Rigveda 3.48
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 3.48
- Language
- Sanskrit
3.48.1
sa̱dyo ha̍ jā̱to vṛ̍ṣa̱bhaḥ ka̱nīna̱ḥ prabha̍rtum āva̱d andha̍saḥ su̱tasya̍ |
sā̱dhoḥ pi̍ba pratikā̱maṁ yathā̍ te̱ rasā̍śiraḥ pratha̱maṁ so̱myasya̍ ||
SOON as the young Bull sprang into existence he longed to taste the pressed-out Soma's liquor. Drink thou thy fill, according to thy longing, first, of the goodly mixture blent with Soma.
3.48.2
yaj jāya̍thā̱s tad aha̍r asya̱ kāme̱ 'ṁśoḥ pī̱yūṣa̍m apibo giri̱ṣṭhām |
taṁ te̍ mā̱tā pari̱ yoṣā̱ jani̍trī ma̱haḥ pi̱tur dama̱ āsi̍ñca̱d agre̍ ||
That day when thou wast born thou, fain to taste it, drankest the plant's milk which the mountains nourish. That milk thy Mother first, the Dame who bare thee, poured for thee in thy mighty Father's dwelling.
3.48.3
u̱pa̱sthāya̍ mā̱tara̱m anna̍m aiṭṭa ti̱gmam a̍paśyad a̱bhi soma̱m ūdha̍ḥ |
pra̱yā̱vaya̍nn acara̱d gṛtso̍ a̱nyān ma̱hāni̍ cakre puru̱dhapra̍tīkaḥ ||
Desiring food he came unto his Mother, and on her breast beheld the pungent Soma. Wise, he moved on, keeping aloof the others, and wrought great exploits in his varied aspects.
3.48.4
u̱gras tu̍rā̱ṣāḻ a̱bhibhū̍tyojā yathāva̱śaṁ ta̱nva̍ṁ cakra e̱ṣaḥ |
tvaṣṭā̍ra̱m indro̍ ja̱nuṣā̍bhi̱bhūyā̱muṣyā̱ soma̍m apibac ca̱mūṣu̍ ||
Fierce, quickly conquering, of surpassing vigour, he framed his body even as he listed. E'en from his birth-time Indra conquered Tvashṭar, bore off the Soma and in beakers drank it.
3.48.5
śu̱naṁ hu̍vema ma̱ghavā̍na̱m indra̍m a̱smin bhare̱ nṛta̍ma̱ṁ vāja̍sātau |
śṛ̱ṇvanta̍m u̱gram ū̱taye̍ sa̱matsu̱ ghnanta̍ṁ vṛ̱trāṇi̍ sa̱ṁjita̱ṁ dhanā̍nām ||
Call we on Maghavan, auspicious Indra, best Hero in the fight where spoil is gathered; The Strong, who listens, who gives aid in battles, who slays the Vṛitras, wins and gathers riches.
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 (10)
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- Saṃhitāpadapāṭha — Sanskrit
- Vedic Metre in its Historical Development — E. Vernon Arnold, English