Rigveda 3.8
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 3.8
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- Sanskrit
3.8.1
a̱ñjanti̱ tvām a̍dhva̱re de̍va̱yanto̱ vana̍spate̱ madhu̍nā̱ daivye̍na |
yad ū̱rdhvas tiṣṭhā̱ dravi̍ṇe̱ha dha̍ttā̱d yad vā̱ kṣayo̍ mā̱tur a̱syā u̱pasthe̍ ||
GOD-SERVING men, O Sovran of the Forest, with heavenly meath at sacrifice anoint thee. Grant wealth to us when thou art standing upright as when reposing on this Mother's bosom.
3.8.2
sami̍ddhasya̱ śraya̍māṇaḥ pu̱rastā̱d brahma̍ vanvā̱no a̱jara̍ṁ su̱vīra̍m |
ā̱re a̱smad ama̍ti̱m bādha̍māna̱ uc chra̍yasva maha̱te saubha̍gāya ||
Set up to eastward of the fire enkindled, accepting prayer that wastes not, rich in hero. Driving far from us poverty and famine, lift thyself up to bring us great good fortune.
3.8.3
uc chra̍yasva vanaspate̱ varṣma̍n pṛthi̱vyā adhi̍ |
sumi̍tī mī̱yamā̍no̱ varco̍ dhā ya̱jñavā̍hase ||
Lord of the Forest, raise. thyself up on the loftiest spot of earth. Give splendour, fixt and measured well, to him who brings the sacrifice.
3.8.4
yuvā̍ su̱vāsā̱ḥ pari̍vīta̱ āgā̱t sa u̱ śreyā̍n bhavati̱ jāya̍mānaḥ |
taṁ dhīrā̍saḥ ka̱vaya̱ un na̍yanti svā̱dhyo̱3̱̍ mana̍sā deva̱yanta̍ḥ ||
Well-robed, enveloped he is come, the youthful: springing to life his glory waxeth greater. Contemplative in mind and God-adoring, sages of high intelligence upraise him.
3.8.5
jā̱to jā̍yate sudina̱tve ahnā̍ṁ sama̱rya ā vi̱dathe̱ vardha̍mānaḥ |
pu̱nanti̱ dhīrā̍ a̱paso̍ manī̱ṣā de̍va̱yā vipra̱ ud i̍yarti̱ vāca̍m ||
Sprung up he rises in the days' fair weather, increasing in the men-frequented synod. With song the wise and skilful consecrate him: his voice the God-adoring singer utters.
3.8.6
yān vo̱ naro̍ deva̱yanto̍ nimi̱myur vana̍spate̱ svadhi̍tir vā ta̱takṣa̍ |
te de̱vāsa̱ḥ svara̍vas tasthi̱vāṁsa̍ḥ pra̱jāva̍d a̱sme di̍dhiṣantu̱ ratna̍m ||
, Ye whom religious men have firmly planted; thou Forest Sovran whom the axe hath fashioned,– Let those the Stakes divine which here are standing be fain to grant us wealth with store of children.
3.8.7
ye vṛ̱kṇāso̱ adhi̱ kṣami̱ nimi̍tāso ya̱tasru̍caḥ |
te no̍ vyantu̱ vārya̍ṁ deva̱trā kṣe̍tra̱sādha̍saḥ ||
O men who lift the ladles up, these hewn and planted in the ground, Bringing a blessing to the field, shall bear our precious gift to Gods.
3.8.8
ā̱di̱tyā ru̱drā vasa̍vaḥ sunī̱thā dyāvā̱kṣāmā̍ pṛthi̱vī a̱ntari̍kṣam |
sa̱joṣa̍so ya̱jñam a̍vantu de̱vā ū̱rdhvaṁ kṛ̍ṇvantv adhva̱rasya̍ ke̱tum ||
Âdityas, Rudras, Vasus, careful leaders, Earth, Heaven, and Pṛithivî and Air's mid-region, Accordant Deities shall bless our worship and make our sacrifice's ensign lofty.
3.8.9
ha̱ṁsā i̍va śreṇi̱śo yatā̍nāḥ śu̱krā vasā̍nā̱ḥ svara̍vo na̱ āgu̍ḥ |
u̱nnī̱yamā̍nāḥ ka̱vibhi̍ḥ pu̱rastā̍d de̱vā de̱vānā̱m api̍ yanti̱ pātha̍ḥ ||
Like swan's that flee in lengthened line, the Pillars have come to us arrayed in brilliant coIour. They, lifted up on high, by sages, eastward, go forth as Gods to the God's dwelling-places.
3.8.10
śṛṅgā̍ṇī̱vec chṛ̱ṅgiṇā̱ṁ saṁ da̍dṛśre ca̱ṣāla̍vanta̱ḥ svara̍vaḥ pṛthi̱vyām |
vā̱ghadbhi̍r vā viha̱ve śroṣa̍māṇā a̱smām̐ a̍vantu pṛta̱nājye̍ṣu ||
Those Stakes upon the earth with rings that deck them seem to the eye like horns of horned creatures; Or, as upraised by priests in invocation, let them assist us in the rush to battle.
3.8.11
vana̍spate śa̱tava̍lśo̱ vi ro̍ha sa̱hasra̍valśā̱ vi va̱yaṁ ru̍hema |
yaṁ tvām a̱yaṁ svadhi̍ti̱s teja̍mānaḥ praṇi̱nāya̍ maha̱te saubha̍gāya ||
Lord of the Wood, rise with a hundred branches. with thousand branches may we rise to greatness, Tlou whom this hatchct, with an edge well whetted for great felicity, hath brought before 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)
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