Rigveda 6.40
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 6.40
- Language
- Sanskrit
6.40.1
indra̱ piba̱ tubhya̍ṁ su̱to madā̱yāva̍ sya̱ harī̱ vi mu̍cā̱ sakhā̍yā |
u̱ta pra gā̍ya ga̱ṇa ā ni̱ṣadyāthā̍ ya̱jñāya̍ gṛṇa̱te vayo̍ dhāḥ ||
DRINK, Indra; juice is shed to make thee joyful: loose thy Bay Steeds and give thy friends their freedom. Begin the song, seated in our assembly. Give strength for sacrifice to him who singeth.
6.40.2
asya̍ piba̱ yasya̍ jajñā̱na i̍ndra̱ madā̍ya̱ kratve̱ api̍bo virapśin |
tam u̍ te̱ gāvo̱ nara̱ āpo̱ adri̱r indu̱ṁ sam a̍hyan pī̱taye̱ sam a̍smai ||
Drink thou of this whereof at birth, O Indra, thou drankest, Mighty One for power and rapture. The men, the pressing-stones, the cows, the waters have made this Soma ready for thy drinking.
6.40.3
sami̍ddhe a̱gnau su̱ta i̍ndra̱ soma̱ ā tvā̍ vahantu̱ hara̍yo̱ vahi̍ṣṭhāḥ |
tvā̱ya̱tā mana̍sā johavī̱mīndrā yā̍hi suvi̱tāya̍ ma̱he na̍ḥ ||
The fire is kindled, Soma pressed, O Indra: let thy Bays, best to draw, convey thee hither. With mind devoted, Indra, I invoke thee. Come, for our great prosperity approach us.
6.40.4
ā yā̍hi̱ śaśva̍d uśa̱tā ya̍yā̱thendra̍ ma̱hā mana̍sā soma̱peya̍m |
upa̱ brahmā̍ṇi śṛṇava i̱mā no 'thā̍ te ya̱jñas ta̱nve̱3̱̍ vayo̍ dhāt ||
Indra, come hither: evermore thou camest through our great strong desire to drink the Soma. Listen and hear the prayers which now we offer, and let this sacrifice increase thy vigour.
6.40.5
yad i̍ndra di̱vi pārye̱ yad ṛdha̱g yad vā̱ sve sada̍ne̱ yatra̱ vāsi̍ |
ato̍ no ya̱jñam ava̍se ni̱yutvā̍n sa̱joṣā̍ḥ pāhi girvaṇo ma̱rudbhi̍ḥ ||
Mayst thou, O Indra, on the day of trial, present or absent, wheresoe'er thou dwellest, Thence, with thy team, accordant with the Maruts, Song-lover! guard our sacrifice, to help us.
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 (6)
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- La religion védique d'après les hymnes du Rig-Véda — Abel Bergaigne, French
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — John Muir, English
- Vedic Metre in its Historical Development — E. Vernon Arnold, English
- The Arctic Home in the Vedas — Bal Gangadhar Tilak, English