Rigveda 10.165
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 10.165
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- Sanskrit
10.165.1
devā̍ḥ ka̱pota̍ iṣi̱to yad i̱cchan dū̱to nirṛ̍tyā i̱dam ā̍ja̱gāma̍ |
tasmā̍ arcāma kṛ̱ṇavā̍ma̱ niṣkṛ̍ti̱ṁ śaṁ no̍ astu dvi̱pade̱ śaṁ catu̍ṣpade ||
GODS, whatsoe'er the Dove came hither seeking, sent to us as the envoy of Destruction, For that let us sing hymns and make atonement. Well be it with our quadrupeds and bipeds.
10.165.2
śi̱vaḥ ka̱pota̍ iṣi̱to no̍ astv anā̱gā de̍vāḥ śaku̱no gṛ̱heṣu̍ |
a̱gnir hi vipro̍ ju̱ṣatā̍ṁ ha̱vir na̱ḥ pari̍ he̱tiḥ pa̱kṣiṇī̍ no vṛṇaktu ||
Auspicious be the Dove that hath been sent us, a harmless bird, ye Gods, within our dwelling. May Agni, Sage, be pleased with our oblation, and may the Missile borne on wings avoid us.
10.165.3
he̱tiḥ pa̱kṣiṇī̱ na da̍bhāty a̱smān ā̱ṣṭryām pa̱daṁ kṛ̍ṇute agni̱dhāne̍ |
śaṁ no̱ gobhya̍ś ca̱ puru̍ṣebhyaś cāstu̱ mā no̍ hiṁsīd i̱ha de̍vāḥ ka̱pota̍ḥ ||
Let not the Arrow that hath wings distract us: beside the fire-place, on the hearth it settles. May, it bring welfare to our men and cattle: here let the Dove, ye Gods, forbear to harm us.
10.165.4
yad ulū̍ko̱ vada̍ti mo̱gham e̱tad yat ka̱pota̍ḥ pa̱dam a̱gnau kṛ̱ṇoti̍ |
yasya̍ dū̱taḥ prahi̍ta e̱ṣa e̱tat tasmai̍ ya̱māya̱ namo̍ astu mṛ̱tyave̍ ||
The screeching of the owl is ineffective and when beside the fire the Dove hath settled, To him who sent it hithcr as an envoy, to him be reverence paid, to Death, to Yama.
10.165.5
ṛ̱cā ka̱pota̍ṁ nudata pra̱ṇoda̱m iṣa̱m mada̍nta̱ḥ pari̱ gāṁ na̍yadhvam |
sa̱ṁyo̱paya̍nto duri̱tāni̱ viśvā̍ hi̱tvā na̱ ūrja̱m pra pa̍tā̱t pati̍ṣṭhaḥ ||
Drive forth the Dove, chase it with holy verses: rejoicing, bring ye hither food and cattle, Barring the way against all grief and trouble. Let the swift bird fly forth and leave us vigour.
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 (1)
- Mānavagṛhyasūtra — Sanskrit
Discussed in (11)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, 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
- La religion védique d'après les hymnes du Rig-Véda — Bergaigne 1878, French
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — Muir 1858, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German
- History of Indian Medicine, containing Notices, Biographical and Bibliographical, of the Āyurvedic Physicians and their Works on Medicine — Mukhopadhyaya 1923, English
- The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Keith 1925, English
- Vedic Metre in its Historical Development — Arnold 1905, English
- The Religions of India — Hopkins 1895, English
- Jyotiḥśāstra: Astral and Mathematical Literature — Pingree 1981, English