Rigveda 10.22
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 10.22
- Language
- Sanskrit
10.22.1
kuha̍ śru̱ta indra̱ḥ kasmi̍nn a̱dya jane̍ mi̱tro na śrū̍yate |
ṛṣī̍ṇāṁ vā̱ yaḥ kṣaye̱ guhā̍ vā̱ carkṛ̍ṣe gi̱rā ||
WHERE is famed Indra heard of? With what folk is he renowned to-day as Mitra is,– Who in the home of Ṛishis and in secret is extolled with song?
10.22.2
i̱ha śru̱ta indro̍ a̱sme a̱dya stave̍ va̱jry ṛcī̍ṣamaḥ |
mi̱tro na yo jane̱ṣv ā yaśa̍ś ca̱kre asā̱my ā ||
Even here is Indra famed, and among us this day the glorious Thunderer is praised, He who like Mitra mid the folk hath won complete and full renown.
10.22.3
ma̱ho yas pati̱ḥ śava̍so̱ asā̱my ā ma̱ho nṛ̱mṇasya̍ tūtu̱jiḥ |
bha̱rtā vajra̍sya dhṛ̱ṣṇoḥ pi̱tā pu̱tram i̍va pri̱yam ||
He who is Sovran Lord of great and perfect strength, exerter of heroic might, Who bears the fearless thunder as a father bears his darling son.
10.22.4
yu̱jā̱no aśvā̱ vāta̍sya̱ dhunī̍ de̱vo de̱vasya̍ vajrivaḥ |
syantā̍ pa̱thā vi̱rukma̍tā sṛjā̱naḥ sto̱ṣy adhva̍naḥ ||
Harnessing to thy car, as God, two blustering Steeds Of the Wind-God, O Thunderer, That speed along the shining path, thou making ways art glorified.
10.22.5
tvaṁ tyā ci̱d vāta̱syāśvāgā̍ ṛ̱jrā tmanā̱ vaha̍dhyai |
yayo̍r de̱vo na martyo̍ ya̱ntā naki̍r vi̱dāyya̍ḥ ||
Even to these dark Steeds of Wind thou of thyself hast come to ride, Of which no driver may be found, none, be he God or mortal man.
10.22.6
adha̱ gmanto̱śanā̍ pṛcchate vā̱ṁ kada̍rthā na̱ ā gṛ̱ham |
ā ja̍gmathuḥ parā̱kād di̱vaś ca̱ gmaś ca̱ martya̍m ||
When ye approach, men ask you, thee and Uṣanâ: Why come ye to our dwelling-place? Why are ye come to mortal man from distant realms of eapth and heaven?
10.22.7
ā na̍ indra pṛkṣase̱ 'smāka̱m brahmodya̍tam |
tat tvā̍ yācāma̱he 'va̱ḥ śuṣṇa̱ṁ yad dhann amā̍nuṣam ||
O Indra, thou shalt speak us fair: our holy prayer is offered up. We pray to thee for help as thou didst strike the monster Ṣushṇa dead.
10.22.8
a̱ka̱rmā dasyu̍r a̱bhi no̍ ama̱ntur a̱nyavra̍to̱ amā̍nuṣaḥ |
tvaṁ tasyā̍mitraha̱n vadha̍r dā̱sasya̍ dambhaya ||
Around us is the Dasyu, riteless, void of sense, inhuman, keeping alien laws. Baffle, thou Slayer of the foe, the weapon which this Dâsa wields.
10.22.9
tvaṁ na̍ indra śūra̱ śūrai̍r u̱ta tvotā̍so ba̱rhaṇā̍ |
pu̱ru̱trā te̱ vi pū̱rtayo̱ nava̍nta kṣo̱ṇayo̍ yathā ||
Hero with Heroes, thou art ours: yea, strong are they whom thou dost help. In many a place are thy full gifts, and men, like vassals, sing thy praise.
10.22.10
tvaṁ tān vṛ̍tra̱hatye̍ codayo̱ nṝn kā̍rpā̱ṇe śū̍ra vajrivaḥ |
guhā̱ yadī̍ kavī̱nāṁ vi̱śāṁ nakṣa̍traśavasām ||
Urge thou these heroes on to slay the enemy, brave Thunderer! in the fight with swords. Even when hid among the tribes of Sages numerous as stars.
10.22.11
ma̱kṣū tā ta̍ indra dā̱nāpna̍sa ākṣā̱ṇe śū̍ra vajrivaḥ |
yad dha̱ śuṣṇa̍sya da̱mbhayo̍ jā̱taṁ viśva̍ṁ sa̱yāva̍bhiḥ ||
Swift come those gifts of thine whose hand is prompt to rend and burn, O Hero Thunder-armed: As thou with thy Companions didst destroy the whole of SuSnia's brood.
10.22.12
māku̱dhrya̍g indra śūra̱ vasvī̍r a̱sme bhū̍vann a̱bhiṣṭa̍yaḥ |
va̱yaṁ-va̍yaṁ ta āsāṁ su̱mne syā̍ma vajrivaḥ ||
Let not thine excellent assistance come to us, O Hero Indra, profitless. May we, may we enjoy the bliss of these thy favours, Thunderer!
10.22.13
a̱sme tā ta̍ indra santu sa̱tyāhi̍ṁsantīr upa̱spṛśa̍ḥ |
vi̱dyāma̱ yāsā̱m bhujo̍ dhenū̱nāṁ na va̍jrivaḥ ||
May those soft impulses of thine, O Indra, be fruitful and innocent to us. May we know these whose treasures are like those of milch-kine, Thunderer!
10.22.14
a̱ha̱stā yad a̱padī̱ vardha̍ta̱ kṣāḥ śacī̍bhir ve̱dyānā̍m |
śuṣṇa̱m pari̍ pradakṣi̱ṇid vi̱śvāya̍ve̱ ni śi̍śnathaḥ ||
That Earth, through power of knowing things that may be known, handless and footless yet might thrive, Thou slewest, turning to the right, gu;na for every living man.
10.22.15
pibā̍-pi̱bed i̍ndra śūra̱ soma̱m mā ri̍ṣaṇyo vasavāna̱ vasu̱ḥ san |
u̱ta trā̍yasva gṛṇa̱to ma̱ghono̍ ma̱haś ca̍ rā̱yo re̱vata̍s kṛdhī naḥ ||
Drink, drink the Soma, Hero Indra; be not withheld as thou art good, O Treasure-giver. Preserve the singers and our liberal princes, and make us wealthy with abundant riches.
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 (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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