Rigveda 10.28
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 10.28
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- Sanskrit
10.28.1
viśvo̱ hy a1̱̍nyo a̱rir ā̍ja̱gāma̱ mamed aha̱ śvaśu̍ro̱ nā ja̍gāma |
ja̱kṣī̱yād dhā̱nā u̱ta soma̍m papīyā̱t svā̍śita̱ḥ puna̱r asta̍ṁ jagāyāt ||
Now all my other friends are here assembled: my Sire-in-law alone hath not come hither. So might he eat the grain and drink the Soma, and, satisfied, return unto; his dwelling.
10.28.2
sa roru̍vad vṛṣa̱bhas ti̱gmaśṛ̍ṅgo̱ varṣma̍n tasthau̱ vari̍ma̱nn ā pṛ̍thi̱vyāḥ |
viśve̍ṣv enaṁ vṛ̱jane̍ṣu pāmi̱ yo me̍ ku̱kṣī su̱taso̍maḥ pṛ̱ṇāti̍ ||
Loud belloweth the Bull whose horns are sharpened: upon the height above earth's breadth he standeth. That man I guard and save in all his troubles who fills my flanks when he hath shed the Soma.
10.28.3
adri̍ṇā te ma̱ndina̍ indra̱ tūyā̍n su̱nvanti̱ somā̱n piba̍si̱ tvam e̍ṣām |
paca̍nti te vṛṣa̱bhām̐ atsi̱ teṣā̍m pṛ̱kṣeṇa̱ yan ma̍ghavan hū̱yamā̍naḥ ||
Men with the stone press out for thee, O Indra, strong, gladdening Soma, and thereof thou drinkest. Bulls they dress for thee, and of these thou eatest when, Maghavan, with food thou art invited.
10.28.4
i̱daṁ su me̍ jarita̱r ā ci̍kiddhi pratī̱paṁ śāpa̍ṁ na̱dyo̍ vahanti |
lo̱pā̱śaḥ si̱ṁham pra̱tyañca̍m atsāḥ kro̱ṣṭā va̍rā̱haṁ nir a̍takta̱ kakṣā̍t ||
Resolve for me, O singer, this my riddle: The rivers send their swelling water backward: The fox steals up to the approaching lion: the jackal drives the wild-boar from the brushwood.
10.28.5
ka̱thā ta̍ e̱tad a̱ham ā ci̍keta̱ṁ gṛtsa̍sya̱ pāka̍s ta̱vaso̍ manī̱ṣām |
tvaṁ no̍ vi̱dvām̐ ṛ̍tu̱thā vi vo̍co̱ yam ardha̍ṁ te maghavan kṣe̱myā dhūḥ ||
How shall I solve this riddle, I, the simple, declare the thought of thee the Wise and Mighty? Tell us, well knowing, as befits the season: Whitherward is thy prosperous car advancing?
10.28.6
e̱vā hi māṁ ta̱vasa̍ṁ va̱rdhaya̍nti di̱vaś ci̍n me bṛha̱ta utta̍rā̱ dhūḥ |
pu̱rū sa̱hasrā̱ ni śi̍śāmi sā̱kam a̍śa̱truṁ hi mā̱ jani̍tā ja̱jāna̍ ||
Thus do they magnify me, me the mighty higher than even high heaven is my car-pole. I all at once demolish many thousands: my Sire begot me with no foe to match me.
10.28.7
e̱vā hi māṁ ta̱vasa̍ṁ ja̱jñur u̱graṁ karma̍n-karma̱n vṛṣa̍ṇam indra de̱vāḥ |
vadhī̍ṁ vṛ̱traṁ vajre̍ṇa mandasā̱no 'pa̍ vra̱jam ma̍hi̱nā dā̱śuṣe̍ vam ||
Yea, and the Gods have known me also, Indra, as mighty, fierce and strong in every exploit. Exulting with the bolt I slaughtered Vṛitra, and for the offerer oped with might the cow-stall.
10.28.8
de̱vāsa̍ āyan para̱śūm̐r a̍bibhra̱n vanā̍ vṛ̱ścanto̍ a̱bhi vi̱ḍbhir ā̍yan |
ni su̱drva1̱̍ṁ dadha̍to va̱kṣaṇā̍su̱ yatrā̱ kṛpī̍ṭa̱m anu̱ tad da̍hanti ||
The Deities approached, they carried axes; splitting the wood they came with their attendants. They laid good timber in the fire-receivers, and burnt the grass up where they found it growing.
10.28.9
śa̱śaḥ kṣu̱ram pra̱tyañca̍ṁ jagā̱rādri̍ṁ lo̱gena̱ vy a̍bhedam ā̱rāt |
bṛ̱hanta̍ṁ cid ṛha̱te ra̍ndhayāni̱ vaya̍d va̱tso vṛ̍ṣa̱bhaṁ śūśu̍vānaḥ ||
The hare hath swallowed up the opposing razor: I sundered with a clod the distant mountain. The great will I make subject to the little: the calf shall wax in strength and cat the bullock.
10.28.10
su̱pa̱rṇa i̱tthā na̱kham ā si̍ṣā̱yāva̍ruddhaḥ pari̱pada̱ṁ na si̱ṁhaḥ |
ni̱ru̱ddhaś ci̍n mahi̱ṣas ta̱rṣyāvā̍n go̱dhā tasmā̍ a̱yatha̍ṁ karṣad e̱tat ||
There hath the strong-winged eagle left his talon, as a snared lion leaves the trap that caught him. Even the wild steer in his thirst is captured: the leather strap still holds his foot entangled.
10.28.11
tebhyo̍ go̱dhā a̱yatha̍ṁ karṣad e̱tad ye bra̱hmaṇa̍ḥ prati̱pīya̱nty annai̍ḥ |
si̱ma u̱kṣṇo̍ 'vasṛ̱ṣṭām̐ a̍danti sva̱yam balā̍ni ta̱nva̍ḥ śṛṇā̱nāḥ ||
So may the leather strap their foot entangle who fatten on the viands of the Brahman. They all devour the bulls set free to wander, while they themselves destroy their bodies' vigour.
10.28.12
e̱te śamī̍bhiḥ su̱śamī̍ abhūva̱n ye hi̍nvi̱re ta̱nva1̱̍ḥ soma̍ u̱kthaiḥ |
nṛ̱vad vada̱nn upa̍ no māhi̱ vājā̍n di̱vi śravo̍ dadhiṣe̱ nāma̍ vī̱raḥ ||
They were well occupied with holy duties who sped in person with their lauds to Soma. Speaking like man, mete to us wealth and booty: in heaven thou hast the name and fame of Hero.
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
- 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)
Linked texts (1)
- Nītimañjarī — Dyādvivedina, Sanskrit
Discussed in (14)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, 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
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German
- Vedic Metre in its Historical Development — Arnold 1905, English
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English
- Minerals and Metals in Ancient India — Biswas & Biswas 1996, English
- A Concise History of Science in India — Bose et al. 1971, English
- Die Hymnen des Rigveda, Bd. I: Metrische und textgeschichtliche Prolegomena — Oldenberg 1888, German
- The Sanskrit Drama in its Origin, Development, Theory & Practice — Keith 1924, English
- The History of Indian Literature — Weber 1852, English
- History of Sanskrit Poetics — Kane 1951, English
- Vedic Mythology — Macdonell 1897, English