Rigveda 6.68
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 6.68
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- Sanskrit
6.68.1
śru̱ṣṭī vā̍ṁ ya̱jña udya̍taḥ sa̱joṣā̍ manu̱ṣvad vṛ̱ktaba̍rhiṣo̱ yaja̍dhyai |
ā ya indrā̱varu̍ṇāv i̱ṣe a̱dya ma̱he su̱mnāya̍ ma̱ha ā̍va̱varta̍t ||
HIS honouring rite whose grass is trimmed is offered swiftly to you, in Manu's wise, accordant, The rite which Indra-Varuṇa shall carry this day to high success and glorious issue.
6.68.2
tā hi śreṣṭhā̍ de̱vatā̍tā tu̱jā śūrā̍ṇā̱ṁ śavi̍ṣṭhā̱ tā hi bhū̱tam |
ma̱ghonā̱m maṁhi̍ṣṭhā tuvi̱śuṣma̍ ṛ̱tena̍ vṛtra̱turā̱ sarva̍senā ||
For at Gods' worship they are best through vigour; they have become the strongest of the Heroes; With mighty strength, most liberal of the Princes, Chiefs of the host, by Law made Vṛitra's slayers.
6.68.3
tā gṛ̍ṇīhi nama̱sye̍bhiḥ śū̱ṣaiḥ su̱mnebhi̱r indrā̱varu̍ṇā cakā̱nā |
vajre̍ṇā̱nyaḥ śava̍sā̱ hanti̍ vṛ̱traṁ siṣa̍kty a̱nyo vṛ̱jane̍ṣu̱ vipra̍ḥ ||
Praise those Twain Gods for powers that merit worship, Indra and Varuṇa, for bliss, the joyous. One with his might and thunderbolt slays Vṛitra; the other as a Sage stands near in troubles.
6.68.4
gnāś ca̱ yan nara̍ś ca vāvṛ̱dhanta̱ viśve̍ de̱vāso̍ na̱rāṁ svagū̍rtāḥ |
praibhya̍ indrāvaruṇā mahi̱tvā dyauś ca̍ pṛthivi bhūtam u̱rvī ||
Though dames and men have waxen strong and mighty, and all the Gods selfpraised among the Heroes, Ye, Indra-Varuṇa, have in might surpassed them, and thus were ye spread wide, O Earth and Heaven.
6.68.5
sa it su̱dānu̱ḥ svavā̍m̐ ṛ̱tāvendrā̱ yo vā̍ṁ varuṇa̱ dāśa̍ti̱ tman |
i̱ṣā sa dvi̱ṣas ta̍re̱d dāsvā̱n vaṁsa̍d ra̱yiṁ ra̍yi̱vata̍ś ca̱ janā̍n ||
Righteous is he, and liberal and helpful who, Indra-Varuṇa, brings you gifts with gladness. That bounteous man through food shall conquer faemen, and win him opulence and wealthy people.
6.68.6
yaṁ yu̱vaṁ dā̱śva̍dhvarāya devā ra̱yiṁ dha̱ttho vasu̍mantam puru̱kṣum |
a̱sme sa i̍ndrāvaruṇā̱v api̍ ṣyā̱t pra yo bha̱nakti̍ va̱nuṣā̱m aśa̍stīḥ ||
May wealth which ye bestow in food and treasure on him who brings you gifts and sacrifices, Wealth, Gods! which breaks the curse of those who vex us, be, Indra-Varuṇa, e'en our own possession.
6.68.7
u̱ta na̍ḥ sutrā̱tro de̱vago̍pāḥ sū̱ribhya̍ indrāvaruṇā ra̱yiḥ ṣyā̍t |
yeṣā̱ṁ śuṣma̱ḥ pṛta̍nāsu sā̱hvān pra sa̱dyo dyu̱mnā ti̱rate̱ tatu̍riḥ ||
So also, Indra-Varuṇa, may our princes have riches swift to save, with Gods to guard them- They whose great might gives victory in battles, and their triumphant glory spreads with swiftness.
6.68.8
nū na̍ indrāvaruṇā gṛṇā̱nā pṛ̱ṅktaṁ ra̱yiṁ sau̍śrava̱sāya̍ devā |
i̱tthā gṛ̱ṇanto̍ ma̱hina̍sya̱ śardho̱ 'po na nā̱vā du̍ri̱tā ta̍rema ||
Indra. and Varuṇa, Gods whom we are lauding, mingle ye wealth with our heroic glory. May we, who praise the strength of what is mighty, pass dangers, as with boats we cross the waters.
6.68.9
pra sa̱mrāje̍ bṛha̱te manma̱ nu pri̱yam arca̍ de̱vāya̱ varu̍ṇāya sa̱pratha̍ḥ |
a̱yaṁ ya u̱rvī ma̍hi̱nā mahi̍vrata̱ḥ kratvā̍ vi̱bhāty a̱jaro̱ na śo̱ciṣā̍ ||
Now will I sing a dear and far-extending hymn to Varuṇa the God, sublime, imperial Lord, Who, mighty Governor, Eternal, as with flame, illumines both wide worlds with majesty and power.
6.68.10
indrā̍varuṇā sutapāv i̱maṁ su̱taṁ soma̍m pibata̱m madya̍ṁ dhṛtavratā |
yu̱vo ratho̍ adhva̱raṁ de̱vavī̍taye̱ prati̱ svasa̍ra̱m upa̍ yāti pī̱taye̍ ||
True to Law, Indra-Varuṇa, drinkers of the juice, drink this pressed Soma which shall give you rapturous joy. Your chariot cometh to the banquet of the Gods, to sacrifice, as it were home, that ye may drink.
6.68.11
indrā̍varuṇā̱ madhu̍mattamasya̱ vṛṣṇa̱ḥ soma̍sya vṛṣa̱ṇā vṛ̍ṣethām |
i̱daṁ vā̱m andha̱ḥ pari̍ṣiktam a̱sme ā̱sadyā̱smin ba̱rhiṣi̍ mādayethām ||
Indra and Varuṇa, drink your fill, ye Heroes, of this invigorating sweetest Soma. This juice is shed by us that ye may quaff it: on this trimmed grass be seated, and rejoice you
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
- Vedabhāṣya — Mādhava, Sanskrit
- Vedabhāṣyasāra — Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣyabhūmikā — Dayānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
Linked texts (4)
- Śāṅkhāyanaśrautasūtra — Śāṅkhāyana, Sanskrit
- Saṃhitāpadapāṭha — Sanskrit
- Padapāṭha — Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitāpadapāṭha — Sanskrit
Discussed in (9)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- Vedic Metre in its Historical Development — Arnold 1905, English
- La religion védique d'après les hymnes du Rig-Véda — Bergaigne 1878, French
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — Muir 1858, English
- History of Indian Medicine, containing Notices, Biographical and Bibliographical, of the Āyurvedic Physicians and their Works on Medicine — Mukhopadhyaya 1923, English
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German
- Die Hymnen des Rigveda, Bd. I: Metrische und textgeschichtliche Prolegomena — Oldenberg 1888, German
- Vedic Mythology — Macdonell 1897, English