Rigveda 6.12
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 6.12
- Language
- Sanskrit
6.12.1
madhye̱ hotā̍ duro̱ṇe ba̱rhiṣo̱ rāḻ a̱gnis to̱dasya̱ roda̍sī̱ yaja̍dhyai |
a̱yaṁ sa sū̱nuḥ saha̍sa ṛ̱tāvā̍ dū̱rāt sūryo̱ na śo̱ciṣā̍ tatāna ||
KING of trimmed grass, Herald within the dwelling, may Agni worship the Impeller's World-halves. He, Son of Strength, the Holy, from a distance hath spread himself abroad with light like Sûrya.
6.12.2
ā yasmi̱n tve sv apā̍ke yajatra̱ yakṣa̍d rājan sa̱rvatā̍teva̱ nu dyauḥ |
tri̱ṣa̱dhastha̍s tata̱ruṣo̱ na jaṁho̍ ha̱vyā ma̱ghāni̱ mānu̍ṣā̱ yaja̍dhyai ||
In thee, most wise, shall Dyaus, for full perfection, King! Holy One! pronounce the call to worship. Found in three places, like the Speeder's footstep, come to present men's riches as oblations!
6.12.3
teji̍ṣṭhā̱ yasyā̍ra̱tir va̍ne̱rāṭ to̱do adhva̱n na vṛ̍dhasā̱no a̍dyaut |
a̱dro̱gho na dra̍vi̱tā ce̍tati̱ tmann ama̍rtyo 'va̱rtra oṣa̍dhīṣu ||
Whose blaze most splendid, sovran in the forest, shines waxing on his way like the – Impeller. He knows himself, like as a guileless smelter, not to be stayed among the plants, Immortal.
6.12.4
sāsmāke̍bhir e̱tarī̱ na śū̱ṣair a̱gniḥ ṣṭa̍ve̱ dama̱ ā jā̱tave̍dāḥ |
drva̍nno va̱nvan kratvā̱ nārvo̱sraḥ pi̱teva̍ jāra̱yāyi̍ ya̱jñaiḥ ||
Our friends extol him like a steed for vigour even Agni in the dwelling, Jâtave~as. Trce-fed, he fights with power as doth a champion, like Dawn's Sire to be praised with sacrifices.
6.12.5
adha̍ smāsya panayanti̱ bhāso̱ vṛthā̱ yat takṣa̍d anu̱yāti̍ pṛ̱thvīm |
sa̱dyo yaḥ sya̱ndro viṣi̍to̱ dhavī̍yān ṛ̱ṇo na tā̱yur ati̱ dhanvā̍ rāṭ ||
Men wonder at his shining glows when, paring the woods with case, o'er the broad earth he goeth, And, like a rushing flood, loosed quickly, burneth, swift as a guilty thief, o'er desert places.
6.12.6
sa tvaṁ no̍ arva̱n nidā̍yā̱ viśve̍bhir agne a̱gnibhi̍r idhā̱naḥ |
veṣi̍ rā̱yo vi yā̍si du̱cchunā̱ made̍ma śa̱tahi̍māḥ su̱vīrā̍ḥ ||
So mighty thou protectest us from slander, O Champion, Agni! with all fires enkindled. Bring opulence and drive away affliction. May brave sons gladden us through a hundred winters.
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 (8)
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- La religion védique d'après les hymnes du Rig-Véda — Abel Bergaigne, French
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- Vedic Metre in its Historical Development — E. Vernon Arnold, English
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — John Muir, English
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Die Hymnen des Rigveda, Bd. I: Metrische und textgeschichtliche Prolegomena — Hermann Oldenberg, German