Rigveda 10.69
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 10.69
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- Sanskrit
10.69.1
bha̱drā a̱gner va̍dhrya̱śvasya̍ sa̱ṁdṛśo̍ vā̱mī praṇī̍tiḥ su̱raṇā̱ upe̍tayaḥ |
yad ī̍ṁ sumi̱trā viśo̱ agra̍ i̱ndhate̍ ghṛ̱tenāhu̍to jarate̱ davi̍dyutat ||
Auspicious is the aspect of Vadhryaṣva's fire good is its guidance, pleasant are its visitings. When first the people Of Sumitra kindle it, with butter poured thercon it crackles and shines bright.
10.69.2
ghṛ̱tam a̱gner va̍dhrya̱śvasya̱ vardha̍naṁ ghṛ̱tam anna̍ṁ ghṛ̱tam v a̍sya̱ meda̍nam |
ghṛ̱tenāhu̍ta urvi̱yā vi pa̍prathe̱ sūrya̍ iva rocate sa̱rpirā̍sutiḥ ||
Butter is that which makes Vadhryaṣva's fire growstrong: the butter is its food, the butter makes it fat. It spreads abroad when butter hath been offered it, and balmed with streams of butter shines forth like the Sun.
10.69.3
yat te̱ manu̱r yad anī̍kaṁ sumi̱traḥ sa̍mī̱dhe a̍gne̱ tad i̱daṁ navī̍yaḥ |
sa re̱vac cho̍ca̱ sa giro̍ juṣasva̱ sa vāja̍ṁ darṣi̱ sa i̱ha śravo̍ dhāḥ ||
Still newest is this face of thine, O Agni, which Manu and Sumitra have enkindled. So richly shine, accept our songs with favour, so give us strengthening food, so send us glory.
10.69.4
yaṁ tvā̱ pūrva̍m īḻi̱to va̍dhrya̱śvaḥ sa̍mī̱dhe a̍gne̱ sa i̱daṁ ju̍ṣasva |
sa na̍ḥ sti̱pā u̱ta bha̍vā tanū̱pā dā̱traṁ ra̍kṣasva̱ yad i̱daṁ te̍ a̱sme ||
Accept this offering, Agni, whom aforetime Vadhryaṣva, hath entreated and enkindled. Guard well our homes and ople, guard our bodies, protect thy girt to us which thou hast granted.
10.69.5
bhavā̍ dyu̱mnī vā̍dhryaśvo̱ta go̱pā mā tvā̍ tārīd a̱bhimā̍ti̱r janā̍nām |
śūra̍ iva dhṛ̱ṣṇuś cyava̍naḥ sumi̱traḥ pra nu vo̍ca̱ṁ vādhrya̍śvasya̱ nāma̍ ||
Be splendid, guard us Kinsman of Vadhryaṣva: let not the enmity of men o'ercome thee, Like the bold hero Chyavâna, I Sumitra tell forth the title of Vadhryaṣva's Kinsman.
10.69.6
sam a̱jryā̍ parva̱tyā̱3̱̍ vasū̍ni̱ dāsā̍ vṛ̱trāṇy āryā̍ jigetha |
śūra̍ iva dhṛ̱ṣṇuś cyava̍no̱ janā̍nā̱ṁ tvam a̍gne pṛtanā̱yūm̐r a̱bhi ṣyā̍ḥ ||
All treasures hast thou won, of plains and mountains, and quelled the Dâsas' and Aryas' hatred. Like the bold hero Chyavâna, O Agni, mayst thou subdue the men who long for battle.
10.69.7
dī̱rghata̍ntur bṛ̱hadu̍kṣā̱yam a̱gniḥ sa̱hasra̍starīḥ śa̱tanī̍tha̱ ṛbhvā̍ |
dyu̱mān dyu̱matsu̱ nṛbhi̍r mṛ̱jyamā̍naḥ sumi̱treṣu̍ dīdayo deva̱yatsu̍ ||
Deft Agni hath a lengthened thread, tall oxen, a thousand heifers, numberless devices. Decked by the men, splendid among the splendid, shine brightly forth amid devout Sumitras.
10.69.8
tve dhe̱nuḥ su̱dughā̍ jātavedo 'sa̱ścate̍va sama̱nā sa̍ba̱rdhuk |
tvaṁ nṛbhi̱r dakṣi̍ṇāvadbhir agne sumi̱trebhi̍r idhyase deva̱yadbhi̍ḥ ||
Thine is the teeming cow, O Jâtavedas, who pours at once her ceaseless flow, Sabardhuk, Thou. art lit up by men enriched with guerdon, O Agni, by the pious-souled Sumitras.
10.69.9
de̱vāś ci̍t te a̱mṛtā̍ jātavedo mahi̱māna̍ṁ vādhryaśva̱ pra vo̍can |
yat sa̱mpṛccha̱m mānu̍ṣī̱r viśa̱ āya̱n tvaṁ nṛbhi̍r ajaya̱s tvāvṛ̍dhebhiḥ ||
Even Immortal Gods, O Jâtavedas, Vadhryaṣva's Kinsman, have declared thy grandeur. When human tribes drew near with supplication thou conqueredst with men whom thou hadst strengthened.
10.69.10
pi̱teva̍ pu̱tram a̍bibhar u̱pasthe̱ tvām a̍gne vadhrya̱śvaḥ sa̍pa̱ryan |
ju̱ṣā̱ṇo a̍sya sa̱midha̍ṁ yaviṣṭho̱ta pūrvā̍m̐ avano̱r vrādha̍taś cit ||
Like as a father bears his son, O Agni, Vadhryaṣva bare thee in his lap and served thee. Thou, Youngest God, having enjoyed his fuel, didst vanquish those of old though they were mighty.
10.69.11
śaśva̍d a̱gnir va̍dhrya̱śvasya̱ śatrū̱n nṛbhi̍r jigāya su̱taso̍mavadbhiḥ |
sama̍naṁ cid adahaś citrabhā̱no 'va̱ vrādha̍ntam abhinad vṛ̱dhaś ci̍t ||
Vadhryaṣva's Agni evermore hath vanquished his foes with heroes who had pressed the Soma. Lord of bright rays, thou burntest up the battle, subduing, as our help, e'en mighty foemen.
10.69.12
a̱yam a̱gnir va̍dhrya̱śvasya̍ vṛtra̱hā sa̍na̱kāt preddho̱ nama̍sopavā̱kya̍ḥ |
sa no̱ ajā̍mīm̐r u̱ta vā̱ vijā̍mīn a̱bhi ti̍ṣṭha̱ śardha̍to vādhryaśva ||
This Agni of Vadhryaṣva, Vṛitra-slayer, lit from of old, must be invoked with homage. As such assail our enemies, Vadhryaṣva, whether the foes be strangers or be kinsmen.
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)
Discussed in (13)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- La religion védique d'après les hymnes du Rig-Véda — Bergaigne 1878, French
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — Muir 1858, English
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- Ancient Indian Historical Tradition — Pargiter 1922, English
- 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
- Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 — Sharma 1958, English
- Vedic Metre in its Historical Development — Arnold 1905, English
- Vedic Mythology — Macdonell 1897, English
- Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government — Coomaraswamy 1942, English