Rigveda 7.59
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 7.59
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- Sanskrit
7.59.1
yaṁ trāya̍dhva i̱dam-i̍da̱ṁ devā̍so̱ yaṁ ca̱ naya̍tha |
tasmā̍ agne̱ varu̍ṇa̱ mitrārya̍ma̱n maru̍ta̱ḥ śarma̍ yacchata ||
WHOMSO ye rescue here and there, whomso ye guide, O Deities, To him give shelter, Agni, Mitra, Varuṇa, ye Maruts, and thou Aryaman.
7.59.2
yu̱ṣmāka̍ṁ devā̱ ava̱sāha̍ni pri̱ya ī̍jā̱nas ta̍rati̱ dviṣa̍ḥ |
pra sa kṣaya̍ṁ tirate̱ vi ma̱hīr iṣo̱ yo vo̱ varā̍ya̱ dāśa̍ti ||
Through your kind favour, Gods, on some auspicious day, the worshipper subdues his foes. That man increases home and strengthening ample food who brings you offerings as ye list.
7.59.3
na̱hi va̍ś cara̱maṁ ca̱na vasi̍ṣṭhaḥ pari̱maṁsa̍te |
a̱smāka̍m a̱dya ma̍rutaḥ su̱te sacā̱ viśve̍ pibata kā̱mina̍ḥ ||
Vasishṭha will not overlook the lowliest one among you all. O Maruts, of our Soma juice effused to-day drink all of you with eager haste.
7.59.4
na̱hi va̍ ū̱tiḥ pṛta̍nāsu̱ mardha̍ti̱ yasmā̱ arā̍dhvaṁ naraḥ |
a̱bhi va̱ āva̍rt suma̱tir navī̍yasī̱ tūya̍ṁ yāta pipīṣavaḥ ||
Your succour in the battle injures not the man to whom ye, Heroes, grant your gifts. May your most recent favour turn to us again. Come quickly, ye who fain would drink.
7.59.5
o ṣu ghṛ̍ṣvirādhaso yā̱tanāndhā̍ṁsi pī̱taye̍ |
i̱mā vo̍ ha̱vyā ma̍ruto ra̱re hi ka̱m mo ṣv a1̱̍nyatra̍ gantana ||
Come hitherward to drink the juice, O ye whose bounties give you joy. These offerings are for you, these, Maruts, I present. Go not to any place but this.
7.59.6
ā ca̍ no ba̱rhiḥ sada̍tāvi̱tā ca̍ naḥ spā̱rhāṇi̱ dāta̍ve̱ vasu̍ |
asre̍dhanto marutaḥ so̱mye madhau̱ svāhe̱ha mā̍dayādhvai ||
Sit on our sacred grass, be graciously inclined to give the wealth for which we long, To take delight, ye Maruts, Friends of all, with Svâhâ, in sweet Soma juice.
7.59.7
sa̱svaś ci̱d dhi ta̱nva1̱̍ḥ śumbha̍mānā̱ ā ha̱ṁsāso̱ nīla̍pṛṣṭhā apaptan |
viśva̱ṁ śardho̍ a̱bhito̍ mā̱ ni ṣe̍da̱ naro̱ na ra̱ṇvāḥ sava̍ne̱ mada̍ntaḥ ||
Decking the beauty of their forms in secret the Swans with purple backs have flown down hither. Around me all the Company hath settled, like joyous Heroes glad in our libation.
7.59.8
yo no̍ maruto a̱bhi du̍rhṛṇā̱yus ti̱raś ci̱ttāni̍ vasavo̱ jighā̍ṁsati |
dru̱haḥ pāśā̱n prati̱ sa mu̍cīṣṭa̱ tapi̍ṣṭhena̱ hanma̍nā hantanā̱ tam ||
Maruts, the man whose wrath is hard to master, he who would slay us ere we think, O Vasus, May he be tangled in the toils of mischief; smite ye him down with your most flaming weapon.
7.59.9
sāṁta̍panā i̱daṁ ha̱vir maru̍ta̱s taj ju̍juṣṭana |
yu̱ṣmāko̱tī ri̍śādasaḥ ||
O Maruts, ye consuming Gods, enjoy this offering brought for you, To help us, ye who slay the foe.
7.59.10
gṛha̍medhāsa̱ ā ga̍ta̱ maru̍to̱ māpa̍ bhūtana |
yu̱ṣmāko̱tī su̍dānavaḥ ||
Sharers of household sacrifice, come, Maruts, stay not far away, That ye may help us, Bounteous Ones.
7.59.11
i̱heha̍ vaḥ svatavasa̱ḥ kava̍ya̱ḥ sūrya̍tvacaḥ |
ya̱jñam ma̍ruta̱ ā vṛ̍ṇe ||
Here, Self-strong Maruts, yea, even here. ye Sages with your sunbright skins I dedicate your sacrifice.
7.59.12
trya̍mbakaṁ yajāmahe su̱gandhi̍m puṣṭi̱vardha̍nam |
u̱rvā̱ru̱kam i̍va̱ bandha̍nān mṛ̱tyor mu̍kṣīya̱ māmṛtā̍t ||
Tryambaka we worship, sweet augmenter of prosperity. As from its stem the cucumber, so may I be released from death, not reft of immortality.
Translations (7)
- 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
- Vedic Hymns, Part I: Hymns to the Maruts, Rudra, Vāyu and Vāta (SBE 32) — Friedrich Max Müller 1891, English
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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