Rigveda 10.54
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 10.54
- Language
- Sanskrit
10.54.1
tāṁ su te̍ kī̱rtim ma̍ghavan mahi̱tvā yat tvā̍ bhī̱te roda̍sī̱ ahva̍yetām |
prāvo̍ de̱vām̐ āti̍ro̱ dāsa̱m oja̍ḥ pra̱jāyai̍ tvasyai̱ yad aśi̍kṣa indra ||
I SING thy fame that, Maghavan, through thy Greatness the heavens and earth invoked thee in their terror, Thou, aiding Gods, didst quell the power of Dâsas, what time thou holpest many a race, O Indra.
10.54.2
yad aca̍ras ta̱nvā̍ vāvṛdhā̱no balā̍nīndra prabruvā̱ṇo jane̍ṣu |
mā̱yet sā te̱ yāni̍ yu̱ddhāny ā̱hur nādya śatru̍ṁ na̱nu pu̱rā vi̍vitse ||
When thou wast roaming, waxen strong in body, telling thy might, Indra, among the people, All that men called thy battles was illusion: no foe hast thou to-day, nor erst hast found one.
10.54.3
ka u̱ nu te̍ mahi̱mana̍ḥ samasyā̱smat pūrva̱ ṛṣa̱yo 'nta̍m āpuḥ |
yan mā̱tara̍ṁ ca pi̱tara̍ṁ ca sā̱kam aja̍nayathās ta̱nva1̱̍ḥ svāyā̍ḥ ||
Who are the Ṛishis, then, who comprehended before our time the bounds of all thy greatness? For from thy body thou hast generated at the same time the Mother and the Father.
10.54.4
ca̱tvāri̍ te asu̱ryā̍ṇi̱ nāmādā̍bhyāni mahi̱ṣasya̍ santi |
tvam a̱ṅga tāni̱ viśvā̍ni vitse̱ yebhi̱ḥ karmā̍ṇi maghavañ ca̱kartha̍ ||
Thou, Mighty Steer, hast four supremest natures, Asura natures that may ne'er be injured. All these, O Maghavan, thou surely knowest, wherewith thou hast performed thy great achievements.
10.54.5
tvaṁ viśvā̍ dadhiṣe̱ keva̍lāni̱ yāny ā̱vir yā ca̱ guhā̱ vasū̍ni |
kāma̱m in me̍ maghava̱n mā vi tā̍rī̱s tvam ā̍jñā̱tā tvam i̍ndrāsi dā̱tā ||
Thou hast all treasures in thy sole possession, treasures made manifest and treasures hidden. Defer not thou, O Maghavan, my longing: thou, art Director, Indra, thou art Giver.
10.54.6
yo ada̍dhā̱j jyoti̍ṣi̱ jyoti̍r a̱ntar yo asṛ̍ja̱n madhu̍nā̱ sam madhū̍ni |
adha̍ pri̱yaṁ śū̱ṣam indrā̍ya̱ manma̍ brahma̱kṛto̍ bṛ̱hadu̍kthād avāci ||
To him who set the light in things of splendour, and with all sweetness blent essential sweetness, To Indra hath this welcome hymn that strengthens been uttered by the votary Bṛihaduktha.
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 (15)
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- Vedic Mythology — Arthur Anthony Macdonell, English
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- The Arctic Home in the Vedas — Bal Gangadhar Tilak, English
- Mantrabhāgavata — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara, Sanskrit