Rigveda 10.118
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 10.118
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- Sanskrit
10.118.1
agne̱ haṁsi̱ ny a1̱̍triṇa̱ṁ dīdya̱n martye̱ṣv ā |
sve kṣaye̍ śucivrata ||
AGNI, refulgent among men thou slayest the devouring fiend, Bright Ruler in thine own abode.
10.118.2
ut ti̍ṣṭhasi̱ svā̍huto ghṛ̱tāni̱ prati̍ modase |
yat tvā̱ sruca̍ḥ sa̱masthi̍ran ||
Thou springest up when worshipped well the drops of butter are thy joy When ladies are brought near to thee.
10.118.3
sa āhu̍to̱ vi ro̍cate̱ 'gnir ī̱ḻenyo̍ gi̱rā |
sru̱cā pratī̍kam ajyate ||
Honoured with gifts he shines afar, Agni adorable with song: The dripping ladle balms his face.
10.118.4
ghṛ̱tenā̱gniḥ sam a̍jyate̱ madhu̍pratīka̱ āhu̍taḥ |
roca̍māno vi̱bhāva̍suḥ ||
Agni with honey in his mouth, honoured with gifts, is balmed with oil, Refulgent in his wealth of light.
10.118.5
jara̍māṇa̱ḥ sam i̍dhyase de̱vebhyo̍ havyavāhana |
taṁ tvā̍ havanta̱ martyā̍ḥ ||
Praised by our hymns thou kindlest thee, Oblation-bearer, for the Gods As such do mortals call on thee.
10.118.6
tam ma̍rtā̱ ama̍rtyaṁ ghṛ̱tenā̱gniṁ sa̍paryata |
adā̍bhyaṁ gṛ̱hapa̍tim ||
To that Immortal Agni pay worship with oil, ye mortal men,– Lord of the house, whom none deceives.
10.118.7
adā̍bhyena śo̱ciṣāgne̱ rakṣa̱s tvaṁ da̍ha |
go̱pā ṛ̱tasya̍ dīdihi ||
O Agni, burn the Raksasas with thine unconquerable flame Shine guardian of Eternal Law.
10.118.8
sa tvam a̍gne̱ pratī̍kena̱ praty o̍ṣa yātudhā̱nya̍ḥ |
u̱ru̱kṣaye̍ṣu̱ dīdya̍t ||
So, Agni, with thy glowing face burn fierce against the female fiends, Shining among Urukshayas.
10.118.9
taṁ tvā̍ gī̱rbhir u̍ru̱kṣayā̍ havya̱vāha̱ṁ sam ī̍dhire |
yaji̍ṣṭha̱m mānu̍ṣe̱ jane̍ ||
Urukshayas have kindled thee, Oblation-bearer, thee, with hymns. Best Worshipper among mankind.
Translations (6)
- 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 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 (7)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- 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
- 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
- History of Indian Medicine, containing Notices, Biographical and Bibliographical, of the Āyurvedic Physicians and their Works on Medicine — Mukhopadhyaya 1923, English