Rigveda 2.40
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 2.40
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- Sanskrit
2.40.1
somā̍pūṣaṇā̱ jana̍nā rayī̱ṇāṁ jana̍nā di̱vo jana̍nā pṛthi̱vyāḥ |
jā̱tau viśva̍sya̱ bhuva̍nasya go̱pau de̱vā a̍kṛṇvann a̱mṛta̍sya̱ nābhi̍m ||
SOMA and Pûshan, Parents of all riches, Parents of earth and Parents of high heaven, You Twain, brought forth as the whole world's protectors, the Gods have made centre of life eternal.
2.40.2
i̱mau de̱vau jāya̍mānau juṣante̱mau tamā̍ṁsi gūhatā̱m aju̍ṣṭā |
ā̱bhyām indra̍ḥ pa̱kvam ā̱māsv a̱ntaḥ so̍māpū̱ṣabhyā̍ṁ janad u̱sriyā̍su ||
At birth of these two Gods all Gods are joyful: they have caused darkness, which we hate, to vanish. With these, with Soma and with Pûshan, India generates ripe warm milk in the raw milch-cows.
2.40.3
somā̍pūṣaṇā̱ raja̍so vi̱māna̍ṁ sa̱ptaca̍kra̱ṁ ratha̱m avi̍śvaminvam |
vi̱ṣū̱vṛta̱m mana̍sā yu̱jyamā̍na̱ṁ taṁ ji̍nvatho vṛṣaṇā̱ pañca̍raśmim ||
Soma and Pûshan, urge your chariot hither, the seven-wheeIed car that measures out the region, That stirs not all, that moves to every quarter, fivc-reined and harnessed by the thought, ye Mighty.
2.40.4
di̱vy a1̱̍nyaḥ sada̍naṁ ca̱kra u̱ccā pṛ̍thi̱vyām a̱nyo adhy a̱ntari̍kṣe |
tāv a̱smabhya̍m puru̱vāra̍m puru̱kṣuṁ rā̱yas poṣa̱ṁ vi ṣya̍tā̱ṁ nābhi̍m a̱sme ||
One in the heaven on high hath made his dwelling, on earth and in the firmament the other. May they disclose to us great store of treasure, much-longed for, rich in food, source of enjoyment.
2.40.5
viśvā̍ny a̱nyo bhuva̍nā ja̱jāna̱ viśva̍m a̱nyo a̍bhi̱cakṣā̍ṇa eti |
somā̍pūṣaṇā̱v ava̍ta̱ṁ dhiya̍m me yu̱vābhyā̱ṁ viśvā̱ḥ pṛta̍nā jayema ||
One of you Twain is Parent of all creatures, the otherjourneys onward all-beholding. Soma and Pûshan, aid my thought with favour: with you may we o'ercome in all encounters.
2.40.6
dhiya̍m pū̱ṣā ji̍nvatu viśvami̱nvo ra̱yiṁ somo̍ rayi̱pati̍r dadhātu |
ava̍tu de̱vy adi̍tir ana̱rvā bṛ̱had va̍dema vi̱dathe̍ su̱vīrā̍ḥ ||
May Pûshan stir our thought, the all-impelling, may Soma Lord of riches grant us riches. May Aditi the perfect Goddess aid us. Loud may we speak, with heroes, in assembly.
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 (Skandasvāmin) — Skandasvāmin, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Udgītha) — Udgītha, Sanskrit
- Ṛgarthadīpikā — Veṅkaṭamādhava, Sanskrit
- Ṛgbhāṣya (Madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitāvyākhyā — Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Udgīthācārya, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasūktanirukta — Mādhava, Sanskrit
- Bhāṣya — Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
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