Rigveda 7.32
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 7.32
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- Sanskrit
7.32.1
mo ṣu tvā̍ vā̱ghata̍ś ca̱nāre a̱sman ni rī̍raman |
ā̱rāttā̍c cit sadha̱māda̍ṁ na̱ ā ga̍hī̱ha vā̱ sann upa̍ śrudhi ||
LET none, no, not thy worshippers, delay thee far away from us. Even from far away come thou unto our feast, or listen if already here.
7.32.2
i̱me hi te̍ brahma̱kṛta̍ḥ su̱te sacā̱ madhau̱ na makṣa̱ āsa̍te |
indre̱ kāma̍ṁ jari̱tāro̍ vasū̱yavo̱ rathe̱ na pāda̱m ā da̍dhuḥ ||
For here, like flies on honey, these who pray to thee sit by the juice that they have poured. Wealth-craving singers have on Indra set their hope, as men set foot upon a car.
7.32.3
rā̱yaskā̍mo̱ vajra̍hastaṁ su̱dakṣi̍ṇam pu̱tro na pi̱tara̍ṁ huve ||
Longing for wealth I call on him, the Thunderer with the strong right hand, As a son calleth on his sire.
7.32.4
i̱ma indrā̍ya sunvire̱ somā̍so̱ dadhyā̍śiraḥ |
tām̐ ā madā̍ya vajrahasta pī̱taye̱ hari̍bhyāṁ yā̱hy oka̱ ā ||
These Soma juices, mixed with curd, have been expressed for Indra here. Come with thy Bay Steeds, Thunder-wielder, to our home, to drink them till they make thee glad.
7.32.5
śrava̱c chrutka̍rṇa īyate̱ vasū̍nā̱ṁ nū ci̍n no mardhiṣa̱d gira̍ḥ |
sa̱dyaś ci̱d yaḥ sa̱hasrā̍ṇi śa̱tā dada̱n naki̱r ditsa̍nta̱m ā mi̍nat ||
May he whose ear is open hear us. He is asked for wealth: will he despise our prayer? Him who bestows at once a hundred thousand gifts none shall restrain when he would give.
7.32.6
sa vī̱ro apra̍tiṣkuta̱ indre̍ṇa śūśuve̱ nṛbhi̍ḥ |
yas te̍ gabhī̱rā sava̍nāni vṛtrahan su̱noty ā ca̱ dhāva̍ti ||
The hero never checked by men hath gained his strength through Indra, he Who presses out and pours his deep libations forth, O Vṛitra-slayer, unto thee.
7.32.7
bhavā̱ varū̍tham maghavan ma̱ghonā̱ṁ yat sa̱majā̍si̱ śardha̍taḥ |
vi tvāha̍tasya̱ veda̍nam bhajema̱hy ā dū̱ṇāśo̍ bharā̱ gaya̍m ||
When thou dost drive the fighting men together be, thou Mighty One, the mighty's shield. May we divide the wealth of him whom thou hast slain: bring us, Unreachable, his goods.
7.32.8
su̱notā̍ soma̱pāvne̱ soma̱m indrā̍ya va̱jriṇe̍ |
paca̍tā pa̱ktīr ava̍se kṛṇu̱dhvam it pṛ̱ṇann it pṛ̍ṇa̱te maya̍ḥ ||
For Indra, Soma-drinker, armed with thunder, press the Soma juice. Make ready your dressed meats: cause him to favour us. The Giver blesses him who gives.
7.32.9
mā sre̍dhata somino̱ dakṣa̍tā ma̱he kṛ̍ṇu̱dhvaṁ rā̱ya ā̱tuje̍ |
ta̱raṇi̱r ij ja̍yati̱ kṣeti̱ puṣya̍ti̱ na de̱vāsa̍ḥ kava̱tnave̍ ||
Grudge not, ye Soma pourers; stir you, pay the rites, for wealth, to the great Conqueror. Only the active conquers dwells in peace, and thrives: not for the niggard are the Gods.
