Rigveda 10.111
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 10.111
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- Sanskrit
10.111.1
manī̍ṣiṇa̱ḥ pra bha̍radhvam manī̱ṣāṁ yathā̍-yathā ma̱taya̱ḥ santi̍ nṛ̱ṇām |
indra̍ṁ sa̱tyair era̍yāmā kṛ̱tebhi̱ḥ sa hi vī̱ro gi̍rvaṇa̱syur vidā̍naḥ ||
BRING forth your sacred song ye prudent singers, even as are the thoughts of human beings. Let us draw Indra with true deeds anear us: he loves our songs, the Hero, and is potent.
10.111.2
ṛ̱tasya̱ hi sada̍so dhī̱tir adyau̱t saṁ gā̍rṣṭe̱yo vṛ̍ṣa̱bho gobhi̍r ānaṭ |
ud a̍tiṣṭhat tavi̱ṣeṇā̱ rave̍ṇa ma̱hānti̍ ci̱t saṁ vi̍vyācā̱ rajā̍ṁsi ||
The hymn shone brightly from the seat of worship: to the kine came the Bull, the Heifer's Offipring With mighty bellowing hath he arisen, and hath pervaded even the spacious regions.
10.111.3
indra̱ḥ kila̱ śrutyā̍ a̱sya ve̍da̱ sa hi ji̱ṣṇuḥ pa̍thi̱kṛt sūryā̍ya |
ān menā̍ṁ kṛ̱ṇvann acyu̍to̱ bhuva̱d goḥ pati̍r di̱vaḥ sa̍na̱jā apra̍tītaḥ ||
Indra knows, verily, how to hear our singing, for he, victorious, made a path for Sûrya. He made the Cow, and be became the Sovran of Heaven, primeval, matchless, and unshaken.
10.111.4
indro̍ ma̱hnā ma̍ha̱to a̍rṇa̱vasya̍ vra̱tāmi̍nā̱d aṅgi̍robhir gṛṇā̱naḥ |
pu̱rūṇi̍ ci̱n ni ta̍tānā̱ rajā̍ṁsi dā̱dhāra̱ yo dha̱ruṇa̍ṁ sa̱tyatā̍tā ||
Praised by Angirases, Indra demolished with might the works of the great watery monster Full many regions, too, hath he pervaded, and by his truth supported earth's foundation.
10.111.5
indro̍ di̱vaḥ pra̍ti̱māna̍m pṛthi̱vyā viśvā̍ veda̱ sava̍nā̱ hanti̱ śuṣṇa̍m |
ma̱hīṁ ci̱d dyām āta̍no̱t sūrye̍ṇa cā̱skambha̍ ci̱t kambha̍nena̱ skabhī̍yān ||
The counterpart of heaven and earth is Indra: he knoweth all libations, slayeth Ṣushṇa. The vast sky with the Sun hath he extended, and, best otpillars, stayed it with a pillar.
10.111.6
vajre̍ṇa̱ hi vṛ̍tra̱hā vṛ̱tram asta̱r ade̍vasya̱ śūśu̍vānasya mā̱yāḥ |
vi dhṛ̍ṣṇo̱ atra̍ dhṛṣa̱tā ja̍gha̱nthāthā̍bhavo maghavan bā̱hvo̍jāḥ ||
The Vṛitra-slaver with his bolt felled Vṛitra: the magic of the godless, waxen mighty, Here hast thou, Bold Assailant, boldly conquered. Yea, then thine arms, O Maghavan, were potent.
10.111.7
saca̍nta̱ yad u̱ṣasa̱ḥ sūrye̍ṇa ci̱trām a̍sya ke̱tavo̱ rām a̍vindan |
ā yan nakṣa̍tra̱ṁ dadṛ̍śe di̱vo na puna̍r ya̱to naki̍r a̱ddhā nu ve̍da ||
When the Dawns come attendant upon Sûrya their rays discover wealth of divers colours. The Star of heaven is seen as 'twere approaching: none knoweth aught of it as it departeth.
10.111.8
dū̱raṁ kila̍ pratha̱mā ja̍gmur āsā̱m indra̍sya̱ yāḥ pra̍sa̱ve sa̱srur āpa̍ḥ |
kva̍ svi̱d agra̱ṁ kva̍ bu̱dhna ā̍sā̱m āpo̱ madhya̱ṁ kva̍ vo nū̱nam anta̍ḥ ||
Far have they gone, the first of all these waters, the waters that flowed forth when Indra sent them. Where is their spring, and where is their foundation? Where now, ye Waters, is your inmost centre?
10.111.9
sṛ̱jaḥ sindhū̱m̐r ahi̍nā jagrasā̱nām̐ ād id e̱tāḥ pra vi̍vijre ja̱vena̍ |
mumu̍kṣamāṇā u̱ta yā mu̍mu̱cre 'dhed e̱tā na ra̍mante̱ niti̍ktāḥ ||
Thou didst free rivers swallowed by the Dragon; and rapidly they set themselves in motion, Those that were loosed and those that longed for freedom. Excited now to speed they run unresting.
10.111.10
sa̱dhrīcī̱ḥ sindhu̍m uśa̱tīr i̍vāyan sa̱nāj jā̱ra ā̍ri̱taḥ pū̱rbhid ā̍sām |
asta̱m ā te̱ pārthi̍vā̱ vasū̍ny a̱sme ja̍gmuḥ sū̱nṛtā̍ indra pū̱rvīḥ ||
Yearning together they have sped to Sindhu: the Fort-destroyer, praised, of old, hath loved them. Indra, may thy terrestrial treasures reach us, and our full songs of joy approach thy dwelling.
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)
Discussed in (11)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- La religion védique d'après les hymnes du Rig-Véda — Bergaigne 1878, French
- Altindische Grammatik — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German
- Vedic Mythology — Macdonell 1897, English
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — Muir 1858, English
- Die Hymnen des Rigveda, Bd. I: Metrische und textgeschichtliche Prolegomena — Oldenberg 1888, German
- The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Keith 1925, English
- Vedic Metre in its Historical Development — Arnold 1905, English
- Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. — Agrawala 1965, English
- The Arctic Home in the Vedas — Tilak 1903, English