Rigveda 10.72
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 10.72
- Language
- Sanskrit
10.72.1
de̱vānā̱ṁ nu va̱yaṁ jānā̱ pra vo̍cāma vipa̱nyayā̍ |
u̱ktheṣu̍ śa̱syamā̍neṣu̱ yaḥ paśyā̱d utta̍re yu̱ge ||
LET US with tuneful skill proclaim these generations of the Gods, That one may see them when these hymns are chanted in a future age.
10.72.2
brahma̍ṇa̱s pati̍r e̱tā saṁ ka̱rmāra̍ ivādhamat |
de̱vānā̍m pū̱rvye yu̱ge 'sa̍ta̱ḥ sad a̍jāyata ||
These Brahmaṇaspati produced with blast and smelting, like a Smith, Existence, in an earlier age of Gods, from Non-existence sprang.
10.72.3
de̱vānā̍ṁ yu̱ge pra̍tha̱me 'sa̍ta̱ḥ sad a̍jāyata |
tad āśā̱ anv a̍jāyanta̱ tad u̍ttā̱napa̍da̱s pari̍ ||
Existence, in the earliest age of Gods, from Non-existence sprang. Thereafter were the regions born. This sprang from the Productive Power.
10.72.4
bhūr ja̍jña uttā̱napa̍do bhu̱va āśā̍ ajāyanta |
adi̍te̱r dakṣo̍ ajāyata̱ dakṣā̱d v adi̍ti̱ḥ pari̍ ||
Earth sprang from the Productive Power the regions from the earth were born. Daksha was born of Aditi, and Aditi was Daksha's Child.
10.72.5
adi̍ti̱r hy aja̍niṣṭa̱ dakṣa̱ yā du̍hi̱tā tava̍ |
tāṁ de̱vā anv a̍jāyanta bha̱drā a̱mṛta̍bandhavaḥ ||
For Aditi, O Daksha, she who is thy Daughter, was brought forth. After her were the blessed Gods born sharers of immortal life.
10.72.6
yad de̍vā a̱daḥ sa̍li̱le susa̍ṁrabdhā̱ ati̍ṣṭhata |
atrā̍ vo̱ nṛtya̍tām iva tī̱vro re̱ṇur apā̍yata ||
When ye, O Gods, in yonder deep closeclasping one another stood, Thence, as of dancers, from your feet a thickening cloud of dust arose.
10.72.7
yad de̍vā̱ yata̍yo yathā̱ bhuva̍nā̱ny api̍nvata |
atrā̍ samu̱dra ā gū̱ḻham ā sūrya̍m ajabhartana ||
When, O ye Gods, like Yatis, ye caused all existing things to grow, Then ye brought Sûrya forward who was lying hidden in the sea.
10.72.8
a̱ṣṭau pu̱trāso̱ adi̍te̱r ye jā̱tās ta̱nva1̱̍s pari̍ |
de̱vām̐ upa̱ prait sa̱ptabhi̱ḥ parā̍ mārtā̱ṇḍam ā̍syat ||
Eight are the Sons of Adid who from her body sprang to life. With seven she went to meet the Gods she cast Mârtâṇḍa far away.
10.72.9
sa̱ptabhi̍ḥ pu̱trair adi̍ti̱r upa̱ prait pū̱rvyaṁ yu̱gam |
pra̱jāyai̍ mṛ̱tyave̍ tva̱t puna̍r mārtā̱ṇḍam ābha̍rat ||
So with her Seven Sons Aditi went forth to meet the earlier age. She brought Mârtâṇḍa thitherward to spring to life and die again.
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
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