Rigveda 7.67
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 7.67
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- Sanskrit
7.67.1
prati̍ vā̱ṁ ratha̍ṁ nṛpatī ja̱radhyai̍ ha̱viṣma̍tā̱ mana̍sā ya̱jñiye̍na |
yo vā̍ṁ dū̱to na dhi̍ṣṇyā̱v ajī̍ga̱r acchā̍ sū̱nur na pi̱tarā̍ vivakmi ||
I WITH a holy heart that brings oblation will sing forth praise to meet your car, ye Princes, Which, Much-desired! hath wakened as your envoy. I call you hither as a son his parents.
7.67.2
aśo̍cy a̱gniḥ sa̍midhā̱no a̱sme upo̍ adṛśra̱n tama̍saś ci̱d antā̍ḥ |
ace̍ti ke̱tur u̱ṣasa̍ḥ pu̱rastā̍c chri̱ye di̱vo du̍hi̱tur jāya̍mānaḥ ||
Brightly hath Agni shone by us enkindled: the limits even of darkness were apparent. Eastward is seen the Banner of the Morning, the Banner born to give Heaven's Daughter glory.
7.67.3
a̱bhi vā̍ṁ nū̱nam a̍śvinā̱ suho̍tā̱ stomai̍ḥ siṣakti nāsatyā viva̱kvān |
pū̱rvībhi̍r yātam pa̱thyā̍bhir a̱rvāk sva̱rvidā̱ vasu̍matā̱ rathe̍na ||
With hymns the deft priest is about you, Aṣvins, the eloquent priest attends you now, Nâsatyas. Come by the paths that ye are wont to travel, on car that finds the light, laden with treasure.
7.67.4
a̱vor vā̍ṁ nū̱nam a̍śvinā yu̱vāku̍r hu̱ve yad vā̍ṁ su̱te mā̍dhvī vasū̱yuḥ |
ā vā̍ṁ vahantu̱ sthavi̍rāso̱ aśvā̱ḥ pibā̍tho a̱sme suṣu̍tā̱ madhū̍ni ||
When, suppliant for your help, Lovers of Sweetness! I seeking wealth call you to our libation, Hitherward let your vigorous horses bear you: drink ye with us the well-pressed Soma juices.
7.67.5
prācī̍m u devāśvinā̱ dhiya̱m me 'mṛ̍dhrāṁ sā̱taye̍ kṛtaṁ vasū̱yum |
viśvā̍ aviṣṭa̱ṁ vāja̱ ā pura̍ṁdhī̱s tā na̍ḥ śaktaṁ śacīpatī̱ śacī̍bhiḥ ||
Bring forward, Aṣvins, Gods, to its fulfilment my never-wearied prayer that asks for riches. Vouchsafe us all high spirit in the combat, and with your powers, O Lords of Power, assist us.
7.67.6
a̱vi̱ṣṭaṁ dhī̱ṣv a̍śvinā na ā̱su pra̱jāva̱d reto̱ ahra̍yaṁ no astu |
ā vā̍ṁ to̱ke tana̍ye̱ tūtu̍jānāḥ su̱ratnā̍so de̱vavī̍tiṁ gamema ||
Favour us in these prayers of ours, O Aṣvins. May we have genial vigour, ne'er to fail us. So may we, strong in children and descendants, go, wealthy, to the banquet that awaits you.
7.67.7
e̱ṣa sya vā̍m pūrva̱gatve̍va̱ sakhye̍ ni̱dhir hi̱to mā̍dhvī rā̱to a̱sme |
ahe̍ḻatā̱ mana̱sā yā̍tam a̱rvāg a̱śnantā̍ ha̱vyam mānu̍ṣīṣu vi̱kṣu ||
Lovers of Sweetness, we have brought this treasure to you as 'twere an envoy sent for friendship. Come unto us with spirits free from anger, in homes of men enjoying our oblation.
7.67.8
eka̍smi̱n yoge̍ bhuraṇā samā̱ne pari̍ vāṁ sa̱pta sra̱vato̱ ratho̍ gāt |
na vā̍yanti su̱bhvo̍ de̱vayu̍ktā̱ ye vā̍ṁ dhū̱rṣu ta̱raṇa̍yo̱ vaha̍nti ||
With one, the same, intention, ye swift movers, o'er the Seven Rivers hath your chariot travelled. Yoked by the Gods, your strong steeds never weary while speeding forward at the pole they bear you.
7.67.9
a̱sa̱ścatā̍ ma̱ghava̍dbhyo̱ hi bhū̱taṁ ye rā̱yā ma̍gha̱deya̍ṁ ju̱nanti̍ |
pra ye bandhu̍ṁ sū̱nṛtā̍bhis ti̱rante̱ gavyā̍ pṛ̱ñcanto̱ aśvyā̍ ma̱ghāni̍ ||
Exhaustless be your bounty to our princes who with their wealth incite the gift of riches, Who further friendship with their noble natures, combining wealth in kine with wealth in herses.
7.67.10
nū me̱ hava̱m ā śṛ̍ṇutaṁ yuvānā yāsi̱ṣṭaṁ va̱rtir a̍śvinā̱v irā̍vat |
dha̱ttaṁ ratnā̍ni̱ jara̍taṁ ca sū̱rīn yū̱yam pā̍ta sva̱stibhi̱ḥ sadā̍ naḥ ||
Now hear, O Youthful Twain, mine invocation: come, Aṣvins, to the home where food aboundeth. Vouchsafe us wealth, do honour to our nobles. Preserve us evermore, ye Gods, with blessings.
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
- Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Skandasvāmin) — Skandasvāmin, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Udgītha) — Udgītha, Sanskrit
- Ṛgarthadīpikā — Veṅkaṭamādhava, Sanskrit
- Ṛgbhāṣya (Madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitāvyākhyā — Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Udgīthācārya, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasūktanirukta — Mādhava, Sanskrit
- Bhāṣya — Sanskrit
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