Rigveda 5.16
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 5.16
- Language
- Sanskrit
5.16.1
bṛ̱had vayo̱ hi bhā̱nave 'rcā̍ de̱vāyā̱gnaye̍ |
yam mi̱traṁ na praśa̍stibhi̱r martā̍so dadhi̱re pu̱raḥ ||
GREAT power is in the beam of light, sing praise to, Agni, to the God Whom men have set in foremost place like Mitra with their eulogies.
5.16.2
sa hi dyubhi̱r janā̍nā̱ṁ hotā̱ dakṣa̍sya bā̱hvoḥ |
vi ha̱vyam a̱gnir ā̍nu̱ṣag bhago̱ na vāra̍m ṛṇvati ||
He by the splendour of his arms is Priest of every able man. Agni conveys oblation straight, and deals, as Bhaga deals, his boons.
5.16.3
a̱sya stome̍ ma̱ghona̍ḥ sa̱khye vṛ̱ddhaśo̍ciṣaḥ |
viśvā̱ yasmi̍n tuvi̱ṣvaṇi̱ sam a̱rye śuṣma̍m āda̱dhuḥ ||
All rests upon the laud and love of him the rich, high-flaming God, On whom, loud-roaring, men have laid great strength as on a faithful friend.
5.16.4
adhā̱ hy a̍gna eṣāṁ su̱vīrya̍sya ma̱ṁhanā̍ |
tam id ya̱hvaṁ na roda̍sī̱ pari̱ śravo̍ babhūvatuḥ ||
So, Agni, be the Friend of these with liberal gift of hero strength. Yea, Heaven and Earth have not surpassed this Youthful One in glorious fame.
5.16.5
nū na̱ ehi̱ vārya̱m agne̍ gṛṇā̱na ā bha̍ra |
ye va̱yaṁ ye ca̍ sū̱raya̍ḥ sva̱sti dhāma̍he̱ saco̱taidhi̍ pṛ̱tsu no̍ vṛ̱dhe ||
O Agni, quickly come to us, and, glorified, bring precious wealth. So we and these our princes will assemble for the good of all. Be near in fight to prosper 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
- Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Skandasvāmin) — Skandasvāmin, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Udgītha) — Udgītha, Sanskrit
- Ṛgarthadīpikā — Veṅkaṭamādhava, Sanskrit
- Ṛgbhāṣya (Madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitāvyākhyā — Sanskrit
- Vedabhāṣya — Mādhava, Sanskrit
- Vedabhāṣyasāra — Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣyabhūmikā — Dayānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
Linked texts (2)
- Saṃhitāpadapāṭha — Sanskrit
- Chandasikā — Sanskrit
Discussed in (3)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- Vedic Metre in its Historical Development — Arnold 1905, English
- La religion védique d'après les hymnes du Rig-Véda — Bergaigne 1878, French