Rigveda 10.67
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 10.67
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- Sanskrit
10.67.1
i̱māṁ dhiya̍ṁ sa̱ptaśī̍rṣṇīm pi̱tā na̍ ṛ̱tapra̍jātām bṛha̱tīm a̍vindat |
tu̱rīya̍ṁ svij janayad vi̱śvaja̍nyo̱ 'yāsya̍ u̱ktham indrā̍ya̱ śaṁsa̍n ||
THIS holy hymn, sublime and sevenheaded, sprung from eternal Law, our sire discovered. Ayasya, friend of all men, hath engendered the fourth hymn as he sang his laud to Indra.
10.67.2
ṛ̱taṁ śaṁsa̍nta ṛ̱ju dīdhyā̍nā di̱vas pu̱trāso̱ asu̍rasya vī̱rāḥ |
vipra̍m pa̱dam aṅgi̍raso̱ dadhā̍nā ya̱jñasya̱ dhāma̍ pratha̱mam ma̍nanta ||
Thinking aright, praising eternal Order, the sons of Dyaus the Asura, those heroes, Angirases, holding the rank of sages, first honoured sacrifice's holy statute.
10.67.3
ha̱ṁsair i̍va̱ sakhi̍bhi̱r vāva̍dadbhir aśma̱nmayā̍ni̱ naha̍nā̱ vyasya̍n |
bṛha̱spati̍r abhi̱kani̍krada̱d gā u̱ta prāstau̱d uc ca̍ vi̱dvām̐ a̍gāyat ||
Girt by his friends who cried with swanlike voices, bursting the stony barriers of the prison, Bṛihaspati spake in thunder to the cattle, and uttered praise and song when he had found them.
10.67.4
a̱vo dvābhyā̍m pa̱ra eka̍yā̱ gā guhā̱ tiṣṭha̍ntī̱r anṛ̍tasya̱ setau̍ |
bṛha̱spati̱s tama̍si̱ jyoti̍r i̱cchann ud u̱srā āka̱r vi hi ti̱sra āva̍ḥ ||
Apart from one, away from two above him, he drave the kine that stood in bonds of falsehood. Bṛihaspati, seeking light amid the darkness, drave forth the bright cows: three he made apparent.
10.67.5
vi̱bhidyā̱ pura̍ṁ śa̱yathe̱m apā̍cī̱ṁ nis trīṇi̍ sā̱kam u̍da̱dher a̍kṛntat |
bṛha̱spati̍r u̱ṣasa̱ṁ sūrya̱ṁ gām a̱rkaṁ vi̍veda sta̱naya̍nn iva̱ dyauḥ ||
When he had cleft the lairs and western castle, he cut off three from him who held the waters. Bṛihaspati discovered, while he thundered like Dyaus, the dawn, the Sun, the cow, the lightning.
10.67.6
indro̍ va̱laṁ ra̍kṣi̱tāra̱ṁ dughā̍nāṁ ka̱reṇe̍va̱ vi ca̍kartā̱ rave̍ṇa |
svedā̍ñjibhir ā̱śira̍m i̱cchamā̱no 'ro̍dayat pa̱ṇim ā gā a̍muṣṇāt ||
As with a hand, so with his roaring Indra cleft Vala through, the guardian of the cattle. Seeking the milk-draught with sweatshining comrades he stole the Paṇi's kine and left him weeping.
10.67.7
sa ī̍ṁ sa̱tyebhi̱ḥ sakhi̍bhiḥ śu̱cadbhi̱r godhā̍yasa̱ṁ vi dha̍na̱sair a̍dardaḥ |
brahma̍ṇa̱s pati̱r vṛṣa̍bhir va̱rāhai̍r gha̱rmasve̍debhi̱r dravi̍ṇa̱ṁ vy ā̍naṭ ||
He with bright faithful Friends, winners of booty, hath rent the milker of the cows asunder. Bṛihaspati with wild boars strong and mighty, sweating with heat, hath gained a rich possession.
10.67.8
te sa̱tyena̱ mana̍sā̱ gopa̍ti̱ṁ gā i̍yā̱nāsa̍ iṣaṇayanta dhī̱bhiḥ |
bṛha̱spati̍r mi̱thoa̍vadyapebhi̱r ud u̱sriyā̍ asṛjata sva̱yugbhi̍ḥ ||
They, longing for the kine, with faithful spirit incited with their hymns the Lord of cattle. Bṛihaspati freed the radiant cows with comrades self-yoked, averting shame from one another.
10.67.9
taṁ va̱rdhaya̍nto ma̱tibhi̍ḥ śi̱vābhi̍ḥ si̱ṁham i̍va̱ nāna̍dataṁ sa̱dhasthe̍ |
bṛha̱spati̱ṁ vṛṣa̍ṇa̱ṁ śūra̍sātau̱ bhare̍-bhare̱ anu̍ madema ji̱ṣṇum ||
In our assembly with auspicious praises exalting him who roareth like a lion, Maywe, in every fight where heroes conquer, rejoice in strong Bṛihaspati the Victor.
10.67.10
ya̱dā vāja̱m asa̍nad vi̱śvarū̍pa̱m ā dyām aru̍kṣa̱d utta̍rāṇi̱ sadma̍ |
bṛha̱spati̱ṁ vṛṣa̍ṇaṁ va̱rdhaya̍nto̱ nānā̱ santo̱ bibhra̍to̱ jyoti̍r ā̱sā ||
When he had won him every sort of booty and gone to heaven and its most lofty mansions, Men praised Bṛihaspati the Mighty, bringing the light within their mouths from sundry places.
10.67.11
sa̱tyām ā̱śiṣa̍ṁ kṛṇutā vayo̱dhai kī̱riṁ ci̱d dhy ava̍tha̱ svebhi̱r evai̍ḥ |
pa̱ścā mṛdho̱ apa̍ bhavantu̱ viśvā̱s tad ro̍dasī śṛṇutaṁ viśvami̱nve ||
Fulfil the prayer that begs for vital vigour: aid in your wonted manner even the humble. Let all our foes be turned and driven backward. Hear this, O Heaven and Earth, ye All-producers.
10.67.12
indro̍ ma̱hnā ma̍ha̱to a̍rṇa̱vasya̱ vi mū̱rdhāna̍m abhinad arbu̱dasya̍ |
aha̱nn ahi̱m ari̍ṇāt sa̱pta sindhū̍n de̱vair dyā̍vāpṛthivī̱ prāva̍taṁ naḥ ||
Indra with mighty strength cleft asunder the head of Arbuda the watery monster, Slain Ahi, and set free the Seven Rivers. O Heaven and Earth, with all the Gods protect us.
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 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)
Linked texts (1)
- Śaunakasaṃhitā — Sanskrit
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- Vedic Metre in its Historical Development — Arnold 1905, English
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- Indian Philosophy — Radhakrishnan 1923, English
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- Ancient Indian Historical Tradition — Pargiter 1922, English
- Die Religion des Veda — Oldenberg 1894, German
- Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government — Coomaraswamy 1942, English