Rigveda 6.38
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 6.38
- Language
- Sanskrit
6.38.1
apā̍d i̱ta ud u̍ naś ci̱trata̍mo ma̱hīm bha̍rṣad dyu̱matī̱m indra̍hūtim |
panya̍sīṁ dhī̱tiṁ daivya̍sya̱ yāma̱ñ jana̍sya rā̱tiṁ va̍nate su̱dānu̍ḥ ||
HE hath drunk hence, Most Marvellous, and carried away our great and splendid call on Indra. The Bounteous, when we serve the Gods, accepteth song yet more famous and the gifts we bring him.
6.38.2
dū̱rāc ci̱d ā va̍sato asya̱ karṇā̱ ghoṣā̱d indra̍sya tanyati bruvā̱ṇaḥ |
eyam e̍naṁ de̱vahū̍tir vavṛtyān ma̱drya1̱̍g indra̍m i̱yam ṛ̱cyamā̍nā ||
The speaker filleth with a cry to Indra his ears who cometh nigh e'en from a distance. May this my call bring Indra to my presence, this call to Gods composed in sacred verses.
6.38.3
taṁ vo̍ dhi̱yā pa̍ra̱mayā̍ purā̱jām a̱jara̱m indra̍m a̱bhy a̍nūṣy a̱rkaiḥ |
brahmā̍ ca̱ giro̍ dadhi̱re sam a̍smin ma̱hām̐ś ca̱ stomo̱ adhi̍ vardha̱d indre̍ ||
Him have I sung with my best song and praises, Indra of ancient birth and Everlasting. For prayer and songs in him are concentrated: let laud wax mighty when addressed to Indra:
6.38.4
vardhā̱d yaṁ ya̱jña u̱ta soma̱ indra̱ṁ vardhā̱d brahma̱ gira̍ u̱kthā ca̱ manma̍ |
vardhāhai̍nam u̱ṣaso̱ yāma̍nn a̱ktor vardhā̱n māsā̍ḥ śa̱rado̱ dyāva̱ indra̍m ||
Indra, whom sacrifice shall strengthen, Soma, and song and hymn, and praises and devotion, Whom Dawns shall strengthen when the night departeth, Indra whom days shall strengthen, months, and autumns.
6.38.5
e̱vā ja̍jñā̱naṁ saha̍se̱ asā̍mi vāvṛdhā̱naṁ rādha̍se ca śru̱tāya̍ |
ma̱hām u̱gram ava̍se vipra nū̱nam ā vi̍vāsema vṛtra̱tūrye̍ṣu ||
Him, born for conquering might in full perfection, and waxen strongfor bounty and for glory, Great, Powerful, will we to-day, O singer, invite to aid. us and to quell our foemen.
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
Other recensions (1)
Linked texts (7)
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- La religion védique d'après les hymnes du Rig-Véda — Abel Bergaigne, French
- 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
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- Saṃhitāpadapāṭha — Sanskrit
- Die Hymnen des Rigveda, Bd. I: Metrische und textgeschichtliche Prolegomena — Hermann Oldenberg, German