Rigveda 5.12
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 5.12
- Language
- Sanskrit
5.12.1
prāgnaye̍ bṛha̱te ya̱jñiyā̍ya ṛ̱tasya̱ vṛṣṇe̱ asu̍rāya̱ manma̍ |
ghṛ̱taṁ na ya̱jña ā̱sye̱3̱̍ supū̍ta̱ṁ gira̍m bhare vṛṣa̱bhāya̍ pratī̱cīm ||
To Agni, lofty Asura, meet for worship, Steer of eternal Law, my prayer I offer; I bring my song directed to the Mighty like pure oil for his mouth at sacrifices.
5.12.2
ṛ̱taṁ ci̍kitva ṛ̱tam ic ci̍kiddhy ṛ̱tasya̱ dhārā̱ anu̍ tṛndhi pū̱rvīḥ |
nāhaṁ yā̱tuṁ saha̍sā̱ na dva̱yena̍ ṛ̱taṁ sa̍pāmy aru̱ṣasya̱ vṛṣṇa̍ḥ ||
Mark the Law, thou who knowest, yea, observe it: send forth the full streams of eternal Order. I use no sorcery with might or falsehood the sacred Law of the Red Steer I follow.
5.12.3
kayā̍ no agna ṛ̱taya̍nn ṛ̱tena̱ bhuvo̱ nave̍dā u̱catha̍sya̱ navya̍ḥ |
vedā̍ me de̱va ṛ̍tu̱pā ṛ̍tū̱nāṁ nāham pati̍ṁ sani̱tur a̱sya rā̱yaḥ ||
How hast thou, follower of the Law eternal, become the knower of a new song, Agni? The God, the Guardian of the seasons, knows me: the Lord of him who won this wealth I know not.
5.12.4
ke te̍ agne ri̱pave̱ bandha̍nāsa̱ḥ ke pā̱yava̍ḥ saniṣanta dyu̱manta̍ḥ |
ke dhā̱sim a̍gne̱ anṛ̍tasya pānti̱ ka āsa̍to̱ vaca̍saḥ santi go̱pāḥ ||
Who, Agni, in alliance with thy foeman, what splendid helpers won for them their riches? Agni, who guard the dwelling-place of falsehood? Who are protectors of the speech of liars?
5.12.5
sakhā̍yas te̱ viṣu̍ṇā agna e̱te śi̱vāsa̱ḥ santo̱ aśi̍vā abhūvan |
adhū̍rṣata sva̱yam e̱te vaco̍bhir ṛjūya̱te vṛ̍ji̱nāni̍ bru̱vanta̍ḥ ||
Agni, those friends of thine have turned them from thee: gracious of old, they have become ungracious. They have deceived themselves by their own speeches, uttering wicked words against the righteous.
5.12.6
yas te̍ agne̱ nama̍sā ya̱jñam īṭṭa̍ ṛ̱taṁ sa pā̍ty aru̱ṣasya̱ vṛṣṇa̍ḥ |
tasya̱ kṣaya̍ḥ pṛ̱thur ā sā̱dhur e̍tu pra̱sarsrā̍ṇasya̱ nahu̍ṣasya̱ śeṣa̍ḥ ||
He who pays sacrifice to thee with homage, O Agni, keeps the Red Steer's Law eternal; Wide is his dwelling. May the noble offspring of Nahusha who wandered forth come hither.
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 (11)
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- 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
- History of Indian Medicine, containing Notices, Biographical and Bibliographical, of the Āyurvedic Physicians and their Works on Medicine — Girindranath Mukhopadhyaya, English
- Saṃhitāpadapāṭha — Sanskrit
- The Religions of India — Edward Washburn Hopkins, English