Rigveda 4.11
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 4.11
- Language
- Sanskrit
4.11.1
bha̱draṁ te̍ agne sahasi̱nn anī̍kam upā̱ka ā ro̍cate̱ sūrya̍sya |
ruśa̍d dṛ̱śe da̍dṛśe nakta̱yā ci̱d arū̍kṣitaṁ dṛ̱śa ā rū̱pe anna̍m ||
THY blessed majesty, victorious Agni, shines brightly in the neighbourhood of Sûrya. Splendid to see, it shows even at nighttime, and food is fair to look on in thy beauty.
4.11.2
vi ṣā̍hy agne gṛṇa̱te ma̍nī̱ṣāṁ khaṁ vepa̍sā tuvijāta̱ stavā̍naḥ |
viśve̍bhi̱r yad vā̱vana̍ḥ śukra de̱vais tan no̍ rāsva sumaho̱ bhūri̱ manma̍ ||
Agni, disclose his thought for him who singeth, the well, Strong God! while thou art praised with fervour. Vouchsafe to us that powerful hymn, O Mighty, which, Radiant One! with all the Gods thou lovest.
4.11.3
tvad a̍gne̱ kāvyā̱ tvan ma̍nī̱ṣās tvad u̱kthā jā̍yante̱ rādhyā̍ni |
tvad e̍ti̱ dravi̍ṇaṁ vī̱rape̍śā i̱tthādhi̍ye dā̱śuṣe̱ martyā̍ya ||
From thee, O Agni, springs poetic wisdom, from thee come thoughts and hymns of praise that prosper; From thee flows wealth, with heroes to adorn it, to the true-hearted man who gives oblation.
4.11.4
tvad vā̱jī vā̍jambha̱ro vihā̍yā abhiṣṭi̱kṛj jā̍yate sa̱tyaśu̍ṣmaḥ |
tvad ra̱yir de̱vajū̍to mayo̱bhus tvad ā̱śur jū̍ju̱vām̐ a̍gne̱ arvā̍ ||
From thee the hero springs who wins the booty, bringer of help, mighty, of real courage. From thee comes wealth, sent by the Gods, bliss-giving; Agni, from thee the fleet impetuous charger.
4.11.5
tvām a̍gne pratha̱maṁ de̍va̱yanto̍ de̱vam martā̍ amṛta ma̱ndraji̍hvam |
dve̱ṣo̱yuta̱m ā vi̍vāsanti dhī̱bhir damū̍nasaṁ gṛ̱hapa̍ti̱m amū̍ram ||
Immortal Agni, thee whose voice is pleasant, as first in rank, as God, religious mortals Invite with hyrnns; thee who removest hatred, Friend of the Home, the household's Lord, unerring.
4.11.6
ā̱re a̱smad ama̍tim ā̱re aṁha̍ ā̱re viśvā̍ṁ durma̱tiṁ yan ni̱pāsi̍ |
do̱ṣā śi̱vaḥ sa̍hasaḥ sūno agne̱ yaṁ de̱va ā ci̱t saca̍se sva̱sti ||
Far from us thou removest want and sorrow, far from us all ill-will when thou protectest. Son of Strength, Agni, blest is he at evening, whom thou as God attendest for his welfare.
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
- 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 (8)
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Āśvalāyanasaṃhitā — Sanskrit
- La religion védique d'après les hymnes du Rig-Véda — Abel Bergaigne, French
- 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
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — John Muir, English
- Saṃhitāpadapāṭha — Sanskrit