̍ta khu̱data̱ vāja̍sātaye |
ni̱ṣṭi̱grya̍ḥ pu̱tram ā cyā̍vayo̱taya̱ indra̍ṁ sa̱bādha̍ i̱ha soma̍pītaye ||
Indra is he, O men, who gives us happiness: sport, urge the giver of delight to win us strength Bring quickly down, O priests, hither to give us aid, to drink the Soma, Indra Son of Nishṭigrî.
Translations (5)
- 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
- Rig-Veda Sanhitá — Horace Hayman Wilson 1850, English
- Rig-Veda, übersetzt und mit kritischen und erläuternden Anmerkungen versehen — Hermann Grassmann 1876, German
Commentaries (10)
- Vedārthaprakāśa (Ṛgvedabhāṣya) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedapadapāṭha — Śākalya, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Skandasvāmin) — Skandasvāmin, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Udgītha) — Udgītha, Sanskrit
- Ṛgarthadīpikā — Veṅkaṭamādhava, Sanskrit
- Ṛgbhāṣya (Madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitāvyākhyā — Sanskrit
- Vedabhāṣya — Mādhava, Sanskrit
- Vedabhāṣyasāra — Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣyabhūmikā — Dayānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
Linked texts (4)
- Merutantra — Gommaṭa, Sanskrit
- Vārāhaśrautasūtra — Sanskrit
- Merutantra (Śiva) — Śiva, Sanskrit
- Maitrāyaṇīyavārāhasūtra — Sanskrit
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