Rigveda 10.46
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 10.46
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- Sanskrit
10.46.1
pra hotā̍ jā̱to ma̱hān na̍bho̱vin nṛ̱ṣadvā̍ sīdad a̱pām u̱pasthe̍ |
dadhi̱r yo dhāyi̱ sa te̱ vayā̍ṁsi ya̱ntā vasū̍ni vidha̱te ta̍nū̱pāḥ ||
STABLISHED for thee, to lend thee vital forces, Giver of wealth, Guard of his servant's body. The Great Priest, born, who knows the clouds, Abider with men, is seated in the lap of waters.
10.46.2
i̱maṁ vi̱dhanto̍ a̱pāṁ sa̱dhasthe̍ pa̱śuṁ na na̱ṣṭam pa̱dair anu̍ gman |
guhā̱ cata̍ntam u̱śijo̱ namo̍bhir i̱cchanto̱ dhīrā̱ bhṛga̍vo 'vindan ||
Worshipping, seeking him with adoration like some lost creature followed by its footprints, Wise Bhṛigus, yearning in their hearts, pursued him, and found him lurking where the floods are gathered.
10.46.3
i̱maṁ tri̱to bhūry a̍vindad i̱cchan vai̍bhūva̱so mū̱rdhany aghnyā̍yāḥ |
sa śevṛ̍dho jā̱ta ā ha̱rmyeṣu̱ nābhi̱r yuvā̍ bhavati roca̱nasya̍ ||
On the Cow's forehead, with laborious searching, Trita, the offspring of Vibhiavas, found him. Born in our houses, Youthful, joy-bestower, he now becomes the central point of brightness.
10.46.4
ma̱ndraṁ hotā̍ram u̱śijo̱ namo̍bhi̱ḥ prāñca̍ṁ ya̱jñaṁ ne̱tāra̍m adhva̱rāṇā̍m |
vi̱śām a̍kṛṇvann ara̱tim pā̍va̱kaṁ ha̍vya̱vāha̱ṁ dadha̍to̱ mānu̍ṣeṣu ||
Yearning, with homage, they have set and made him blithe Priest among mankind, oblation-bearer, Leader of rites and Purifier, envoy of men, as sacrifice that still advances.
10.46.5
pra bhū̱r jaya̍ntam ma̱hāṁ vi̍po̱dhām mū̱rā amū̍ram pu̱rāṁ da̱rmāṇa̍m |
naya̍nto̱ garbha̍ṁ va̱nāṁ dhiya̍ṁ dhu̱r hiri̍śmaśru̱ṁ nārvā̍ṇa̱ṁ dhana̍rcam ||
The foolish brought the ne'er-bewildered forward, great, Victor, Song-inspirer, Fort-destroyer. Leading the Youth gold-bearded, like a courser gleaming with wealth, they turned their hymn to profit.
10.46.6
ni pa̱styā̍su tri̱taḥ sta̍bhū̱yan pari̍vīto̱ yonau̍ sīdad a̱ntaḥ |
ata̍ḥ sa̱ṁgṛbhyā̍ vi̱śāṁ damū̍nā̱ vidha̍rmaṇāya̱ntrair ī̍yate̱ nṝn ||
Holding his station firmly in the houses, Trita sat down within his home surrounded Thence, as Law bids, departs the Tribes' Companion having collected men with no compulsion.
10.46.7
a̱syājarā̍so da̱mām a̱ritrā̍ a̱rcaddhū̍māso a̱gnaya̍ḥ pāva̱kāḥ |
śvi̱tī̱caya̍ḥ śvā̱trāso̍ bhura̱ṇyavo̍ vana̱rṣado̍ vā̱yavo̱ na somā̍ḥ ||
His are the fires, eternal, purifying, that make the houses move, whose smoke is shining, White, waxing in their strength, for ever stirring, and sitting in the wood; like winds are Somas.
10.46.8
pra ji̱hvayā̍ bharate̱ vepo̍ a̱gniḥ pra va̱yunā̍ni̱ ceta̍sā pṛthi̱vyāḥ |
tam ā̱yava̍ḥ śu̱caya̍ntam pāva̱kam ma̱ndraṁ hotā̍raṁ dadhire̱ yaji̍ṣṭham ||
The tongue of Agni bears away the praisesong, and, through his care for Earth, her operations. Him, bright and radiant, living men have stablished as their blithe Priest, the Chief of Sacrificers.
10.46.9
dyāvā̱ yam a̱gnim pṛ̍thi̱vī jani̍ṣṭā̱m āpa̱s tvaṣṭā̱ bhṛga̍vo̱ yaṁ saho̍bhiḥ |
ī̱ḻenya̍m pratha̱mam mā̍ta̱riśvā̍ de̱vās ta̍takṣu̱r mana̍ve̱ yaja̍tram ||
That Agni, him whom Heaven and Earth engendered, the Waters. Tvashṭar, and with might, the Bhṛigus, Him Mâtariṣvan and the Gods have fashioned holy for man and first to be entreated.
10.46.10
yaṁ tvā̍ de̱vā da̍dhi̱re ha̍vya̱vāha̍m puru̱spṛho̱ mānu̍ṣāso̱ yaja̍tram |
sa yāma̍nn agne stuva̱te vayo̍ dhā̱ḥ pra de̍va̱yan ya̱śasa̱ḥ saṁ hi pū̱rvīḥ ||
Agni, whom Gods have made oblationbearer, and much-desiring men regard as holy, Give life to him who lauds thee when he worships, and then shall glorious men in troops adore thee.
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, übersetzt und mit kritischen und erläuternden Anmerkungen versehen — Hermann Grassmann 1876, German
- Rig-Veda Sanhitá — Horace Hayman Wilson 1850, English
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
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