Rigveda 5.33
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 5.33
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- Sanskrit
5.33.1
mahi̍ ma̱he ta̱vase̍ dīdhye̱ nṝn indrā̍ye̱tthā ta̱vase̱ ata̍vyān |
yo a̍smai suma̱tiṁ vāja̍sātau stu̱to jane̍ sama̱rya̍ś ci̱keta̍ ||
GREAT praise to Indra, great and strong mid heroes, I ponder thus, the feeble to the Mighty, Who with his band shows favour to this people, when lauded, in the fight where spoil is gathered.
5.33.2
sa tvaṁ na̍ indra dhiyasā̱no a̱rkair harī̍ṇāṁ vṛṣa̱n yoktra̍m aśreḥ |
yā i̱tthā ma̍ghava̱nn anu̱ joṣa̱ṁ vakṣo̍ a̱bhi prāryaḥ sa̍kṣi̱ janā̍n ||
So made attentive by our hymns, Steer! Indra! thou fastenedst the girth of thy Bay Coursers, Which, Maghavan, at thy will thou drivest hither. With these subdue for us the men who hate us.
5.33.3
na te ta̍ indrā̱bhy a1̱̍smad ṛ̱ṣvāyu̍ktāso abra̱hmatā̱ yad asa̍n |
tiṣṭhā̱ ratha̱m adhi̱ taṁ va̍jraha̱stā ra̱śmiṁ de̍va yamase̱ svaśva̍ḥ ||
They were not turned to us-wtrd, lofty Indra! while yet through lack of prayer they stood unharnessed. Ascend this chariot, thou whose hand wields thunder, and draw the rein, O Lord of noble horses.
5.33.4
pu̱rū yat ta̍ indra̱ santy u̱kthā gave̍ ca̱kartho̱rvarā̍su̱ yudhya̍n |
ta̱ta̱kṣe sūryā̍ya ci̱d oka̍si̱ sve vṛṣā̍ sa̱matsu̍ dā̱sasya̱ nāma̍ cit ||
Thou, because many lauds are thine, O Indra, wast active warring in the fields for cattle. For Sûrya in his own abode thou, Hero, formedst in fights even a Dâsa's nature.
5.33.5
va̱yaṁ te ta̍ indra̱ ye ca̱ nara̱ḥ śardho̍ jajñā̱nā yā̱tāś ca̱ rathā̍ḥ |
āsmāñ ja̍gamyād ahiśuṣma̱ satvā̱ bhago̱ na havya̍ḥ prabhṛ̱theṣu̱ cāru̍ḥ ||
Thine are we, Indra; thine are all these people, conscious of might, whose cars are set in motion. Some hero come to us, O Strong as Ahi beauteous in war, to be invoked like Bhaga.
5.33.6
pa̱pṛ̱kṣeṇya̍m indra̱ tve hy ojo̍ nṛ̱mṇāni̍ ca nṛ̱tamā̍no̱ ama̍rtaḥ |
sa na̱ enī̍ṁ vasavāno ra̱yiṁ dā̱ḥ prāryaḥ stu̍ṣe tuvima̱ghasya̱ dāna̍m ||
Strength much to be desired is in thee, Indra: the Immortal dances forth his hero exploits. Such, Lord of Treasure, give us splendid riches. I praise the Friend's gift, his whose wealth is mighty.
5.33.7
e̱vā na̍ indro̱tibhi̍r ava pā̱hi gṛ̍ṇa̱taḥ śū̍ra kā̱rūn |
u̱ta tvaca̱ṁ dada̍to̱ vāja̍sātau piprī̱hi madhva̱ḥ suṣu̍tasya̱ cāro̍ḥ ||
Thus favour us, O Indra, with ihy succour; Hero, protect the bards who sing thy praises. Be friendly in the fray to those who offer the skin of beautiful and well-pressed Soma.
5.33.8
u̱ta tye mā̍ pauruku̱tsyasya̍ sū̱res tra̱sada̍syor hira̱ṇino̱ rarā̍ṇāḥ |
vaha̍ntu mā̱ daśa̱ śyetā̍so asya gairikṣi̱tasya̱ kratu̍bhi̱r nu sa̍śce ||
And these ten steeds which Trasadasyu gives me, the goldrich chief, the son of Purukutsa, Resplendent in their brightness shall convey me. Gairikshita willed it and so came I hither.
5.33.9
u̱ta tye mā̍ māru̱tāśva̍sya̱ śoṇā̱ḥ kratvā̍maghāso vi̱datha̍sya rā̱tau |
sa̱hasrā̍ me̱ cyava̍tāno̱ dadā̍na ānū̱kam a̱ryo vapu̍ṣe̱ nārca̍t ||
And these, bestowed as sacrificial guerdon, the powerful tawny steeds of Mârutâṣva; And thousands which kind Chyavatâna gave me, abundantly bestowed for my adornment.
5.33.10
u̱ta tye mā̍ dhva̱nya̍sya̱ juṣṭā̍ lakṣma̱ṇya̍sya su̱ruco̱ yatā̍nāḥ |
ma̱hnā rā̱yaḥ sa̱ṁvara̍ṇasya̱ ṛṣe̍r vra̱jaṁ na gāva̱ḥ praya̍tā̱ api̍ gman ||
And these commended horses, bright and active, by Dhvanya son of Lakshmaṇa presented, Came unto me, as cows into the Ṛishi Samvaraṇa's stall, with magnitude of riches.
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
- 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
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