Rigveda 6.7
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 6.7
- Language
- Sanskrit
6.7.1
mū̱rdhāna̍ṁ di̱vo a̍ra̱tim pṛ̍thi̱vyā vai̍śvāna̱ram ṛ̱ta ā jā̱tam a̱gnim |
ka̱viṁ sa̱mrāja̱m ati̍thi̱ṁ janā̍nām ā̱sann ā pātra̍ṁ janayanta de̱vāḥ ||
Him, messenger of earth and head of heaven, Agni Vaiṣvânara, born in holy Order, The Sage, the King, the guest of men, a vessel fit for their mouths, the Gods have generated.
6.7.2
nābhi̍ṁ ya̱jñānā̱ṁ sada̍naṁ rayī̱ṇām ma̱hām ā̍hā̱vam a̱bhi saṁ na̍vanta |
vai̱śvā̱na̱raṁ ra̱thya̍m adhva̱rāṇā̍ṁ ya̱jñasya̍ ke̱tuṁ ja̍nayanta de̱vāḥ ||
Him have they praised, mid-point of sacrifices, great cistern of libations, seat of riches. Vaiṣvânara, conveyer of oblations, ensign of worship, have the Gods engendered.
6.7.3
tvad vipro̍ jāyate vā̱jy a̍gne̱ tvad vī̱rāso̍ abhimāti̱ṣāha̍ḥ |
vaiśvā̍nara̱ tvam a̱smāsu̍ dhehi̱ vasū̍ni rājan spṛha̱yāyyā̍ṇi ||
From thee, O Agni, springs the mighty singer, from thee come heroes who subdue the foeman. O King, Vaiṣvânara, bestow thou on us excellent treasures worthy to belonged fo r.
6.7.4
tvāṁ viśve̍ amṛta̱ jāya̍māna̱ṁ śiśu̱ṁ na de̱vā a̱bhi saṁ na̍vante |
tava̱ kratu̍bhir amṛta̱tvam ā̍ya̱n vaiśvā̍nara̱ yat pi̱tror adī̍deḥ ||
To thee, Immortal! when to life thou springest, all the Gods sing for joy as to their infant. They by thy mental powers were made immortal, Vaiṣvânara, when thou shonest from thy Parents.
6.7.5
vaiśvā̍nara̱ tava̱ tāni̍ vra̱tāni̍ ma̱hāny a̍gne̱ naki̱r ā da̍dharṣa |
yaj jāya̍mānaḥ pi̱tror u̱pasthe 'vi̍ndaḥ ke̱tuṁ va̱yune̱ṣv ahnā̍m ||
Agni Vaiṣvânara, no one hath ever resisted these thy mighty ordinances, When thou, arising from thy Parents' bosom, foundest the light for days' appointed courses.
6.7.6
vai̱śvā̱na̱rasya̱ vimi̍tāni̱ cakṣa̍sā̱ sānū̍ni di̱vo a̱mṛta̍sya ke̱tunā̍ |
tasyed u̱ viśvā̱ bhuva̱nādhi̍ mū̱rdhani̍ va̱yā i̍va ruruhuḥ sa̱pta vi̱sruha̍ḥ ||
The summits of the heaven are traversed through and through by the Immortal's light, Vaiṣvânara's brilliancy. All creatures in existence rest upon his head. The Seven swift-flowing Streams have grown like branches forth,
6.7.7
vi yo rajā̱ṁsy ami̍mīta su̱kratu̍r vaiśvāna̱ro vi di̱vo ro̍ca̱nā ka̱viḥ |
pari̱ yo viśvā̱ bhuva̍nāni papra̱the 'da̍bdho go̱pā a̱mṛta̍sya rakṣi̱tā ||
Vaiṣvânara, who measured out the realms of air, Sage very wise who made the lucid spheres of heaven, The Undeceivable who spread out all the worlds, keeper is he and guard of immortality.
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
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