Rigveda 10.55
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 10.55
- Language
- Sanskrit
10.55.1
dū̱re tan nāma̱ guhya̍m parā̱cair yat tvā̍ bhī̱te ahva̍yetāṁ vayo̱dhai |
ud a̍stabhnāḥ pṛthi̱vīṁ dyām a̱bhīke̱ bhrātu̍ḥ pu̱trān ma̍ghavan titviṣā̱ṇaḥ ||
FAR is that secret name by which, in terror, the worlds invoked thee and thou gavest vigour The earth and heaven thou settest near each other, and Maghavan, madest bright thy Brother's Children.
10.55.2
ma̱hat tan nāma̱ guhya̍m puru̱spṛg yena̍ bhū̱taṁ ja̱nayo̱ yena̱ bhavya̍m |
pra̱tnaṁ jā̱taṁ jyoti̱r yad a̍sya pri̱yam pri̱yāḥ sam a̍viśanta̱ pañca̍ ||
Great is that secret name and far-extending, whereby thou madest all that is and shall be. The Five Tribes whom he loveth well have entered the light he loveth that was made aforetime.
10.55.3
ā roda̍sī apṛṇā̱d ota madhya̱m pañca̍ de̱vām̐ ṛ̍tu̱śaḥ sa̱pta-sa̍pta |
catu̍striṁśatā puru̱dhā vi ca̍ṣṭe̱ sarū̍peṇa̱ jyoti̍ṣā̱ vivra̍tena ||
He filled the heaven and earth and all between them, Gods five times sevenfold in their proper seasons. With four-and-thirty lights he looks around him, lights of one colour though their ways are divers.
10.55.4
yad u̍ṣa̱ auccha̍ḥ pratha̱mā vi̱bhānā̱m aja̍nayo̱ yena̍ pu̱ṣṭasya̍ pu̱ṣṭam |
yat te̍ jāmi̱tvam ava̍ra̱m para̍syā ma̱han ma̍ha̱tyā a̍sura̱tvam eka̍m ||
As first among the lights, O Dawn, thou shonest, whereby thou broughtest forth the Stay of Increase, Great art thou, matchless is thine Asura nature, who, high above, art kin to those beneath thee.
10.55.5
vi̱dhuṁ da̍drā̱ṇaṁ sama̍ne bahū̱nāṁ yuvā̍na̱ṁ santa̍m pali̱to ja̍gāra |
de̱vasya̍ paśya̱ kāvya̍m mahi̱tvādyā ma̱māra̱ sa hyaḥ sam ā̍na ||
The old hath waked the young Moon from his slumber who runs his circling course with many round him. Behold the Gods' high wisdom in its greatness: he who died yesterday to-day is living.
10.55.6
śākma̍nā śā̱ko a̍ru̱ṇaḥ su̍pa̱rṇa ā yo ma̱haḥ śūra̍ḥ sa̱nād anī̍ḻaḥ |
yac ci̱keta̍ sa̱tyam it tan na mogha̱ṁ vasu̍ spā̱rham u̱ta jeto̱ta dātā̍ ||
Strong is the Red Bird in his strength, great Hero, who from of old hath had no nest to dwell in. That which he knows is truth and never idle: he wins and gives the wealth desired of many.
10.55.7
aibhi̍r dade̱ vṛṣṇyā̱ pauṁsyā̍ni̱ yebhi̱r aukṣa̍d vṛtra̱hatyā̍ya va̱jrī |
ye karma̍ṇaḥ kri̱yamā̍ṇasya ma̱hna ṛ̍teka̱rmam u̱dajā̍yanta de̱vāḥ ||
Through these the Thunderer gained strong manly vigour, through whom he waxed in power to smite down Vṛitra,– Who through the might of Indra's operation came forth as Gods in course of Law and Order.
10.55.8
yu̱jā karmā̍ṇi ja̱naya̍n vi̱śvaujā̍ aśasti̱hā vi̱śvama̍nās turā̱ṣāṭ |
pī̱tvī soma̍sya di̱va ā vṛ̍dhā̱naḥ śūro̱ nir yu̱dhādha̍ma̱d dasyū̍n ||
All-strong, performing works with his companion, All-marking, rapid Victor, Curse-averter, The Hero, waxing, after draughts of Soma, blew far from heaven the Dasyus with his weapon.
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
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Udgīthācārya, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasūktanirukta — Mādhava, Sanskrit
- Bhāṣya — Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
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