Rigveda 4.58
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 4.58
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- Sanskrit
4.58.1
sa̱mu̱drād ū̱rmir madhu̍mā̱m̐ ud ā̍ra̱d upā̱ṁśunā̱ sam a̍mṛta̱tvam ā̍naṭ |
ghṛ̱tasya̱ nāma̱ guhya̱ṁ yad asti̍ ji̱hvā de̱vānā̍m a̱mṛta̍sya̱ nābhi̍ḥ ||
FORTH from the ocean sprang the wave of sweetness: together with the stalk it turned to Amrit, That which is holy oil's mysterious title: but the Gods' tongue is truly Amrit's centre.
4.58.2
va̱yaṁ nāma̱ pra bra̍vāmā ghṛ̱tasyā̱smin ya̱jñe dhā̍rayāmā̱ namo̍bhiḥ |
upa̍ bra̱hmā śṛ̍ṇavac cha̱syamā̍na̱ṁ catu̍ḥśṛṅgo 'vamīd gau̱ra e̱tat ||
Let us declare aloud the name of Ghṛita, and at this sacrifice hold it up with homage. So let the Brahman hear the praise we utter. This hath the four-horned Buffalo emitted.
4.58.3
ca̱tvāri̱ śṛṅgā̱ trayo̍ asya̱ pādā̱ dve śī̱rṣe sa̱pta hastā̍so asya |
tridhā̍ ba̱ddho vṛ̍ṣa̱bho ro̍ravīti ma̱ho de̱vo martyā̱m̐ ā vi̍veśa ||
Four are his horns, three are the feet that bear him; his heads are two, his hands are seven in number. Bound with a triple bond the Steer roars loudly: the mighty God hath entered in to mortals.
4.58.4
tridhā̍ hi̱tam pa̱ṇibhi̍r gu̱hyamā̍na̱ṁ gavi̍ de̱vāso̍ ghṛ̱tam anv a̍vindan |
indra̱ eka̱ṁ sūrya̱ eka̍ṁ jajāna ve̱nād eka̍ṁ sva̱dhayā̱ niṣ ṭa̍takṣuḥ ||
That oil in triple shape the Gods discovered laid down within the Cow, concealed by Paṇis. Indra produced one shape, Sûrya another: by their own power they formed the third from Vena.
4.58.5
e̱tā a̍rṣanti̱ hṛdyā̍t samu̱drāc cha̱tavra̍jā ri̱puṇā̱ nāva̱cakṣe̍ |
ghṛ̱tasya̱ dhārā̍ a̱bhi cā̍kaśīmi hira̱ṇyayo̍ veta̱so madhya̍ āsām ||
From inmost reservoir in countless channels flow down these rivers which the foe beholds not. I look upon the streams of oil descending, and lo! the Golden Reed is there among them.
4.58.6
sa̱myak sra̍vanti sa̱rito̱ na dhenā̍ a̱ntar hṛ̱dā mana̍sā pū̱yamā̍nāḥ |
e̱te a̍rṣanty ū̱rmayo̍ ghṛ̱tasya̍ mṛ̱gā i̍va kṣipa̱ṇor īṣa̍māṇāḥ ||
Like rivers our libations flow together, cleansing themselves in inmost heart and spirit. The streams of holy oil pour swiftly downward like the wild beasts that fly before the bowman.
4.58.7
sindho̍r iva prādhva̱ne śū̍gha̱nāso̱ vāta̍pramiyaḥ patayanti ya̱hvāḥ |
ghṛ̱tasya̱ dhārā̍ aru̱ṣo na vā̱jī kāṣṭhā̍ bhi̱ndann ū̱rmibhi̱ḥ pinva̍mānaḥ ||
As rushing down the rapids of a river, flow swifter than the wind the vigorous currents, The streams of oil in swelling fluctuation like a red courser bursting through the fences.
4.58.8
a̱bhi pra̍vanta̱ sama̍neva̱ yoṣā̍ḥ kalyā̱ṇya1̱̍ḥ smaya̍mānāso a̱gnim |
ghṛ̱tasya̱ dhārā̍ḥ sa̱midho̍ nasanta̱ tā ju̍ṣā̱ṇo ha̍ryati jā̱tave̍dāḥ ||
Like women at a gathering fair to look on and gently smiling, they incline to Agni. The streams of holy oil attain the fuel, and Jâtavedas joyfully receives them.
4.58.9
ka̱nyā̍ iva vaha̱tum eta̱vā u̍ a̱ñjy a̍ñjā̱nā a̱bhi cā̍kaśīmi |
yatra̱ soma̍ḥ sū̱yate̱ yatra̍ ya̱jño ghṛ̱tasya̱ dhārā̍ a̱bhi tat pa̍vante ||
As maidens dock themselves with gay adornment to join the bridal feast, I now behold them. Where Soma flows and sacrifice is ready, thither the streams of holy oil are running.
4.58.10
a̱bhy a̍rṣata suṣṭu̱tiṁ gavya̍m ā̱jim a̱smāsu̍ bha̱drā dravi̍ṇāni dhatta |
i̱maṁ ya̱jñaṁ na̍yata de̱vatā̍ no ghṛ̱tasya̱ dhārā̱ madhu̍mat pavante ||
Send to our eulogy a herd of cattle bestow upon us excellent possessions. Bear to the Gods the sacrifice we offer the streams of oil flow pure and full of sweetness.
4.58.11
dhāma̍n te̱ viśva̱m bhuva̍na̱m adhi̍ śri̱tam a̱ntaḥ sa̍mu̱dre hṛ̱dy a1̱̍ntar āyu̍ṣi |
a̱pām anī̍ke sami̱the ya ābhṛ̍ta̱s tam a̍śyāma̱ madhu̍mantaṁ ta ū̱rmim ||
The universe depends upon thy power and might within the sea, within the heart, within all life. May we attain that sweetly-flavoured wave of thine, brought, at its gathering, o'er the surfaceof the floods.
Translations (5)
- 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
- 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
- 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
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