Rigveda 10.2
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 10.2
- Language
- Sanskrit
10.2.1
pi̱prī̱hi de̱vām̐ u̍śa̱to ya̍viṣṭha vi̱dvām̐ ṛ̱tūm̐r ṛ̍tupate yaje̱ha |
ye daivyā̍ ṛ̱tvija̱s tebhi̍r agne̱ tvaṁ hotṝ̍ṇām a̱sy āya̍jiṣṭhaḥ ||
GLADDEN the yearning Gods, O thou Most Youthful: bring them, O Lord of Seasons, knowing seasons, With all the Priests Celestial, O Agni. Best worshipper art thou of all Invokers.
10.2.2
veṣi̍ ho̱tram u̱ta po̱traṁ janā̍nām mandhā̱tāsi̍ draviṇo̱dā ṛ̱tāvā̍ |
svāhā̍ va̱yaṁ kṛ̱ṇavā̍mā ha̱vīṁṣi̍ de̱vo de̱vān ya̍jatv a̱gnir arha̍n ||
Thine is the Herald's, thine the Cleanser's office, thinker art thou, wealth-giver, true to Order. Let us with Svâhâ offer up oblations, and Agni, worthy God, pay the Gods worship.
10.2.3
ā de̱vānā̱m api̱ panthā̍m aganma̱ yac cha̱knavā̍ma̱ tad anu̱ pravo̍ḻhum |
a̱gnir vi̱dvān sa ya̍jā̱t sed u̱ hotā̱ so a̍dhva̱rān sa ṛ̱tūn ka̍lpayāti ||
To the Gods' pathway have we travelled, ready to execute what work we may accomplish. Let Agni, for he knows, complete the worship. He is the Priest: let him fix rites and seasons.
10.2.4
yad vo̍ va̱yam pra̍mi̱nāma̍ vra̱tāni̍ vi̱duṣā̍ṁ devā̱ avi̍duṣṭarāsaḥ |
a̱gniṣ ṭad viśva̱m ā pṛ̍ṇāti vi̱dvān yebhi̍r de̱vām̐ ṛ̱tubhi̍ḥ ka̱lpayā̍ti ||
When we most ignorant neglect the statutes of you, O Deities with whom is knowledge, Wise Agni shall correct our faults and failings, skilled to assign each God his fitting season.
10.2.5
yat pā̍ka̱trā mana̍sā dī̱nada̍kṣā̱ na ya̱jñasya̍ manva̱te martyā̍saḥ |
a̱gniṣ ṭad dhotā̍ kratu̱vid vi̍jā̱nan yaji̍ṣṭho de̱vām̐ ṛ̍tu̱śo ya̍jāti ||
When, weak in mind, of feeble understanding, mortals bethink them not of sacrificing, Then shall the prudent and discerning Agni worship the Gods, best worshipper, in season.
10.2.6
viśve̍ṣā̱ṁ hy a̍dhva̱rāṇā̱m anī̍kaṁ ci̱traṁ ke̱tuṁ jani̍tā tvā ja̱jāna̍ |
sa ā ya̍jasva nṛ̱vatī̱r anu̱ kṣāḥ spā̱rhā iṣa̍ḥ kṣu̱matī̍r vi̱śvaja̍nyāḥ ||
Because the Father hath produced thee, Leader of all our solemn rites, their brilliant Banner: So win by worship pleasant homes abounding in heroes, and rich food to nourish all men.
10.2.7
yaṁ tvā̱ dyāvā̍pṛthi̱vī yaṁ tvāpa̱s tvaṣṭā̱ yaṁ tvā̍ su̱jani̍mā ja̱jāna̍ |
panthā̱m anu̍ pravi̱dvān pi̍tṛ̱yāṇa̍ṁ dyu̱mad a̍gne samidhā̱no vi bhā̍hi ||
Thou whom the Heaven and Earth, thou whom the Waters, and Tvashṭar, maker of fair things, created, Well knowing, all along the Fathers' pathway, shine with resplendent light, enkindled, Agni.
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
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Udgīthācārya, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasūktanirukta — Mādhava, Sanskrit
- Bhāṣya — Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
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