Rigveda 10.42
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 10.42
- Language
- Sanskrit
10.42.1
aste̍va̱ su pra̍ta̱raṁ lāya̱m asya̱n bhūṣa̍nn iva̱ pra bha̍rā̱ stoma̍m asmai |
vā̱cā vi̍prās tarata̱ vāca̍m a̱ryo ni rā̍maya jarita̱ḥ soma̱ indra̍m ||
EVEN as an archer shoots afar his arrow, offer the laud to him with meet adornment. Quell with your voice the wicked's voice, O sages. Singer, make Indra rest beside the Soma.
10.42.2
dohe̍na̱ gām upa̍ śikṣā̱ sakhā̍ya̱m pra bo̍dhaya jaritar jā̱ram indra̍m |
kośa̱ṁ na pū̱rṇaṁ vasu̍nā̱ nyṛ̍ṣṭa̱m ā cyā̍vaya magha̱deyā̍ya̱ śūra̍m ||
Draw thy Friend to thee like a cow at milking: O Singer, wake up Indra as a lover. Make thou the Hero haste to give us riches even as a vessel filled brimful with treasure.
10.42.3
kim a̱ṅga tvā̍ maghavan bho̱jam ā̍huḥ śiśī̱hi mā̍ śiśa̱yaṁ tvā̍ śṛṇomi |
apna̍svatī̱ mama̱ dhīr a̍stu śakra vasu̱vida̱m bhaga̍m i̱ndrā bha̍rā naḥ ||
Why, Maghavan, do they call thee Bounteous; Giver? Quicken me: thou, I hear, art he who quickens. Ṣakra, let my intelligence be active, and bring us luck that finds great wealth, O Indra.
10.42.4
tvāṁ janā̍ mamasa̱tyeṣv i̍ndra saṁtasthā̱nā vi hva̍yante samī̱ke |
atrā̱ yuja̍ṁ kṛṇute̱ yo ha̱viṣmā̱n nāsu̍nvatā sa̱khyaṁ va̍ṣṭi̱ śūra̍ḥ ||
Standing, in battle for their rights, together, the people, Indra, in the fray invoke thee. Him who brings gifts the Hero makes his comrade: with him who pours no juice he seeks not friendship.
10.42.5
dhana̱ṁ na sya̱ndram ba̍hu̱laṁ yo a̍smai tī̱vrān somā̍m̐ āsu̱noti̱ praya̍svān |
tasmai̱ śatrū̍n su̱tukā̍n prā̱tar ahno̱ ni svaṣṭrā̍n yu̱vati̱ hanti̍ vṛ̱tram ||
Whoso with plenteous food for him expresses strong Somas as much quickly-coming treasure, For him he overthrows in early morning his swift well-weaponed foes, and slays the tyrant.
10.42.6
yasmi̍n va̱yaṁ da̍dhi̱mā śaṁsa̱m indre̱ yaḥ śi̱śrāya̍ ma̱ghavā̱ kāma̍m a̱sme |
ā̱rāc ci̱t san bha̍yatām asya̱ śatru̱r ny a̍smai dyu̱mnā janyā̍ namantām ||
He unto whom we offer praises, Indra, Maghavan, who hath joined to ours his wishes,– Before him even afar the foe must tremble: low before him must bow all human glories.
10.42.7
ā̱rāc chatru̱m apa̍ bādhasva dū̱ram u̱gro yaḥ śamba̍ḥ puruhūta̱ tena̍ |
a̱sme dhe̍hi̱ yava̍ma̱d goma̍d indra kṛ̱dhī dhiya̍ṁ jari̱tre vāja̍ratnām ||
With thy fierce bolt, O God invoked of many, drive to a distance from afar the foeman. O Indra, give us wealth in corn and cattle, and make thy singer's prayer gain strength and riches.
10.42.8
pra yam a̱ntar vṛ̍ṣasa̱vāso̱ agma̍n tī̱vrāḥ somā̍ bahu̱lāntā̍sa̱ indra̍m |
nāha̍ dā̱māna̍m ma̱ghavā̱ ni ya̍ṁsa̱n ni su̍nva̱te va̍hati̱ bhūri̍ vā̱mam ||
Indra, the swallower of strong libations rich in the boons they bring, the potent Somas, He, Maghavan, will not restrict his bounty he brings much wealth unto the Soma-presser.
10.42.9
u̱ta pra̱hām a̍ti̱dīvyā̍ jayāti kṛ̱taṁ yac chva̱ghnī vi̍ci̱noti̍ kā̱le |
yo de̱vakā̍mo̱ na dhanā̍ ruṇaddhi̱ sam it taṁ rā̱yā sṛ̍jati sva̱dhāvā̍n ||
Yea, by superior play he wins advantage, when he, a gambler, piles his gains in season. Celestial-natured, he o'erwhelms with riches the devotee who keeps not back his treasure.
10.42.10
gobhi̍ṣ ṭare̱māma̍tiṁ du̱revā̱ṁ yave̍na̱ kṣudha̍m puruhūta̱ viśvā̍m |
va̱yaṁ rāja̍bhiḥ pratha̱mā dhanā̍ny a̱smāke̍na vṛ̱jane̍nā jayema ||
O Much-invoked, may we subdue all famine and evil want with store of grain and cattle. May we allied, as first in rank, with princes obtain possessions by our own exertion.
10.42.11
bṛha̱spati̍r na̱ḥ pari̍ pātu pa̱ścād u̱totta̍rasmā̱d adha̍rād aghā̱yoḥ |
indra̍ḥ pu̱rastā̍d u̱ta ma̍dhya̱to na̱ḥ sakhā̱ sakhi̍bhyo̱ vari̍vaḥ kṛṇotu ||
Bṛihaspati protect us from the rearward, and from above, and from below, from sinners! May Indra from the front, and from the centre, as Friend to friends, vouchsafe us room and freedom.
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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