Rigveda 10.79
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 10.79
- Language
- Sanskrit
10.79.1
apa̍śyam asya maha̱to ma̍hi̱tvam ama̍rtyasya̱ martyā̍su vi̱kṣu |
nānā̱ hanū̱ vibhṛ̍te̱ sam bha̍rete̱ asi̍nvatī̱ bapsa̍tī̱ bhūry a̍ttaḥ ||
I HAVE beheld the might of this Great Being. Immortal in the midst of tribes of mortals. His jaws now open and now shut together: much they devour, insatiately chewing.
10.79.2
guhā̱ śiro̱ nihi̍ta̱m ṛdha̍g a̱kṣī asi̍nvann atti ji̱hvayā̱ vanā̍ni |
atrā̍ṇy asmai pa̱ḍbhiḥ sam bha̍ranty uttā̱naha̍stā̱ nama̱sādhi̍ vi̱kṣu ||
His eyes are turned away, his head is hidden: unsated with his tongue he eats the fuel. With hands upraised, with reverence in the houses, for him they quickly bring his food together.
10.79.3
pra mā̱tuḥ pra̍ta̱raṁ guhya̍m i̱cchan ku̍mā̱ro na vī̱rudha̍ḥ sarpad u̱rvīḥ |
sa̱saṁ na pa̱kvam a̍vidac chu̱canta̍ṁ riri̱hvāṁsa̍ṁ ri̱pa u̱pasthe̍ a̱ntaḥ ||
Seeking, as 'twere, his Mother's secret bosom, he, like a child, creeps on through wide-spread bushes. One he finds glowing like hot food made ready, and kissing deep within the earth's recmes.
10.79.4
tad vā̍m ṛ̱taṁ ro̍dasī̱ pra bra̍vīmi̱ jāya̍māno mā̱tarā̱ garbho̍ atti |
nāhaṁ de̱vasya̱ martya̍ś ciketā̱gnir a̱ṅga vice̍tā̱ḥ sa prace̍tāḥ ||
This holy Law I tell you, Earth and Heaven: the Infant at his birth dovours his Parents. No knowledge of the God have I, a mortal. Yea, Agni knoweth best, for he hath wisdom.
10.79.5
yo a̍smā̱ anna̍ṁ tṛ̱ṣv ā̱3̱̍dadhā̱ty ājyai̍r ghṛ̱tair ju̱hoti̱ puṣya̍ti |
tasmai̍ sa̱hasra̍m a̱kṣabhi̱r vi ca̱kṣe 'gne̍ vi̱śvata̍ḥ pra̱tyaṅṅ a̍si̱ tvam ||
This man who quickly gives him food, who offers his gifts of oil and butter and supports him, – Him with his thousand eyes he closely looks on: thou showest him thy face from all sides, Agni.
10.79.6
kiṁ de̱veṣu̱ tyaja̱ ena̍ś caka̱rthāgne̍ pṛ̱cchāmi̱ nu tvām avi̍dvān |
akrī̍ḻa̱n krīḻa̱n hari̱r atta̍ve̱ 'dan vi pa̍rva̱śaś ca̍karta̱ gām i̍vā̱siḥ ||
Agni, hast thou committed sin or treason among the Gods? In ignorance I ask thee. Playing, not playing, he gold-hued and toothless, hath cut his food up as the knife a victim.
10.79.7
viṣū̍co̱ aśvā̍n yuyuje vane̱jā ṛjī̍tibhī raśa̱nābhi̍r gṛbhī̱tān |
ca̱kṣa̱de mi̱tro vasu̍bhi̱ḥ sujā̍ta̱ḥ sam ā̍nṛdhe̱ parva̍bhir vāvṛdhā̱naḥ ||
He born in wood hath yoked his horses rushing in all directions, held with reins that glitter. The well-born friend hath carved his food with Vasus: in all his limbs he hath increased and prospered.
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)
- Mantrarāmāyaṇa — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita 1600, Sanskrit
Discussed in (10)
- 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
- History of Indian Medicine, containing Notices, Biographical and Bibliographical, of the Āyurvedic Physicians and their Works on Medicine — Mukhopadhyaya 1923, English
- Vedic Metre in its Historical Development — Arnold 1905, English
- Die Hymnen des Rigveda, Bd. I: Metrische und textgeschichtliche Prolegomena — Oldenberg 1888, German
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English
- A History of Indian Literature — Winternitz 1927, English
- Geschichte der indischen Litteratur — Winternitz 1905, German
- Vedic Mythology — Macdonell 1897, English