Rigveda 10.105
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 10.105
- Language
- Sanskrit
10.105.1
ka̱dā va̍so sto̱traṁ harya̍ta̱ āva̍ śma̱śā ru̍dha̱d vāḥ |
dī̱rghaṁ su̱taṁ vā̱tāpyā̍ya ||
WHEN, Vasu, wilt thou love the laud? Now let the channel bring the stream. The juice is ready to ferment.
10.105.2
harī̱ yasya̍ su̱yujā̱ vivra̍tā̱ ver arva̱ntānu̱ śepā̍ |
u̱bhā ra̱jī na ke̱śinā̱ pati̱r dan ||
He whose two Bay Steeds harnessed well, swerving, pursue the Bird's tail-plumes, With Rowing manes, like heaven and earth, he is the Lord with power to give.
10.105.3
apa̱ yor indra̱ḥ pāpa̍ja̱ ā marto̱ na śa̍śramā̱ṇo bi̍bhī̱vān |
śu̱bhe yad yu̍yu̱je tavi̍ṣīvān ||
Bereft of skill is Indra, if, like some outwearied man he fears The sinner, when the Mighty hath prepared himself for victory.
10.105.4
sacā̱yor indra̱ś carkṛ̍ṣa̱ ām̐ u̍pāna̱saḥ sa̍pa̱ryan |
na̱dayo̱r vivra̍tayo̱ḥ śūra̱ indra̍ḥ ||
Indra with these drives round, until he meets with one to worship him: Indra is Master of the pair who snort and swerve upon their way.
10.105.5
adhi̱ yas ta̱sthau keśa̍vantā̱ vyaca̍svantā̱ na pu̱ṣṭyai |
va̱noti̱ śiprā̍bhyāṁ śi̱priṇī̍vān ||
Borne onward by the long-maned Steeds who stretch themselves as 'twere for food, The God who wears the helm defends them with his jaws.
10.105.6
prāstau̍d ṛ̱ṣvaujā̍ ṛ̱ṣvebhi̍s ta̱takṣa̱ śūra̱ḥ śava̍sā |
ṛ̱bhur na kratu̍bhir māta̱riśvā̍ ||
The Mighty sang with Lofty Ones: the Hero fashioned with his strength, Like skilful Mâtariṣvan with his power and might,
10.105.7
vajra̱ṁ yaś ca̱kre su̱hanā̍ya̱ dasya̍ve hirīma̱śo hirī̍mān |
aru̍tahanu̱r adbhu̍ta̱ṁ na raja̍ḥ ||
The bolt, which pierced at once the vitals of the Dasyu easy to be slain, With jaw uninjured like the wondrous firmament.
10.105.8
ava̍ no vṛji̱nā śi̍śīhy ṛ̱cā va̍nemā̱nṛca̍ḥ |
nābra̍hmā ya̱jña ṛdha̱g joṣa̍ti̱ tve ||
Grind off our sins: with song will we conquer the men who sing no hymns: Not easily art thou pleased with prayerless sacrifice.
10.105.9
ū̱rdhvā yat te̍ tre̱tinī̱ bhūd ya̱jñasya̍ dhū̱rṣu sadma̍n |
sa̱jūr nāva̱ṁ svaya̍śasa̱ṁ sacā̱yoḥ ||
When threefold flame burns high for thee, to rest on poles of sacrifice, Thou with the living joyest in the self-bright Ship.
10.105.10
śri̱ye te̱ pṛśni̍r upa̱seca̍nī bhūc chri̱ye darvi̍r are̱pāḥ |
yayā̱ sve pātre̍ si̱ñcasa̱ ut ||
Thy glory was the speckled cup, thy glory was the flawless scoop. Wherewith thou pourest into thy receptacle.
10.105.11
śa̱taṁ vā̱ yad a̍surya̱ prati̍ tvā sumi̱tra i̱tthāstau̍d durmi̱tra i̱tthāstau̍t |
āvo̱ yad da̍syu̱hatye̍ kutsapu̱tram prāvo̱ yad da̍syu̱hatye̍ kutsava̱tsam ||
As hundreds, O Immortal God, have sung to thee, so hath Sumitra, yea, Durmitra praised thee here, What time thou holpest Kutsa's son, when Dasyus fell, yea, holpest Kutsa's darling when the Dasyus died.
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, übersetzt und mit kritischen und erläuternden Anmerkungen versehen — Hermann Grassmann 1876, German
- Rig-Veda Sanhitá — Horace Hayman Wilson 1850, English
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)
Discussed in (11)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- Die Hymnen des Rigveda, Bd. I: Metrische und textgeschichtliche Prolegomena — Oldenberg 1888, German
- La religion védique d'après les hymnes du Rig-Véda — Bergaigne 1878, French
- Vedic Metre in its Historical Development — Arnold 1905, English
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — Muir 1858, English
- A History of Indian Philosophy — Dasgupta 1922, English
- Vedic Mythology — Macdonell 1897, English
- The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads) — Bloomfield 1908, English