7.32.10
naki̍ḥ su̱dāso̱ ratha̱m pary ā̍sa̱ na rī̍ramat |
indro̱ yasyā̍vi̱tā yasya̍ ma̱ruto̱ gama̱t sa goma̍ti vra̱je ||
No one hath overturned or stayed the car of him who freely gives. The man whom Indra and the Marut host defend comes to a stable full of kine.
7.32.11
gama̱d vāja̍ṁ vā̱jaya̍nn indra̱ martyo̱ yasya̱ tvam a̍vi̱tā bhuva̍ḥ |
a̱smāka̍m bodhy avi̱tā rathā̍nām a̱smāka̍ṁ śūra nṛ̱ṇām ||
Indra, that man when fighting shall obtain the spoil, whose strong defender thou wilt be. Be thou the gracious helper, Hero I of our cars, be thou the helper of our men.
7.32.12
ud in nv a̍sya ricya̱te 'ṁśo̱ dhana̱ṁ na ji̱gyuṣa̍ḥ |
ya indro̱ hari̍vā̱n na da̍bhanti̱ taṁ ripo̱ dakṣa̍ṁ dadhāti so̱mini̍ ||
His portion is exceeding great like a victorious soldier's spoil. Him who is Indra, Lord of Bays, no foes subdue. He gives the Soma-pourer strength.
7.32.13
mantra̱m akha̍rva̱ṁ sudhi̍taṁ su̱peśa̍sa̱ṁ dadhā̍ta ya̱jñiye̱ṣv ā |
pū̱rvīś ca̱na prasi̍tayas taranti̱ taṁ ya indre̱ karma̍ṇā̱ bhuva̍t ||
Make for the Holy Gods a hymn that is not mean, but well-arranged and fair of form. Even many snares and bonds subdue not him who dwells with Indra through his sacrifice.
7.32.14
kas tam i̍ndra̱ tvāva̍su̱m ā martyo̍ dadharṣati |
śra̱ddhā it te̍ maghava̱n pārye̍ di̱vi vā̱jī vāja̍ṁ siṣāsati ||
Indra, what mortal will attack the man who hath his wealth in thee? The strong will win the spoil on the decisive day through faith in thee, O Maghavan.
7.32.15
ma̱ghona̍ḥ sma vṛtra̱hatye̍ṣu codaya̱ ye dada̍ti pri̱yā vasu̍ |
tava̱ praṇī̍tī haryaśva sū̱ribhi̱r viśvā̍ tarema duri̱tā ||
In battles with the foe urge on our mighty ones who give the treasures dear to thee, And may we with our princes, Lord of Tawny Steeds! pass through all peril, led by thee.
7.32.16
taved i̍ndrāva̱maṁ vasu̱ tvam pu̍ṣyasi madhya̱mam |
sa̱trā viśva̍sya para̱masya̍ rājasi̱ naki̍ṣ ṭvā̱ goṣu̍ vṛṇvate ||
Thine, Indra, is the lowest wealth, thou cherishest the mid-most wealth, Thou ever rulest all the highest: in the fray for cattle none resisteth thee.
7.32.17
tvaṁ viśva̍sya dhana̱dā a̍si śru̱to ya ī̱m bhava̍nty ā̱jaya̍ḥ |
tavā̱yaṁ viśva̍ḥ puruhūta̱ pārthi̍vo 'va̱syur nāma̍ bhikṣate ||
Thou art renowned as giving wealth to every one in all the battles that are fought. Craving protection, all these people of the earth, O Much-invoked, implore thy name.
7.32.18
yad i̍ndra̱ yāva̍ta̱s tvam e̱tāva̍d a̱ham īśī̍ya |
sto̱tāra̱m id di̍dhiṣeya radāvaso̱ na pā̍pa̱tvāya̍ rāsīya ||
If I, O Indra, were the Lord of riches ample as thine own, I should support the singer, God. who givest wealth! and not abandon him to woe.
