Rigveda 2.8
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 2.8
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.8.1
vā̱ja̱yann i̍va̱ nū rathā̱n yogā̍m̐ a̱gner upa̍ stuhi |
ya̱śasta̍masya mī̱ḻhuṣa̍ḥ ||
Now praise, as one who strives for strength, the harnessing of Agni's car, The liberal, the most splendid One;
2.8.2
yaḥ su̍nī̱tho da̍dā̱śuṣe̍ 'ju̱ryo ja̱raya̍nn a̱rim |
cāru̍pratīka̱ āhu̍taḥ ||
Who, guiding worshippers aright, withers, untouched by age, the foe: When worshipped fair to look upon;
2.8.3
ya u̍ śri̱yā dame̱ṣv ā do̱ṣoṣasi̍ praśa̱syate̍ |
yasya̍ vra̱taṁ na mīya̍te ||
Who for his glory is extolled at eve and morning in our homes, Whose statute is inviolate;
2.8.4
ā yaḥ sva1̱̍r ṇa bhā̱nunā̍ ci̱tro vi̱bhāty a̱rciṣā̍ |
a̱ñjā̱no a̱jarai̍r a̱bhi ||
Who shines refulgent like the Sun, with brilliance and with fiery flame, Decked with imperishable sheen.
2.8.5
atri̱m anu̍ sva̱rājya̍m a̱gnim u̱kthāni̍ vāvṛdhuḥ |
viśvā̱ adhi̱ śriyo̍ dadhe ||
Him Atri, Agni, have our songs Strengthened according to his sway: All glories hath he made his own.
2.8.6
a̱gner indra̍sya̱ soma̍sya de̱vānā̍m ū̱tibhi̍r va̱yam |
ari̍ṣyantaḥ sacemahy a̱bhi ṣyā̍ma pṛtanya̱taḥ ||
May we with Agni's, Indra's help, with Soma's, yea, of all the Gods, Uninjured dwell together still, and conquer those who fight with us.
Translations (7)
- 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
- Vedic Hymns, Part II: Hymns to Agni (Maṇḍalas I–V) (SBE 46) — Hermann Oldenberg 1897, English
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 (10)
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Āśvalāyanasaṃhitā — Sanskrit
- Vedic Metre in its Historical Development — E. Vernon Arnold, English
- La religion védique d'après les hymnes du Rig-Véda — Abel Bergaigne, French
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — John Muir, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- History of Indian Medicine, containing Notices, Biographical and Bibliographical, of the Āyurvedic Physicians and their Works on Medicine — Girindranath Mukhopadhyaya, English
- The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Arthur Berriedale Keith, English
- Saṃhitāpadapāṭha — Sanskrit