Rigveda 5.74
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 5.74
- Language
- Sanskrit
5.74.1
kūṣṭho̍ devāv aśvinā̱dyā di̱vo ma̍nāvasū |
tac chra̍vatho vṛṣaṇvasū̱ atri̍r vā̱m ā vi̍vāsati ||
WHERE in the heavens are ye to-day, Gods, Aṣvins, rich in constancy? Hear this, ye excellent as Steers: Atri inviteth you to come.
5.74.2
kuha̱ tyā kuha̱ nu śru̱tā di̱vi de̱vā nāsa̍tyā |
kasmi̱nn ā ya̍tatho̱ jane̱ ko vā̍ṁ na̱dīnā̱ṁ sacā̍ ||
Where are they now? Where are the Twain, the famed Nâsatyas, Gods in heaven? Who is the man ye strive to reach? Who of your suppliants is with you?
5.74.3
kaṁ yā̍tha̱ḥ kaṁ ha̍ gacchatha̱ḥ kam acchā̍ yuñjāthe̱ ratha̍m |
kasya̱ brahmā̍ṇi raṇyatho va̱yaṁ vā̍m uśmasī̱ṣṭaye̍ ||
Whom do ye visit, whom approach? to whom direct your harnessed car? With whose devotions are ye pleased? We long for you to further us.
5.74.4
pau̱raṁ ci̱d dhy u̍da̱pruta̱m paura̍ pau̱rāya̱ jinva̍thaḥ |
yad ī̍ṁ gṛbhī̱tatā̍taye si̱ṁham i̍va dru̱has pa̱de ||
Ye, Strengtheners, for Paura stir the filler swimming in the flood, Advancing to be captured like a lion to the ambuscade.
5.74.5
pra cyavā̍nāj juju̱ruṣo̍ va̱vrim atka̱ṁ na mu̍ñcathaḥ |
yuvā̱ yadī̍ kṛ̱thaḥ puna̱r ā kāma̍m ṛṇve va̱dhva̍ḥ ||
Ye from Chyavâna worn with age removed his skin as 'twere a robe. So, when ye made him young again, he stirred the longing of a dame.
5.74.6
asti̱ hi vā̍m i̱ha sto̱tā smasi̍ vāṁ sa̱ṁdṛśi̍ śri̱ye |
nū śru̱tam ma̱ ā ga̍ta̱m avo̍bhir vājinīvasū ||
Here is the man who lauds you both: to see your glory are we here. Now bear me, come with saving help, ye who are rich in store of wealth.
5.74.7
ko vā̍m a̱dya pu̍rū̱ṇām ā va̍vne̱ martyā̍nām |
ko vipro̍ vipravāhasā̱ ko ya̱jñair vā̍jinīvasū ||
Who among many mortal men this day hath won you to himself? What bard, accepters of the bard? Who, rich in wealth! with sacrifice?
5.74.8
ā vā̱ṁ ratho̱ rathā̍nā̱ṁ yeṣṭho̍ yātv aśvinā |
pu̱rū ci̍d asma̱yus ti̱ra ā̍ṅgū̱ṣo martye̱ṣv ā ||
O Aṣvins, may your car approach, most excellent of cars for speed. Through many regions may our praise pass onward among mortal men.
5.74.9
śam ū̱ ṣu vā̍m madhūyuvā̱smāka̍m astu carkṛ̱tiḥ |
a̱rvā̱cī̱nā vi̍cetasā̱ vibhi̍ḥ śye̱neva̍ dīyatam ||
May our laudation of you Twain, lovers of meath! be sweet to you. Fly hitherward, ye wise of heart, like falcons with your winged steeds.
5.74.10
aśvi̍nā̱ yad dha̱ karhi̍ cic chuśrū̱yāta̍m i̱maṁ hava̍m |
vasvī̍r ū̱ ṣu vā̱m bhuja̍ḥ pṛ̱ñcanti̱ su vā̱m pṛca̍ḥ ||
O Aṣvins, when at any time ye listen to this call of mine, For you is dainty food prepared: they mix refreshing food for you.
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
- Vedabhāṣya — Mādhava, Sanskrit
- Vedabhāṣyasāra — Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣyabhūmikā — Dayānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
Linked texts (1)
- Saṃhitāpadapāṭha — Sanskrit
Discussed in (12)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- La religion védique d'après les hymnes du Rig-Véda — Bergaigne 1878, French
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — Muir 1858, English
- Vedic Metre in its Historical Development — Arnold 1905, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German
- History of Indian Medicine, containing Notices, Biographical and Bibliographical, of the Āyurvedic Physicians and their Works on Medicine — Mukhopadhyaya 1923, English
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English
- A History of Indian Medical Literature — Meulenbeld 1999, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English
- Die Hymnen des Rigveda, Bd. I: Metrische und textgeschichtliche Prolegomena — Oldenberg 1888, German
- Vedic Mythology — Macdonell 1897, English
- The Arctic Home in the Vedas — Tilak 1903, English