Rigveda 10.98
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 10.98
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- Sanskrit
10.98.1
bṛha̍spate̱ prati̍ me de̱vatā̍m ihi mi̱tro vā̱ yad varu̍ṇo̱ vāsi̍ pū̱ṣā |
ā̱di̱tyair vā̱ yad vasu̍bhir ma̱rutvā̱n sa pa̱rjanya̱ṁ śaṁta̍nave vṛṣāya ||
COME, be thou Mitra, Varuṇa, or Pûshan, come, O Bṛihaspati, to mine oblation: With Maruts, Vasus, or Âdityas, make thou Parjanya pour for Ṣantanu his rain-drops.
10.98.2
ā de̱vo dū̱to a̍ji̱raś ci̍ki̱tvān tvad de̍vāpe a̱bhi mām a̍gacchat |
pra̱tī̱cī̱naḥ prati̱ mām ā va̍vṛtsva̱ dadhā̍mi te dyu̱matī̱ṁ vāca̍m ā̱san ||
The God, intelligent, the speedy envoy whom thou hast sent hath come to me, Devâpi: Address thyself to me and turn thee hither within thy lips will I put brilliant language.
10.98.3
a̱sme dhe̍hi dyu̱matī̱ṁ vāca̍m ā̱san bṛha̍spate anamī̱vām i̍ṣi̱rām |
yayā̍ vṛ̱ṣṭiṁ śaṁta̍nave̱ vanā̍va di̱vo dra̱pso madhu̍mā̱m̐ ā vi̍veśa ||
Within my mouth, Bṛihaspati, deposit speech lucid, vigorous, and free from weakness, Thereby to win for Ṣantanu the rain-fall. The meath-rich drop from heaven hath passed within it.
10.98.4
ā no̍ dra̱psā madhu̍manto viśa̱ntv indra̍ de̱hy adhi̍rathaṁ sa̱hasra̍m |
ni ṣī̍da ho̱tram ṛ̍tu̱thā ya̍jasva de̱vān de̍vāpe ha̱viṣā̍ saparya ||
Let the sweet drops descend on us, O Indra: give us enough to lade a thousand wagons. Sit to thy Hotar task; pay worship duly, and serve the Gods, Devâpi, with oblation.
10.98.5
ā̱rṣṭi̱ṣe̱ṇo ho̱tram ṛṣi̍r ni̱ṣīda̍n de̱vāpi̍r devasuma̱tiṁ ci̍ki̱tvān |
sa utta̍rasmā̱d adha̍raṁ samu̱dram a̱po di̱vyā a̍sṛjad va̱rṣyā̍ a̱bhi ||
Knowing the God's good-will, Devâpi, Ṛishi, the son of Ṛishṭisheṇa, sate as Hotar. He hath brought down from heaven's most lofty summit the ocean of the rain, celestial waters.
10.98.6
a̱smin sa̍mu̱dre adhy utta̍rasmi̱nn āpo̍ de̱vebhi̱r nivṛ̍tā atiṣṭhan |
tā a̍dravann ārṣṭiṣe̱ṇena̍ sṛ̱ṣṭā de̱vāpi̍nā̱ preṣi̍tā mṛ̱kṣiṇī̍ṣu ||
Gathered together in that highest ocean, the waters stood by deities obstructed. They burried down set free by Ârshṭisheṇa, in gaping clefts, urged onward by Devâpi.
10.98.7
yad de̱vāpi̱ḥ śaṁta̍nave pu̱rohi̍to ho̱trāya̍ vṛ̱taḥ kṛ̱paya̱nn adī̍dhet |
de̱va̱śruta̍ṁ vṛṣṭi̱vani̱ṁ rarā̍ṇo̱ bṛha̱spati̱r vāca̍m asmā ayacchat ||
When as chief priest for Ṣantanu, Devâpi, chosen for Hotar's duty, prayed beseeching, Graciously pleased Bṛihaspati vouchsafed him a voice that reached the Gods and won the waters.
10.98.8
yaṁ tvā̍ de̱vāpi̍ḥ śuśucā̱no a̍gna ārṣṭiṣe̱ṇo ma̍nu̱ṣya̍ḥ samī̱dhe |
viśve̍bhir de̱vair a̍numa̱dyamā̍na̱ḥ pra pa̱rjanya̍m īrayā vṛṣṭi̱manta̍m ||
O Agni whom Devâpi Arstisena, the mortal man, hath kindled in his glory, Joying in him with all the Gods together, urge on the sender of the rain, Parjanya.
10.98.9
tvām pūrva̱ ṛṣa̍yo gī̱rbhir ā̍ya̱n tvām a̍dhva̱reṣu̍ puruhūta̱ viśve̍ |
sa̱hasrā̱ṇy adhi̍rathāny a̱sme ā no̍ ya̱jñaṁ ro̍hida̱śvopa̍ yāhi ||
All ancient Ṛishis with their songs approached thee, even thee, O Much-invoked, at sacrifices. We have provided wagon-loads in thousands: come to the solemn rite, Lord of Red Horses.
10.98.10
e̱tāny a̍gne nava̱tir nava̱ tve āhu̍tā̱ny adhi̍rathā sa̱hasrā̍ |
tebhi̍r vardhasva ta̱nva̍ḥ śūra pū̱rvīr di̱vo no̍ vṛ̱ṣṭim i̍ṣi̱to ri̍rīhi ||
The wagon-loads, the nine-and-ninety thousand, these have been offered up to thee, O Agni. Hero, with these increase thy many bodies, and, stimulated, send us rain from heaven.
10.98.11
e̱tāny a̍gne nava̱tiṁ sa̱hasrā̱ sam pra ya̍ccha̱ vṛṣṇa̱ indrā̍ya bhā̱gam |
vi̱dvān pa̱tha ṛ̍tu̱śo de̍va̱yānā̱n apy au̍lā̱naṁ di̱vi de̱veṣu̍ dhehi ||
Give thou these ninety thousand loads, O Agni, to Indra, to the Bull, to be his portion. Knowing the paths which Deities duly travel, set mid the Gods in heaven Aulâna also.
10.98.12
agne̱ bādha̍sva̱ vi mṛdho̱ vi du̱rgahāpāmī̍vā̱m apa̱ rakṣā̍ṁsi sedha |
a̱smāt sa̍mu̱drād bṛ̍ha̱to di̱vo no̱ 'pām bhū̱māna̱m upa̍ naḥ sṛje̱ha ||
O Agni, drive afar our foes, our troubles chase malady away and wicked demons. From this air-ocean, from the lofty heavens, send down on us a mighty flood of waters.
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, übersetzt und mit kritischen und erläuternden Anmerkungen versehen — Hermann Grassmann 1876, German
- Rig-Veda Sanhitá — Horace Hayman Wilson 1850, English
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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