Rigveda 3.37
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 3.37
- Language
- Sanskrit
3.37.1
vārtra̍hatyāya̱ śava̍se pṛtanā̱ṣāhyā̍ya ca |
indra̱ tvā va̍rtayāmasi ||
O INDRA, for the strength that slays Vṛitra and conquers in the fight, We turn thee hitherward to us.
3.37.2
a̱rvā̱cīna̱ṁ su te̱ mana̍ u̱ta cakṣu̍ḥ śatakrato |
indra̍ kṛ̱ṇvantu̍ vā̱ghata̍ḥ ||
O Indra, Lord of Hundred Powers, may those who praise thee hitherward. Direct thy spirit and thine eye.
3.37.3
nāmā̍ni te śatakrato̱ viśvā̍bhir gī̱rbhir ī̍mahe |
indrā̍bhimāti̱ṣāhye̍ ||
O Indra, Lord of Hundred Powers, with all our songs we invocate Thy names for triumph over foes.
3.37.4
pu̱ru̱ṣṭu̱tasya̱ dhāma̍bhiḥ śa̱tena̍ mahayāmasi |
indra̍sya carṣaṇī̱dhṛta̍ḥ ||
We strive for glory through the powers immense of him whom many praise, Of Indra who supports mankind.
3.37.5
indra̍ṁ vṛ̱trāya̱ hanta̍ve puruhū̱tam upa̍ bruve |
bhare̍ṣu̱ vāja̍sātaye ||
For Vṛitra's slaughter I address Indra whom many invocate, To win us booty in the wars.
3.37.6
vāje̍ṣu sāsa̱hir bha̍va̱ tvām ī̍mahe śatakrato |
indra̍ vṛ̱trāya̱ hanta̍ve ||
In battles be victorious. We seek thee, Lord of Hundred Powers, Indra, that Vṛitra may be slain.
3.37.7
dyu̱mneṣu̍ pṛta̱nājye̍ pṛtsu̱tūrṣu̱ śrava̍ḥsu ca |
indra̱ sākṣvā̱bhimā̍tiṣu ||
In splendid combats of the hosts, in glories where the fight is won. Indra, be victor over foes.
3.37.8
śu̱ṣminta̍maṁ na ū̱taye̍ dyu̱mnina̍m pāhi̱ jāgṛ̍vim |
indra̱ soma̍ṁ śatakrato ||
Drink thou the Soma for our help, bright, vigilant, exceeding strong, O Indra, Lord of Hundred Powers.
3.37.9
i̱ndri̱yāṇi̍ śatakrato̱ yā te̱ jane̍ṣu pa̱ñcasu̍ |
indra̱ tāni̍ ta̱ ā vṛ̍ṇe ||
O Ṣatakratu, powers which thou mid the Five Races hast displayed These, Indra, do I claim of thee.
3.37.10
aga̍nn indra̱ śravo̍ bṛ̱had dyu̱mnaṁ da̍dhiṣva du̱ṣṭara̍m |
ut te̱ śuṣma̍ṁ tirāmasi ||
Indra, great glory hast thou gained. Win splendid fame which none may mar We make thy might perpetual.
3.37.11
a̱rvā̱vato̍ na̱ ā ga̱hy atho̍ śakra parā̱vata̍ḥ |
u̱ lo̱ko yas te̍ adriva̱ indre̱ha tata̱ ā ga̍hi ||
Come to us either from anear, Or, Ṣakra, come from far away. Indra, wherever be thy home, come to us thence, O Thunder-armed.
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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- Śaunakasaṃhitā — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- La religion védique d'après les hymnes du Rig-Véda — Abel Bergaigne, French
- Āśvalāyanasaṃhitā — Sanskrit
- Vedārthaprakāśa (Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya) — Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya, Sanskrit
- Saṃhitāpadapāṭha — Sanskrit
- Vedic Metre in its Historical Development — E. Vernon Arnold, English
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German