Rigveda 3.40
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 3.40
- Language
- Sanskrit
3.40.1
indra̍ tvā vṛṣa̱bhaṁ va̱yaṁ su̱te some̍ havāmahe |
sa pā̍hi̱ madhvo̱ andha̍saḥ ||
THEE, Indra, we invoke, the Bull, what time the Soma is expressed. So drink thou of the savoury juice.
3.40.2
indra̍ kratu̱vida̍ṁ su̱taṁ soma̍ṁ harya puruṣṭuta |
pibā vṛ̍ṣasva̱ tātṛ̍pim ||
Indra, whom many laud, accept the strength-conferring Soma juice: Quaff, pour down drink that satisfies.
3.40.3
indra̱ pra ṇo̍ dhi̱tāvā̍naṁ ya̱jñaṁ viśve̍bhir de̱vebhi̍ḥ |
ti̱ra sta̍vāna viśpate ||
Indra, with all the Gods promote our wealth-bestowing sacrifice, Thou highly-lauded Lord of men.
3.40.4
indra̱ somā̍ḥ su̱tā i̱me tava̱ pra ya̍nti satpate |
kṣaya̍ṁ ca̱ndrāsa̱ inda̍vaḥ ||
Lord of the brave, to thee proceed these drops of Soma juice expressed, The bright drops to thy dwelling-place.
3.40.5
da̱dhi̱ṣvā ja̱ṭhare̍ su̱taṁ soma̍m indra̱ vare̍ṇyam |
tava̍ dyu̱kṣāsa̱ inda̍vaḥ ||
Within thy belly, Indra, take juice, Soma the most excellent: Thine are the drops celestial.
3.40.6
girva̍ṇaḥ pā̱hi na̍ḥ su̱tam madho̱r dhārā̍bhir ajyase |
indra̱ tvādā̍ta̱m id yaśa̍ḥ ||
Drink our libation, Lord of hymns: with streams of meath thou art bedewed Our glory, Indra, is thy gift.
3.40.7
a̱bhi dyu̱mnāni̍ va̱nina̱ indra̍ṁ sacante̱ akṣi̍tā |
pī̱tvī soma̍sya vāvṛdhe ||
To Indra go the treasures of the worshipper, which never fail: He drinks the Soma and is strong
3.40.8
a̱rvā̱vato̍ na̱ ā ga̍hi parā̱vata̍ś ca vṛtrahan |
i̱mā ju̍ṣasva no̱ gira̍ḥ ||
From far away, from near at hand, O Vṛitra-slayer, come to us: Accept the songs we sing to thee.
3.40.9
yad a̍nta̱rā pa̍rā̱vata̍m arvā̱vata̍ṁ ca hū̱yase̍ |
indre̱ha tata̱ ā ga̍hi ||
When from the space between the near and far thou art invoked by us, Thence, Indra. come thou hitherward.
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)
Linked texts (6)
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — John Muir, English
- La religion védique d'après les hymnes du Rig-Véda — Abel Bergaigne, French
- Die Hymnen des Rigveda, Bd. I: Metrische und textgeschichtliche Prolegomena — Hermann Oldenberg, German
- Āśvalāyanasaṃhitā — Sanskrit
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German