Rigveda 4.15
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 4.15
- Language
- Sanskrit
4.15.1
a̱gnir hotā̍ no adhva̱re vā̱jī san pari̍ ṇīyate |
de̱vo de̱veṣu̍ ya̱jñiya̍ḥ ||
AGNI the Herald, like a horse, is led forth at our solemn rite, God among Gods adorable.
4.15.2
pari̍ trivi̱ṣṭy a̍dhva̱raṁ yāty a̱gnī ra̱thīr i̍va |
ā de̱veṣu̱ prayo̱ dadha̍t ||
Three times unto our solemn rite comes Agni like a charioteer, Bearing the viands to the Gods.
4.15.3
pari̱ vāja̍patiḥ ka̱vir a̱gnir ha̱vyāny a̍kramīt |
dadha̱d ratnā̍ni dā̱śuṣe̍ ||
Round the oblations hath he paced, Agni the Wise, the Lord of Strength, Giving the offerer precious boons.
4.15.4
a̱yaṁ yaḥ sṛñja̍ye pu̱ro dai̍vavā̱te sa̍mi̱dhyate̍ |
dyu̱mām̐ a̍mitra̱dambha̍naḥ ||
He who is kindled eastward for Sṛinjaya, Devavâta's son, Resplendent, tamer of the foe.
4.15.5
asya̍ ghā vī̱ra īva̍to̱ 'gner ī̍śīta̱ martya̍ḥ |
ti̱gmaja̍mbhasya mī̱ḻhuṣa̍ḥ ||
So mighty be the Agni whom the mortal hero shall command, With sharpened teeth and bountiful.
4.15.6
tam arva̍nta̱ṁ na sā̍na̱sim a̍ru̱ṣaṁ na di̱vaḥ śiśu̍m |
ma̱rmṛ̱jyante̍ di̱ve-di̍ve ||
Day after day they dress him, as they clean a horse who wins the prize. Dress the red Scion of the Sky.
4.15.7
bodha̱d yan mā̱ hari̍bhyāṁ kumā̱raḥ sā̍hade̱vyaḥ |
acchā̱ na hū̱ta ud a̍ram ||
When Sahadeva's princely son with two bay horses thought of me, Summoned by him I drew not back.
4.15.8
u̱ta tyā ya̍ja̱tā harī̍ kumā̱rāt sā̍hade̱vyāt |
praya̍tā sa̱dya ā da̍de ||
And truly those two noble bays I straightway took when offered me, From Sahadeva's princely son.
4.15.9
e̱ṣa vā̍ṁ devāv aśvinā kumā̱raḥ sā̍hade̱vyaḥ |
dī̱rghāyu̍r astu̱ soma̍kaḥ ||
Long, O ye Aṣvins, may he live, your care, ye Gods, the princely son. Of Sahadeva, Somaka.
4.15.10
taṁ yu̱vaṁ de̍vāv aśvinā kumā̱raṁ sā̍hade̱vyam |
dī̱rghāyu̍ṣaṁ kṛṇotana ||
Cause him the youthful prince, the son of Sahadeva, to enjoy Long life, O Aṣvins, O ye Gods.
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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