Rigveda 6.10
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 6.10
- Language
- Sanskrit
6.10.1
pu̱ro vo̍ ma̱ndraṁ di̱vyaṁ su̍vṛ̱ktim pra̍ya̱ti ya̱jñe a̱gnim a̍dhva̱re da̍dhidhvam |
pu̱ra u̱kthebhi̱ḥ sa hi no̍ vi̱bhāvā̍ svadhva̱rā ka̍rati jā̱tave̍dāḥ ||
INSTALL at sacrifice, while the rite advances, your pleasant, heavenly Agni, meet for praises. With hymns-for he illumines us-install him. He, Jâtavedas, makes our rites successful.
6.10.2
tam u̍ dyumaḥ purvaṇīka hota̱r agne̍ a̱gnibhi̱r manu̍ṣa idhā̱naḥ |
stoma̱ṁ yam a̍smai ma̱mate̍va śū̱ṣaṁ ghṛ̱taṁ na śuci̍ ma̱taya̍ḥ pavante ||
Hear this laud, Radiant Priest of many aspects, O Agni with the fires of man enkindled, Laud which bards send forth pure as sacred butter, strength to this man, as 'twere for selfadvantage.
6.10.3
pī̱pāya̱ sa śrava̍sā̱ martye̍ṣu̱ yo a̱gnaye̍ da̱dāśa̱ vipra̍ u̱kthaiḥ |
ci̱trābhi̱s tam ū̱tibhi̍ś ci̱traśo̍cir vra̱jasya̍ sā̱tā goma̍to dadhāti ||
Mid mortal men that singer thrives in glory who offers gifts with hymns of praise to Agni, And the God, wondrous bright, with wondrous succours helps him to win a stable filled with cattle.
6.10.4
ā yaḥ pa̱prau jāya̍māna u̱rvī dū̍re̱dṛśā̍ bhā̱sā kṛ̱ṣṇādhvā̍ |
adha̍ ba̱hu ci̱t tama̱ ūrmyā̍yās ti̱raḥ śo̱ciṣā̍ dadṛśe pāva̱kaḥ ||
He, at his birth, whose path is black behind him, filled heaven and earth with far-apparent splendour: And he himself hath been. through night's thick darkness, made manifest by light, the Purifier.
6.10.5
nū na̍ś ci̱tram pu̍ru̱vājā̍bhir ū̱tī agne̍ ra̱yim ma̱ghava̍dbhyaś ca dhehi |
ye rādha̍sā̱ śrava̍sā̱ cāty a̱nyān su̱vīrye̍bhiś cā̱bhi santi̱ janā̍n ||
With thy most mighty aid, confer, O Agni, wonderful wealth on us and on our princes, Who stand preeminent, surpassing others in liberal gifts, in fame, and hero virtues.
6.10.6
i̱maṁ ya̱jñaṁ cano̍ dhā agna u̱śan yaṁ ta̍ āsā̱no ju̍hu̱te ha̱viṣmā̍n |
bha̱radvā̍jeṣu dadhiṣe suvṛ̱ktim avī̱r vāja̍sya̱ gadhya̍sya sā̱tau ||
Agni, accept this sacrifice with gladness, which, seated here, the worshipper presenteth. Fair hymns hadst thou among the Bharadvâjas, and holpest them to gain abundant vigour.
6.10.7
vi dveṣā̍ṁsīnu̱hi va̱rdhayeḻā̱m made̍ma śa̱tahi̍māḥ su̱vīrā̍ḥ ||
Scatter our foes, increase our store. May we he glad a hundred winters with brave sons.
Translations (6)
- 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
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 (11)
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Vedic Metre in its Historical Development — E. Vernon Arnold, English
- Die Hymnen des Rigveda, Bd. I: Metrische und textgeschichtliche Prolegomena — Hermann Oldenberg, German
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — John Muir, English
- La religion védique d'après les hymnes du Rig-Véda — Abel Bergaigne, French
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- History of Indian Medicine, containing Notices, Biographical and Bibliographical, of the Āyurvedic Physicians and their Works on Medicine — Girindranath Mukhopadhyaya, English
- Saṃhitāpadapāṭha — Sanskrit
- Elements of Buddhist Iconography — Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, English
- Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government — Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, English