Rigveda 10.9
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 10.9
- Language
- Sanskrit
10.9.1
āpo̱ hi ṣṭhā ma̍yo̱bhuva̱s tā na̍ ū̱rje da̍dhātana |
ma̱he raṇā̍ya̱ cakṣa̍se ||
YE, Waters, are beneficent: so help ye us to energy That we may look on great delight.
10.9.2
yo va̍ḥ śi̱vata̍mo̱ rasa̱s tasya̍ bhājayate̱ha na̍ḥ |
u̱śa̱tīr i̍va mā̱tara̍ḥ ||
Give us a portion of the sap, the most auspicious that ye have, Like mothers in their longing love.
10.9.3
tasmā̱ ara̍ṁ gamāma vo̱ yasya̱ kṣayā̍ya̱ jinva̍tha |
āpo̍ ja̱naya̍thā ca naḥ ||
To you we gladly come for him to whose abode ye send us on; And, Waters, give us procreant strength.
10.9.4
śaṁ no̍ de̱vīr a̱bhiṣṭa̍ya̱ āpo̍ bhavantu pī̱taye̍ |
śaṁ yor a̱bhi sra̍vantu naḥ ||
The Waters. be to us for drink, Goddesses for our aid and bliss: Let them stream to us health and strength.
10.9.5
īśā̍nā̱ vāryā̍ṇā̱ṁ kṣaya̍ntīś carṣaṇī̱nām |
a̱po yā̍cāmi bheṣa̱jam ||
I beg the Floods to give us balm, these Queens who rule o'er precious things, And have supreme control of men.
10.9.6
a̱psu me̱ somo̍ abravīd a̱ntar viśvā̍ni bheṣa̱jā |
a̱gniṁ ca̍ vi̱śvaśa̍mbhuvam ||
Within the Waters-Soma thus hath told me-dwell all balms that heal, And Agni, he who blesseth all.
10.9.7
āpa̍ḥ pṛṇī̱ta bhe̍ṣa̱jaṁ varū̍thaṁ ta̱nve̱3̱̍ mama̍ |
jyok ca̱ sūrya̍ṁ dṛ̱śe ||
O Waters, teem with medicine to keep my body safe from harm, So that I long may see the Sun.
10.9.8
i̱dam ā̍pa̱ḥ pra va̍hata̱ yat kiṁ ca̍ duri̱tam mayi̍ |
yad vā̱ham a̍bhidu̱droha̱ yad vā̍ śe̱pa u̱tānṛ̍tam ||
Whatever sin is found in me, whatever evil I have wrought, If I have lied or falsely sworn, Waters, remove it far from me.
10.9.9
āpo̍ a̱dyānv a̍cāriṣa̱ṁ rase̍na̱ sam a̍gasmahi |
paya̍svān agna̱ ā ga̍hi̱ tam mā̱ saṁ sṛ̍ja̱ varca̍sā ||
The Waters I this day have sought, and to their moisture have we come: O Agni, rich in milk, come thou, and with thy splendour cover me.
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 (Udgītha) — Udgītha, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Udgīthācārya, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Skandasvāmin) — Skandasvāmin, Sanskrit
- Ṛgarthadīpikā — Veṅkaṭamādhava, Sanskrit
- Ṛgbhāṣya (Madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitāvyākhyā — Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasūktanirukta — Mādhava, Sanskrit
- Bhāṣya — Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
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- Die Hymnen des Rigveda, Bd. I: Metrische und textgeschichtliche Prolegomena — Hermann Oldenberg, German