Rigveda 5.28
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 5.28
- Language
- Sanskrit
5.28.1
sami̍ddho a̱gnir di̱vi śo̱cir a̍śret pra̱tyaṅṅ u̱ṣasa̍m urvi̱yā vi bhā̍ti |
eti̱ prācī̍ vi̱śvavā̍rā̱ namo̍bhir de̱vām̐ īḻā̍nā ha̱viṣā̍ ghṛ̱tācī̍ ||
AGNI inflamed hath sent to heaven his lustre: he shines forth widely turning unto Morning. Eastward the ladle goes that brings all blessing, praising the Godswith homage and oblation.
5.28.2
sa̱mi̱dhyamā̍no a̱mṛta̍sya rājasi ha̱viṣ kṛ̱ṇvanta̍ṁ sacase sva̱staye̍ |
viśva̱ṁ sa dha̍tte̱ dravi̍ṇa̱ṁ yam inva̍sy āti̱thyam a̍gne̱ ni ca̍ dhatta̱ it pu̱raḥ ||
Enkindled, thou art King of the immortal world: him who brings offerings thou attendest for his weal. He whom thou urgest on makes all possessions his: he sets before thee, Agni, gifts that guests may claim.
5.28.3
agne̱ śardha̍ maha̱te saubha̍gāya̱ tava̍ dyu̱mnāny u̍tta̱māni̍ santu |
saṁ jā̍spa̱tyaṁ su̱yama̱m ā kṛ̍ṇuṣva śatrūya̱tām a̱bhi ti̍ṣṭhā̱ mahā̍ṁsi ||
Show thyself strong for mighty bliss, O Agni, most excellent be thine effulgent splendours. Make easy to maintain our household lordship, and overcome the might of those who hate us.
5.28.4
sami̍ddhasya̱ prama̍ha̱so 'gne̱ vande̱ tava̱ śriya̍m |
vṛ̱ṣa̱bho dyu̱mnavā̍m̐ asi̱ sam a̍dhva̱reṣv i̍dhyase ||
Thy glory, Agni, I adore, kindled, exalted in thy strength. A Steer of brilliant splendour, thou art lighted well at sacred rites.
5.28.5
sami̍ddho agna āhuta de̱vān ya̍kṣi svadhvara |
tvaṁ hi ha̍vya̱vāḻ asi̍ ||
Agni, invoked and kindled, serve the Gods, thou skilled in sacrifice: For thou art bearer of our gifts.
5.28.6
ā ju̍hotā duva̱syatā̱gnim pra̍ya̱ty a̍dhva̱re |
vṛ̱ṇī̱dhvaṁ ha̍vya̱vāha̍nam ||
Invoke and worship Agni while the sacrificial rite proceeds: For offering-bearer choose ye him.
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)
Linked texts (14)
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Āśvalāyanasaṃhitā — Sanskrit
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- La religion védique d'après les hymnes du Rig-Véda — Abel Bergaigne, French
- Vedic Metre in its Historical Development — E. Vernon Arnold, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) — Radhakumud Mookerji, English
- Social and Rural Economy of Northern India, cir. 600 B.C.–200 A.D. — Atindranath Bose, English
- Saṃhitāpadapāṭha — Sanskrit
- Die Hymnen des Rigveda, Bd. I: Metrische und textgeschichtliche Prolegomena — Hermann Oldenberg, German
- The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day — A. S. Altekar, English
- Āpastambakalpasūtra — Āpastamba, Sanskrit
- Āpastambasūtra — Āpastamba, Sanskrit
- Darśapūrṇamāsaprakāśa — Vāmana Śāstrin Kiṃjavaḍekara, Sanskrit