Rigveda 10.50
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 10.50
- Language
- Sanskrit
10.50.1
pra vo̍ ma̱he manda̍mānā̱yāndha̱so 'rcā̍ vi̱śvāna̍rāya viśvā̱bhuve̍ |
indra̍sya̱ yasya̱ suma̍kha̱ṁ saho̱ mahi̱ śravo̍ nṛ̱mṇaṁ ca̱ roda̍sī sapa̱ryata̍ḥ ||
I LAUD your Mighty One who joyeth in the juice, him who is shared by all men, who created all; Indra, whose conquering strength is powerful in war, whose fame and manly vigour Heaven and Earth revere.
10.50.2
so ci̱n nu sakhyā̱ narya̍ i̱naḥ stu̱taś ca̱rkṛtya̱ indro̱ māva̍te̱ nare̍ |
viśvā̍su dhū̱rṣu vā̍ja̱kṛtye̍ṣu satpate vṛ̱tre vā̱psv a1̱̍bhi śū̍ra mandase ||
He with his friend is active, lauded, good to man, Indra who must be glorified by one like me. Hero, Lord of the brave, all cars are thy delight, warring with Vṛitra, or for waters, or for spoil.
10.50.3
ke te nara̍ indra̱ ye ta̍ i̱ṣe ye te̍ su̱mnaṁ sa̍dha̱nya1̱̍m iya̍kṣān |
ke te̱ vājā̍yāsu̱ryā̍ya hinvire̱ ke a̱psu svāsū̱rvarā̍su̱ pauṁsye̍ ||
Who are the men whom thou wilt further, Indra, who strive to win thy bliss allied with riches? Who urged thee forward to exert thy power divine, to valour, in the war for waters on their fields?
10.50.4
bhuva̱s tvam i̍ndra̱ brahma̍ṇā ma̱hān bhuvo̱ viśve̍ṣu̱ sava̍neṣu ya̱jñiya̍ḥ |
bhuvo̱ nṝm̐ś cyau̱tno viśva̍smi̱n bhare̱ jyeṣṭha̍ś ca̱ mantro̍ viśvacarṣaṇe ||
Thou, Indra, through the holy prayer art mighty, worthy of sacrifice at all libations. In every fight thou castest heroes on the ground: thou art the noblest song, O Lord of all the folk.
10.50.5
avā̱ nu ka̱ṁ jyāyā̍n ya̱jñava̍naso ma̱hīṁ ta̱ omā̍trāṁ kṛ̱ṣṭayo̍ viduḥ |
aso̱ nu ka̍m a̱jaro̱ vardhā̍ś ca̱ viśved e̱tā sava̍nā tūtu̱mā kṛ̍ṣe ||
Help now, as Highest, those who toil at sacrifice: well do the people know thy great protecting might. Thou shalt be Everlasing, Giver of success yea, on all these libations thou bestowest strength.
10.50.6
e̱tā viśvā̱ sava̍nā tūtu̱mā kṛ̍ṣe sva̱yaṁ sū̍no sahaso̱ yāni̍ dadhi̱ṣe |
varā̍ya te̱ pātra̱ṁ dharma̍ṇe̱ tanā̍ ya̱jño mantro̱ brahmodya̍ta̱ṁ vaca̍ḥ ||
All these libations thou makest effectual, of which thou art thyself supporter, Son of Power. Therefore thy vessel is to be esteemed the best, sacrifice, holy text, prayer, and exalted speech.
10.50.7
ye te̍ vipra brahma̱kṛta̍ḥ su̱te sacā̱ vasū̍nāṁ ca̱ vasu̍naś ca dā̱vane̍ |
pra te su̱mnasya̱ mana̍sā pa̱thā bhu̍va̱n made̍ su̱tasya̍ so̱myasyāndha̍saḥ ||
They who with flowing Soma pray to thee, O Sage, to pour on them thy gifts of opulence and wealth, May they come forward, through their spirit, on the path of bliss, in the wild joy of Soma juice effused.
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, 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
- Vedabhāṣya — Mādhava, Sanskrit
- Vedabhāṣyasāra — Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣyabhūmikā — Dayānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
Linked texts (2)
- Vaikhānasamantrapraśna — Sanskrit
- Darśapūrṇamāsaprakāśa — Vāmana Śāstrin Kiṃjavaḍekara, Sanskrit
Discussed in (9)
- 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
- Altindische Grammatik — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English
- Die Hymnen des Rigveda, Bd. I: Metrische und textgeschichtliche Prolegomena — Oldenberg 1888, German
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — Muir 1858, English
- The Great Epic of India: Its Character and Origin — Hopkins 1901, English
- Vedic Mythology — Macdonell 1897, English