Rigveda 6.59
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 6.59
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- Sanskrit
6.59.1
pra nu vo̍cā su̱teṣu̍ vāṁ vī̱ryā̱3̱̍ yāni̍ ca̱krathu̍ḥ |
ha̱tāso̍ vām pi̱taro̍ de̱vaśa̍trava̱ indrā̍gnī̱ jīva̍tho yu̱vam ||
I WILL declare, while juices flow, the manly deeds that ye have done: Your Fathers, enemies of Gods, were smitten down, and, Indra-Agni, ye survive.
6.59.2
baḻ i̱tthā ma̍hi̱mā vā̱m indrā̍gnī̱ pani̍ṣṭha̱ ā |
sa̱mā̱no vā̍ṁ jani̱tā bhrāta̍rā yu̱vaṁ ya̱māv i̱heha̍mātarā ||
Thus, Indra-Agnip verily your greatness merits loftiest praise, Sprung from one common Father, brothers, twins are ye; your Mother is in every place.
6.59.3
o̱ki̱vāṁsā̍ su̱te sacā̱m̐ aśvā̱ saptī̍ i̱vāda̍ne |
indrā̱ nv a1̱̍gnī ava̍se̱ha va̱jriṇā̍ va̱yaṁ de̱vā ha̍vāmahe ||
These who delight in flowing juice, like fellow horses at their food, Indra and Agni, Gods armed with the thunderbolt, we call this day to come with help.
6.59.4
ya i̍ndrāgnī su̱teṣu̍ vā̱ṁ stava̱t teṣv ṛ̍tāvṛdhā |
jo̱ṣa̱vā̱kaṁ vada̍taḥ pajrahoṣiṇā̱ na de̍vā bha̱satha̍ś ca̱na ||
Indra and Agni, Friends of Law, served with rich gifts, your speech is kind To him who praises you while these libations flow: that man, O Gods, ye ne'er consume.
6.59.5
indrā̍gnī̱ ko a̱sya vā̱ṁ devau̱ marta̍ś ciketati |
viṣū̍co̱ aśvā̍n yuyujā̱na ī̍yata̱ eka̍ḥ samā̱na ā rathe̍ ||
What mortal understands, O Gods, Indra and Agni, this your way? One of you, yoking Steeds that move to every side, advances in your common car.
6.59.6
indrā̍gnī a̱pād i̱yam pūrvāgā̍t pa̱dvatī̍bhyaḥ |
hi̱tvī śiro̍ ji̱hvayā̱ vāva̍da̱c cara̍t tri̱ṁśat pa̱dā ny a̍kramīt ||
First, Indra-Agni, hath this Maid come footless unto those with feet. Stretching her head and speaking loudly with her tongue, she hath gone downward thirty steps.
6.59.7
indrā̍gnī̱ ā hi ta̍nva̱te naro̱ dhanvā̍ni bā̱hvoḥ |
mā no̍ a̱smin ma̍hādha̱ne parā̍ varkta̱ṁ gavi̍ṣṭiṣu ||
E'en now, O Indra-Agni, men hold in their arms and stretch their bows. Desert us not in this great fray, in battles for the sake of kine.
6.59.8
indrā̍gnī̱ tapa̍nti mā̱ghā a̱ryo arā̍tayaḥ |
apa̱ dveṣā̱ṁsy ā kṛ̍taṁ yuyu̱taṁ sūryā̱d adhi̍ ||
The foeman's sinful enmities, Indra and Agni, vex me sore. Drive those who hate me far away, and keep them distant from the Sun.
6.59.9
indrā̍gnī yu̱vor api̱ vasu̍ di̱vyāni̱ pārthi̍vā |
ā na̍ i̱ha pra ya̍cchataṁ ra̱yiṁ vi̱śvāyu̍poṣasam ||
Indra and Agni, yours are all the treasures of the heavens and earth. Here give ye us the opulence that prospers every living man.
6.59.10
indrā̍gnī ukthavāhasā̱ stome̍bhir havanaśrutā |
viśvā̍bhir gī̱rbhir ā ga̍tam a̱sya soma̍sya pī̱taye̍ ||
O Indra-Agni, who accept the laud, and hear us for our praise, Come near us, drawn by all our songs, to drink of this our Soma juice.
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
- 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)
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