Rigveda 2.25
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 2.25
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- Sanskrit
2.25.1
indhā̍no a̱gniṁ va̍navad vanuṣya̱taḥ kṛ̱tabra̍hmā śūśuvad rā̱taha̍vya̱ it |
jā̱tena̍ jā̱tam ati̱ sa pra sa̍rsṛte̱ yaṁ-ya̱ṁ yuja̍ṁ kṛṇu̱te brahma̍ṇa̱s pati̍ḥ ||
HE lighting up the flame shall conquer enemies: strong shall he be who offers prayer and brings his gift. He with his seed spreads forth beyond another's seed, whomever Brahmaṇaspati takes for his friend.
2.25.2
vī̱rebhi̍r vī̱rān va̍navad vanuṣya̱to gobhī̍ ra̱yim pa̍pratha̱d bodha̍ti̱ tmanā̍ |
to̱kaṁ ca̱ tasya̱ tana̍yaṁ ca vardhate̱ yaṁ-ya̱ṁ yuja̍ṁ kṛṇu̱te brahma̍ṇa̱s pati̍ḥ ||
With heroes he shall overcome his hero foes, and spread his wealth by kine wise by himself is be. His children and his children's children grow in strength, whomever Brahmaṇaspati takes for his friend.
2.25.3
sindhu̱r na kṣoda̱ḥ śimī̍vām̐ ṛghāya̱to vṛṣe̍va̱ vadhrī̍m̐r a̱bhi va̱ṣṭy oja̍sā |
a̱gner i̍va̱ prasi̍ti̱r nāha̱ varta̍ve̱ yaṁ-ya̱ṁ yuja̍ṁ kṛṇu̱te brahma̍ṇa̱s pati̍ḥ ||
He, mighty like a raving river's billowy flood, as a bull conquers oxen, overcomes with strength. Like Agni's blazing rush he may not be restrained, whomever Brahmaṇaspati takes for his friend.
2.25.4
tasmā̍ arṣanti di̱vyā a̍sa̱ścata̱ḥ sa satva̍bhiḥ pratha̱mo goṣu̍ gacchati |
ani̍bhṛṣṭataviṣir ha̱nty oja̍sā̱ yaṁ-ya̱ṁ yuja̍ṁ kṛṇu̱te brahma̍ṇa̱s pati̍ḥ ||
For him the floods of heaven flow never failing down: first with the heroes he goes forth to war for kine. He slays in unabated vigour with great might, whomever Brahmaṇaspati takes for his friend.
2.25.5
tasmā̱ id viśve̍ dhunayanta̱ sindha̱vo 'cchi̍drā̱ śarma̍ dadhire pu̱rūṇi̍ |
de̱vānā̍ṁ su̱mne su̱bhaga̱ḥ sa e̍dhate̱ yaṁ-ya̱ṁ yuja̍ṁ kṛṇu̱te brahma̍ṇa̱s pati̍ḥ ||
All roaring rivers pour their waters down for him, and many a flawless shelter hath been granted him. Blest with the happiness of Gods he prospers well, whomever Brahmaṇaspati takes for his friend.
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
- Ṛgarthadīpikā — Veṅkaṭamādhava, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Skandasvāmin) — Skandasvāmin, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Udgītha) — Udgītha, Sanskrit
- Ṛgbhāṣya (Madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitāvyākhyā — Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Udgīthācārya, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasūktanirukta — Mādhava, Sanskrit
- Bhāṣya — Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
Linked texts (8)
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Āśvalāyanasaṃhitā — Sanskrit
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- Vedic Metre in its Historical Development — E. Vernon Arnold, English
- La religion védique d'après les hymnes du Rig-Véda — Abel Bergaigne, French
- Saṃhitāpadapāṭha — Sanskrit
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — John Muir, English