Rigveda 10.20
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 10.20
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- Sanskrit
10.20.1
bha̱draṁ no̱ api̍ vātaya̱ mana̍ḥ ||
SEND unto us a good and happy mind.
10.20.2
a̱gnim ī̍ḻe bhu̱jāṁ yavi̍ṣṭhaṁ śā̱sā mi̱traṁ du̱rdharī̍tum |
yasya̱ dharma̱n sva1̱̍r enī̍ḥ sapa̱ryanti̍ mā̱tur ūdha̍ḥ ||
I worship Agni, Youthfullest of Gods, resistless, Friend of laws; Under whose guard and heavenly light the Spotted seek the Mother's breast:
10.20.3
yam ā̱sā kṛ̱panī̍ḻam bhā̱sāke̍tuṁ va̱rdhaya̍nti |
bhrāja̍te̱ śreṇi̍dan ||
Whom with their mouth they magnify, bannered with flame and homed in light. He glitters with his row of teeth.
10.20.4
a̱ryo vi̱śāṁ gā̱tur e̍ti̱ pra yad āna̍ḍ di̱vo antā̍n |
ka̱vir a̱bhraṁ dīdyā̍naḥ ||
Kind, Furtherer of men, he comes, when he hath reached the ends of heaven, Sage, giving splendour to the clouds.
10.20.5
ju̱ṣad dha̱vyā mānu̍ṣasyo̱rdhvas ta̍sthā̱v ṛbhvā̍ ya̱jñe |
mi̱nvan sadma̍ pu̱ra e̍ti ||
To taste man's offerings, he, the Strong, hath risen erect at sacrifice: Fixing his dwelling he proceeds.
10.20.6
sa hi kṣemo̍ ha̱vir ya̱jñaḥ śru̱ṣṭīd a̍sya gā̱tur e̍ti |
a̱gniṁ de̱vā vāśī̍mantam ||
Here are oblation, worship, rest: rapidly comes his furtherance. To sword-armed Agni come the Gods.
10.20.7
ya̱jñā̱sāha̱ṁ duva̍ iṣe̱ 'gnim pūrva̍sya̱ śeva̍sya |
adre̍ḥ sū̱num ā̱yum ā̍huḥ ||
With service for chief bliss I seek the Lord of Sacrifice, Agni, whom They call the Living, Son of Cloud.
10.20.8
naro̱ ye ke cā̱smad ā viśvet te vā̱ma ā syu̍ḥ |
a̱gniṁ ha̱viṣā̱ vardha̍ntaḥ ||
Blest evermore be all the men who come from us, who magnify Agni with sacrificial gifts.
10.20.9
kṛ̱ṣṇaḥ śve̱to̍ 'ru̱ṣo yāmo̍ asya bra̱dhna ṛ̱jra u̱ta śoṇo̱ yaśa̍svān |
hira̍ṇyarūpa̱ṁ jani̍tā jajāna ||
The path he treads is black and white and red, and striped, and brown, crimson, and glorious. His sire begat him bright with hues of gold.
10.20.10
e̱vā te̍ agne vima̱do ma̍nī̱ṣām ūrjo̍ napād a̱mṛte̍bhiḥ sa̱joṣā̍ḥ |
gira̱ ā va̍kṣat suma̱tīr i̍yā̱na iṣa̱m ūrja̍ṁ sukṣi̱tiṁ viśva̱m ābhā̍ḥ ||
Thus with his thoughts, O Son of Strength, O Agni, hath Vimada, accordant with the Immortals, Offered thee hymns, soliciting thy favour. Thou hast brought all food, strength, a prosperous dwelling.
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 (Udgītha) — Udgītha, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Skandasvāmin) — Skandasvāmin, 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 (13)
- 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
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — Muir 1858, English
- Die Hymnen des Rigveda, Bd. I: Metrische und textgeschichtliche Prolegomena — Oldenberg 1888, German
- The History and Culture of the Indian People — Majumdar et al. 1951, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Macdonell & Keith 1912, 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
- Vedic Mythology — Macdonell 1897, English
- A History of Sanskrit Literature — Macdonell 1900, English
- The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels — Filliozat 1949, English
- Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government — Coomaraswamy 1942, English