Rigveda 10.12
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 10.12
- Language
- Sanskrit
10.12.1
dyāvā̍ ha̱ kṣāmā̍ pratha̱me ṛ̱tenā̍bhiśrā̱ve bha̍vataḥ satya̱vācā̍ |
de̱vo yan martā̍n ya̱jathā̍ya kṛ̱ṇvan sīda̱d dhotā̍ pra̱tyaṅ svam asu̱ṁ yan ||
HEAVEN and Earth, first by everlasting Order, speakers of truth, are near enough to hear us, When the God, urging men to worship. sitteth as Priest, assuming all his vital vigour.
10.12.2
de̱vo de̱vān pa̍ri̱bhūr ṛ̱tena̱ vahā̍ no ha̱vyam pra̍tha̱maś ci̍ki̱tvān |
dhū̱make̍tuḥ sa̱midhā̱ bhāṛ̍jīko ma̱ndro hotā̱ nityo̍ vā̱cā yajī̍yān ||
As God comprising Gods by Law Eternal, bear, as the Chief who knoweth, our oblation, Smoke-bannered with the fuel, radiant, joyous, better to praise and worship, Priest for ever.
10.12.3
svāvṛ̍g de̱vasyā̱mṛta̱ṁ yadī̱ gor ato̍ jā̱tāso̍ dhārayanta u̱rvī |
viśve̍ de̱vā anu̱ tat te̱ yaju̍r gur du̱he yad enī̍ di̱vyaṁ ghṛ̱taṁ vāḥ ||
When the cow's nectar wins the God completely, men here below are heaven's sustainers. All the Gods came to this thy heavenly Yajus which from the motley Pair milked oil and water.
10.12.4
arcā̍mi vā̱ṁ vardhā̱yāpo̍ ghṛtasnū̱ dyāvā̍bhūmī śṛṇu̱taṁ ro̍dasī me |
ahā̱ yad dyāvo 'su̍nīti̱m aya̱n madhvā̍ no̱ atra̍ pi̱tarā̍ śiśītām ||
I praise your work that ye may make me prosper: hear, Heaven and Earth, Twain Worlds that drop with fatness. While days and nights go to the world of spirits, here let the Parents with sweet meath refresh us
10.12.5
kiṁ svi̍n no̱ rājā̍ jagṛhe̱ kad a̱syāti̍ vra̱taṁ ca̍kṛmā̱ ko vi ve̍da |
mi̱traś ci̱d dhi ṣmā̍ juhurā̱ṇo de̱vāñ chloko̱ na yā̱tām api̱ vājo̱ asti̍ ||
Hath the King siezed us? How have we offended against his holy ordinance? Who knoweth? For even Mitra mid the Gods is angry there are both song and strength for those who come not.
10.12.6
du̱rmantv atrā̱mṛta̍sya̱ nāma̱ sala̍kṣmā̱ yad viṣu̍rūpā̱ bhavā̍ti |
ya̱masya̱ yo ma̱nava̍te su̱mantv agne̱ tam ṛ̍ṣva pā̱hy apra̍yucchan ||
'Tis hard to understand the Immortal's nature, where she who is akin becomes astranger. Guard ceaselessly, great Agni, him who ponders Yama's name, easy to be comprehended.
10.12.7
yasmi̍n de̱vā vi̱dathe̍ mā̱daya̍nte vi̱vasva̍ta̱ḥ sada̍ne dhā̱raya̍nte |
sūrye̱ jyoti̱r ada̍dhur mā̱sy a1̱̍ktūn pari̍ dyota̱niṁ ca̍rato̱ aja̍srā ||
They in the synod where the Gods rejoice them, where they are seated in Vivasvan's dwelling, Have given the Moon his beams, the Sun his splendour-the Two unweariedly maintain their brightness.
10.12.8
yasmi̍n de̱vā manma̍ni sa̱ṁcara̍nty apī̱cye̱3̱̍ na va̱yam a̍sya vidma |
mi̱tro no̱ atrādi̍ti̱r anā̍gān savi̱tā de̱vo varu̍ṇāya vocat ||
The counsel which the Gods meet to consider, their secret plan,– of that we have no knowledge. There let God Savitar, Aditi, and Mitra proclaim to Varuṇa that we are sinless.
10.12.9
śru̱dhī no̍ agne̱ sada̍ne sa̱dhasthe̍ yu̱kṣvā ratha̍m a̱mṛta̍sya dravi̱tnum |
ā no̍ vaha̱ roda̍sī de̱vapu̍tre̱ māki̍r de̱vānā̱m apa̍ bhūr i̱ha syā̍ḥ ||
Hear us, O Agni, in your comninn dwell ing: harness thy rapid car, the car of Amrit. Bring Heaven and Earth, the Deities' Parents, hither: stay with us here, nor from the Gods be distant.
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, 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 (Udgītha) — Udgītha, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Udgīthācārya, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Skandasvāmin) — Skandasvāmin, Sanskrit
- Ṛgarthadīpikā — Veṅkaṭamādhava, Sanskrit
- Ṛgbhāṣya (Madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitāvyākhyā — Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasūktanirukta — Mādhava, Sanskrit
- Bhāṣya — Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
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