Rigveda 10.173
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 10.173
- Language
- Sanskrit
10.173.1
ā tvā̍hārṣam a̱ntar e̍dhi dhru̱vas ti̱ṣṭhāvi̍cācaliḥ |
viśa̍s tvā̱ sarvā̍ vāñchantu̱ mā tvad rā̱ṣṭram adhi̍ bhraśat ||
BE with us; I have chosen thee: stand stedfast and immovable. Let all the people wish for thee let not thy kingship fall away.
10.173.2
i̱haivaidhi̱ māpa̍ cyoṣṭhā̱ḥ parva̍ta i̱vāvi̍cācaliḥ |
indra̍ ive̱ha dhru̱vas ti̍ṣṭhe̱ha rā̱ṣṭram u̍ dhāraya ||
Be even here; fall not away be like a mountain unremoved. Stand stedfast here like Indra's self, and hold the kingship in the grasp.
10.173.3
i̱mam indro̍ adīdharad dhru̱vaṁ dhru̱veṇa̍ ha̱viṣā̍ |
tasmai̱ somo̱ adhi̍ brava̱t tasmā̍ u̱ brahma̍ṇa̱s pati̍ḥ ||
This man hath Indra stablished, made secure by strong oblation's power. May Soma speak a benison, and Brahmaṇaspati, on him.
10.173.4
dhru̱vā dyaur dhru̱vā pṛ̍thi̱vī dhru̱vāsa̱ḥ parva̍tā i̱me |
dhru̱vaṁ viśva̍m i̱daṁ jaga̍d dhru̱vo rājā̍ vi̱śām a̱yam ||
Firm is the sky and firm the earth, and stedfast also are these hills. Stedfast is all this living world, and stedfast is this King of men.
10.173.5
dhru̱vaṁ te̱ rājā̱ varu̍ṇo dhru̱vaṁ de̱vo bṛha̱spati̍ḥ |
dhru̱vaṁ ta̱ indra̍ś cā̱gniś ca̍ rā̱ṣṭraṁ dhā̍rayatāṁ dhru̱vam ||
Stedfast, may Varuṇa the King, stedfast, the God Bṛihaspati, Stedfast, may Indra, stedfast too, may Agni keep thy stedfast reign.
10.173.6
dhru̱vaṁ dhru̱veṇa̍ ha̱viṣā̱bhi soma̍m mṛśāmasi |
atho̍ ta̱ indra̱ḥ keva̍lī̱r viśo̍ bali̱hṛta̍s karat ||
On constant Soma let us think with constant sacrificial gift And then may Indra make the clans bring tribute unto thee alone.
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)
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