7.32.19
śikṣe̍ya̱m in ma̍haya̱te di̱ve-di̍ve rā̱ya ā ku̍haci̱dvide̍ |
na̱hi tvad a̱nyan ma̍ghavan na̱ āpya̱ṁ vasyo̱ asti̍ pi̱tā ca̱na ||
Each day would I enrich the man who sang my praise, in whatsoever place he were. No kinship is there better, Maghavan, than thine: a father even is no more.
7.32.20
ta̱raṇi̱r it si̍ṣāsati̱ vāja̱m pura̍ṁdhyā yu̱jā |
ā va̱ indra̍m puruhū̱taṁ na̍me gi̱rā ne̱miṁ taṣṭe̍va su̱drva̍m ||
With Plenty for his true ally the active man will gain the spoil. Your Indra, Much-invoked, I bend with song, as bends a wright his wheel of solid wood.
7.32.21
na du̍ṣṭu̱tī martyo̍ vindate̱ vasu̱ na sredha̍ntaṁ ra̱yir na̍śat |
su̱śakti̱r in ma̍ghava̱n tubhya̱m māva̍te de̱ṣṇaṁ yat pārye̍ di̱vi ||
A moral wins no riches by unworthy praise: wealth comes not to the niggard churl. Light is the task to give, O Maghavan, to one like me on the decisive day.
7.32.22
a̱bhi tvā̍ śūra nonu̱mo 'du̍gdhā iva dhe̱nava̍ḥ |
īśā̍nam a̱sya jaga̍taḥ sva̱rdṛśa̱m īśā̍nam indra ta̱sthuṣa̍ḥ ||
Like kine unmilked we call aloud, Hero, to thee, and sing thy praise, Looker on heavenly light, Lord of this moving world, Lord, Indra, of what moveth not.
7.32.23
na tvāvā̍m̐ a̱nyo di̱vyo na pārthi̍vo̱ na jā̱to na ja̍niṣyate |
a̱śvā̱yanto̍ maghavann indra vā̱jino̍ ga̱vyanta̍s tvā havāmahe ||
None other like to thee, of earth or of the heavens, hath been or ever will be born. Desiring horses, Indra Maghavan! and kine, as men of might we call on thee.
7.32.24
a̱bhī ṣa̱tas tad ā bha̱rendra̱ jyāya̱ḥ kanī̍yasaḥ |
pu̱rū̱vasu̱r hi ma̍ghavan sa̱nād asi̱ bhare̍-bhare ca̱ havya̍ḥ ||
Bring, Indra, the Victorious Ones; bring, elder thou, the younger host. For, Maghavan, thou art rich in treasures from of old, and must be called in every fight.
7.32.25
parā̍ ṇudasva maghavann a̱mitrā̍n su̱vedā̍ no̱ vasū̍ kṛdhi |
a̱smāka̍m bodhy avi̱tā ma̍hādha̱ne bhavā̍ vṛ̱dhaḥ sakhī̍nām ||
Drive thou away our enemies, O Maghavan: make riches easy to be won. Be thou our good Protector in the strife for spoil: Cherisher of our friends be thou.
7.32.26
indra̱ kratu̍ṁ na̱ ā bha̍ra pi̱tā pu̱trebhyo̱ yathā̍ |
śikṣā̍ ṇo a̱smin pu̍ruhūta̱ yāma̍ni jī̱vā jyoti̍r aśīmahi ||
O Indra, give us wisdom as a sire gives wisdom to his sons. Guide us, O Much-invoked, in this our way may we still live and look upon the light.
7.32.27
mā no̱ ajñā̍tā vṛ̱janā̍ durā̱dhyo̱3̱̍ māśi̍vāso̱ ava̍ kramuḥ |
tvayā̍ va̱yam pra̱vata̱ḥ śaśva̍tīr a̱po 'ti̍ śūra tarāmasi ||
Grant that no mighty foes, unknown, malevolent, unhallowed, tread us to the ground. With thine assistance, Hero, may we ass through all the waters that are rul`ng down.
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
- 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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