Rigveda 7.44
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 7.44
- Language
- Sanskrit
7.44.1
da̱dhi̱krāṁ va̍ḥ pratha̱mam a̱śvino̱ṣasa̍m a̱gniṁ sami̍ddha̱m bhaga̍m ū̱taye̍ huve |
indra̱ṁ viṣṇu̍m pū̱ṣaṇa̱m brahma̍ṇa̱s pati̍m ādi̱tyān dyāvā̍pṛthi̱vī a̱paḥ sva̍ḥ ||
I CALL on Dadhikrâs, the first, to give you aid, the Aṣvins, Bhaga, Dawn, and Agni kindled well, Indra, and Vishṇu, Pûshan, Brahmaṇaspati, Âdityas, Heaven and Earth, the Waters, and the Light.
7.44.2
da̱dhi̱krām u̱ nama̍sā bo̱dhaya̍nta u̱dīrā̍ṇā ya̱jñam u̍papra̱yanta̍ḥ |
iḻā̍ṁ de̱vīm ba̱rhiṣi̍ sā̱daya̍nto̱ 'śvinā̱ viprā̍ su̱havā̍ huvema ||
When, rising, to the sacrifice we hasten, awaking Dadhikrâs with adorations. Seating on sacred grass the Goddess Iḷâ. let us invoke the sage swift-hearing Aṣvins.
7.44.3
da̱dhi̱krāvā̍ṇam bubudhā̱no a̱gnim upa̍ bruva u̱ṣasa̱ṁ sūrya̱ṁ gām |
bra̱dhnam ma̍m̐śca̱tor varu̍ṇasya ba̱bhruṁ te viśvā̱smad du̍ri̱tā yā̍vayantu ||
While I am thus arousing Dadhikrâvan I speak to Agni, Earth, and Dawn, and Sûrya, The red, the brown of Varuṇa ever mindful: may they ward off from us all grief and trouble.
7.44.4
da̱dhi̱krāvā̍ pratha̱mo vā̱jy arvāgre̱ rathā̍nām bhavati prajā̱nan |
sa̱ṁvi̱dā̱na u̱ṣasā̱ sūrye̍ṇādi̱tyebhi̱r vasu̍bhi̱r aṅgi̍robhiḥ ||
Foremost is Dadhikrâvan, vigorous courser; in forefront of the cars, his way he knoweth, Closely allied with Sûrya and with Morning, Âdityas, and Angirases, and Vasus.
7.44.5
ā no̍ dadhi̱krāḥ pa̱thyā̍m anaktv ṛ̱tasya̱ panthā̱m anve̍ta̱vā u̍ |
śṛ̱ṇotu̍ no̱ daivya̱ṁ śardho̍ a̱gniḥ śṛ̱ṇvantu̱ viśve̍ mahi̱ṣā amū̍rāḥ ||
May Dadhikrâs prepare the way we travel that we may pass along the path of Order. May Agni bear us, and the Heavenly Army: hear us all Mighty Ones whom none deceiveth.
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
Other recensions (1)
Linked texts (12)
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- La religion védique d'après les hymnes du Rig-Véda — Abel Bergaigne, French
- Vedic Metre in its Historical Development — E. Vernon Arnold, English
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- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — John Muir, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- History of Indian Medicine, containing Notices, Biographical and Bibliographical, of the Āyurvedic Physicians and their Works on Medicine — Girindranath Mukhopadhyaya, English
- Saṃhitāpadapāṭha — Sanskrit
- Die Religion des Veda — Hermann Oldenberg, German
- Padapāṭha — Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitāpadapāṭha — Sanskrit
- On the Origin of the Indian Brāhma Alphabet — G. Bühler, English