[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) › [Saṃhitās (mantra collections)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita) › [Rigveda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) › 2.2.2 # Rigveda 2.2.2 Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 2.2.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.2.2.2) a̱bhi tvā̱ naktī̍r u̱ṣaso̍ vavāśi̱re 'gne̍ va̱tsaṁ na svasa̍reṣu dhe̱nava̍ḥ | di̱va i̱ved a̍ra̱tir mānu̍ṣā yu̱gā kṣapo̍ bhāsi puruvāra sa̱ṁyata̍ḥ || > At night and morning, Agni, have they called to thee, like milch-kine in their stalls lowing to meet their young. As messenger of heaven thou lightest all night long the families of men. Thou Lord of precious boons. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda - [Previous: 2.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.2.2.1) - [Next: 2.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.2.2.3) - [Up: 2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.2.2) ## Translations (7) - [The Hymns of the Rigveda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg~en-griffith.2.2.2) — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, English - [Der Rig-Veda aus dem Sanskrit ins Deutsche übersetzt (HOS 33–35)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg~de-geldner.2.2.2) — Karl Friedrich Geldner 1951, German - [Ригведа](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg~ru-elizarenkova.2.2.2) — Tatyana Yakovlevna Elizarenkova 1989, Russian - [Études védiques et pāṇinéennes (traductions)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg~fr-renou.2.2.2) — Louis Renou 1955, French - [Rig-Veda Sanhitá](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg~en-wilson.2.2.2) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1850, English - [Rig-Veda, übersetzt und mit kritischen und erläuternden Anmerkungen versehen](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg~de-grassmann.2.2.2) — Hermann Grassmann 1876, German - [Vedic Hymns, Part II: Hymns to Agni (Maṇḍalas I–V) (SBE 46)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg~en-oldenberg.2.2.2) — Hermann Oldenberg 1897, English ## Commentaries (10) - [Vedārthaprakāśa (Ṛgvedabhāṣya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg!sayana.2.2.2) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedapadapāṭha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg!padapatha.2.2.2) — Śākalya, Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Skandasvāmin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg!skandasvamin) — Skandasvāmin, Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Udgītha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg!udgitha) — Udgītha, Sanskrit - [Ṛgarthadīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg!venkatamadhava) — Veṅkaṭamādhava, Sanskrit - [Ṛgbhāṣya (Madhva)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg!madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitāvyākhyā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg!rgvedasamhitavyakhya) — Sanskrit - [Vedabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg!vedabhasya) — Mādhava, Sanskrit - [Vedabhāṣyasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg!vedabhasyasara) — Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita, Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedabhāṣyabhūmikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg!rgvedabhasyabhumika) — Dayānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Metrically restored text (van Nooten & Holland)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg*vnh.2.2.2) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Vedārthayatna](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.other.vedarthayatna.30.2) — Śaṅkarapāṇḍuraṅga Paṇḍita, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (8) - [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.t2.701) — Kane 1930, English - [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s19.243) — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English - [Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.muir-1868.v1.c6.s6.18) — Muir 1858, English - [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v3.c9.3152) — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.3744) — Bloomfield 1906, English - [La religion védique d'après les hymnes du Rig-Véda](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bergaigne-1878.v4.c23.s2.1) — Bergaigne 1878, French - [Vedic Metre in its Historical Development](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.arnold-1905.c11.102) — Arnold 1905, English - [The Arctic Home in the Vedas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.tilak-1903.c9.5) — Tilak 1903, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.2.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.2.2.2) · Pramāṇa