Rigveda 10.99
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 10.99
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- Sanskrit
10.99.1
kaṁ na̍ś ci̱tram i̍ṣaṇyasi ciki̱tvān pṛ̍thu̱gmāna̍ṁ vā̱śraṁ vā̍vṛ̱dhadhyai̍ |
kat tasya̱ dātu̱ śava̍so̱ vyu̍ṣṭau̱ takṣa̱d vajra̍ṁ vṛtra̱tura̱m api̍nvat ||
WHAT Splendid One, Loud-voiced, Farstriding, dost thou, well knowing, urge us to exalt with praises? What give we him? When his might dawned, he fashioned the Vṛitra-slaying bolt, and sent us waters.
10.99.2
sa hi dyu̱tā vi̱dyutā̱ veti̱ sāma̍ pṛ̱thuṁ yoni̍m asura̱tvā sa̍sāda |
sa sanī̍ḻebhiḥ prasahā̱no a̍sya̱ bhrātu̱r na ṛ̱te sa̱ptatha̍sya mā̱yāḥ ||
He goes to end his work with lightning flashes: wide is the seat his Asura glory gives him. With his Companions, not without his Brother, he quells Saptatha's magic devices.
10.99.3
sa vāja̱ṁ yātāpa̍duṣpadā̱ yan sva̍rṣātā̱ pari̍ ṣadat sani̱ṣyan |
a̱na̱rvā yac cha̱tadu̍rasya̱ vedo̱ ghnañ chi̱śnade̍vām̐ a̱bhi varpa̍sā̱ bhūt ||
On most auspicious path he goes to battle he toiled to win heaven's light, full fain to gain it; He seized the hundred-gated castle's treasure by craft, unchecked, and slew the lustful demons.
10.99.4
sa ya̱hvyo̱3̱̍ 'vanī̱r goṣv arvā ju̍hoti pradha̱nyā̍su̱ sasri̍ḥ |
a̱pādo̱ yatra̱ yujyā̍so 'ra̱thā dro̱ṇya̍śvāsa̱ īra̍te ghṛ̱taṁ vāḥ ||
Fighting for kine, the prize of war, and I roaming among the berd be brings the young streams hither, Where, footless, joined, without a car to bear them, with jars for steeds, they pour their flood like butter.
10.99.5
sa ru̱drebhi̱r aśa̍stavāra̱ ṛbhvā̍ hi̱tvī gaya̍m ā̱rea̍vadya̱ āgā̍t |
va̱mrasya̍ manye mithu̱nā viva̍vrī̱ anna̍m a̱bhītyā̍rodayan muṣā̱yan ||
Bold, unsolicited for wealth, with Rudras he came, the Blameless, having left his dwelling, Came, seized the food of Vamra and his consort, and left the couple weeping and unsheltered.
10.99.6
sa id dāsa̍ṁ tuvī̱rava̱m pati̱r dan ṣa̍ḻa̱kṣaṁ tri̍śī̱rṣāṇa̍ṁ damanyat |
a̱sya tri̱to nv oja̍sā vṛdhā̱no vi̱pā va̍rā̱ham ayo̍agrayā han ||
Lord of the dwelling, he subdued the demon who roared aloud, six-eyed and triple-headed. Trita, made stronger by the might he lent him, struck down the boar with shaft whose point was iron.
10.99.7
sa druhva̍ṇe̱ manu̍ṣa ūrdhvasā̱na ā sā̍viṣad arśasā̱nāya̱ śaru̍m |
sa nṛta̍mo̱ nahu̍ṣo̱ 'smat sujā̍ta̱ḥ puro̍ 'bhina̱d arha̍n dasyu̱hatye̍ ||
He raised himself on high and shot his arrow against the guileful and oppressive foeman. Strong, glorious, manliest, for us he shattered the forts of Nabus when he slew the Dasyus.
10.99.8
so a̱bhriyo̱ na yava̍sa uda̱nyan kṣayā̍ya gā̱tuṁ vi̱dan no̍ a̱sme |
upa̱ yat sīda̱d indu̱ṁ śarī̍raiḥ śye̱no 'yo̍pāṣṭir hanti̱ dasyū̍n ||
He, like a cloud that rains upon the pasture, hath found for us the way to dwell in safety. When the Hawk comes in body to the Soma, armed with his iron claws he slays the Dasyus.
10.99.9
sa vrādha̍taḥ śavasā̱nebhi̍r asya̱ kutsā̍ya̱ śuṣṇa̍ṁ kṛ̱paṇe̱ parā̍dāt |
a̱yaṁ ka̱vim a̍nayac cha̱syamā̍na̱m atka̱ṁ yo a̍sya̱ sani̍to̱ta nṛ̱ṇām ||
He with his potent Friends gave up the mighty, gave gusnia up to Kutsa for affliction. He led the lauded Kavi, he delivered Atka as prey to him and to his heroes.
10.99.10
a̱yaṁ da̍śa̱syan narye̍bhir asya da̱smo de̱vebhi̱r varu̍ṇo̱ na mā̱yī |
a̱yaṁ ka̱nīna̍ ṛtu̱pā a̍ve̱dy ami̍mītā̱raru̱ṁ yaś catu̍ṣpāt ||
He, with his Gods who love mankind, the Wondrous, giving like Varuṇa who works with magic, Was known, yet young as guardian of the seasons; and he quelled Araru, four-footed dernon.
10.99.11
a̱sya stome̍bhir auśi̱ja ṛ̱jiśvā̍ vra̱jaṁ da̍rayad vṛṣa̱bheṇa̱ pipro̍ḥ |
sutvā̱ yad ya̍ja̱to dī̱daya̱d gīḥ pura̍ iyā̱no a̱bhi varpa̍sā̱ bhūt ||
Through lauds of him hath Auṣija Ṛijiṣvan burst, with the Mighty's aid, the stall of Pipru. When the saint pressed the juice and shone as singer, he seized the forts and with his craft subdued them.
10.99.12
e̱vā ma̱ho a̍sura va̱kṣathā̍ya vamra̱kaḥ pa̱ḍbhir upa̍ sarpa̱d indra̍m |
sa i̍yā̱naḥ ka̍rati sva̱stim a̍smā̱ iṣa̱m ūrja̍ṁ sukṣi̱tiṁ viśva̱m ābhā̍ḥ ||
So, swiftly Asura, for exaltation, hath the great Vamraka come nigh to Indra. He will, when supplicated, bring him blessing: he hath brought all, food, strength, a happy dwelling.
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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