Rigveda 7.68
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 7.68
- Language
- Sanskrit
7.68.1
ā śu̍bhrā yātam aśvinā̱ svaśvā̱ giro̍ dasrā jujuṣā̱ṇā yu̱vāko̍ḥ |
ha̱vyāni̍ ca̱ prati̍bhṛtā vī̱taṁ na̍ḥ ||
COME, radiant Aṣvins, with your noble horses: accept your servant's hymns, ye Wonder-Workers: Enjoy oblations which we bring to greet you.
7.68.2
pra vā̱m andhā̍ṁsi̱ madyā̍ny asthu̱r ara̍ṁ gantaṁ ha̱viṣo̍ vī̱taye̍ me |
ti̱ro a̱ryo hava̍nāni śru̱taṁ na̍ḥ ||
The gladdening juices stand prepared before you: come quickly and partake of mine oblation. Pass by the calling of our foe and bear us.
7.68.3
pra vā̱ṁ ratho̱ mano̍javā iyarti ti̱ro rajā̍ṁsy aśvinā śa̱toti̍ḥ |
a̱smabhya̍ṁ sūryāvasū iyā̱naḥ ||
Your chariot with a hundred aids, O Aṣvins, beareth you swift as thought across the regions, Speeding to us, O ye whose wealth is Sûrya.
7.68.4
a̱yaṁ ha̱ yad vā̍ṁ deva̱yā u̱ adri̍r ū̱rdhvo viva̍kti soma̱sud yu̱vabhyā̍m |
ā va̱lgū vipro̍ vavṛtīta ha̱vyaiḥ ||
What time this stone of yours, the Gods' adorer, upraised, sounds forth for you as Soma-presser, Let the priest bring you, Fair Ones, through oblations.
7.68.5
ci̱traṁ ha̱ yad vā̱m bhoja̍na̱ṁ nv asti̱ ny atra̍ye̱ mahi̍ṣvantaṁ yuyotam |
yo vā̍m o̱māna̱ṁ dadha̍te pri̱yaḥ san ||
The nourishment ye have is, truly, wondrous: ye gave thereof a quickening store to Atri, Who being dear to you, receives your favour.
7.68.6
u̱ta tyad vā̍ṁ jura̱te a̍śvinā bhū̱c cyavā̍nāya pra̱tītya̍ṁ havi̱rde |
adhi̱ yad varpa̍ i̱taū̍ti dha̱tthaḥ ||
That gift, which all may gain, ye gave Chyavâna, when he grew old, who offered you oblations, When ye bestowed on him enduring beauty.
7.68.7
u̱ta tyam bhu̱jyum a̍śvinā̱ sakhā̍yo̱ madhye̍ jahur du̱revā̍saḥ samu̱dre |
nir ī̍m parṣa̱d arā̍vā̱ yo yu̱vāku̍ḥ ||
What time his wicked friends abandoned Bhujyu, O Aṣvins, in the middle of the ocean, Your horse delivered him, your faithful servant.
7.68.8
vṛkā̍ya ci̱j jasa̍mānāya śaktam u̱ta śru̍taṁ śa̱yave̍ hū̱yamā̍nā |
yāv a̱ghnyām api̍nvatam a̱po na sta̱rya̍ṁ cic cha̱kty a̍śvinā̱ śacī̍bhiḥ ||
Ye lent your aid to Vṛika when exhausted, and listened when invoked to Ṣayu's calling. Ye made the cow pour forth her milk like water, and, Aṣvins, strengthened with your strength the barren.
7.68.9
e̱ṣa sya kā̱rur ja̍rate sū̱ktair agre̍ budhā̱na u̱ṣasā̍ṁ su̱manmā̍ |
i̱ṣā taṁ va̍rdhad a̱ghnyā payo̍bhir yū̱yam pā̍ta sva̱stibhi̱ḥ sadā̍ naḥ ||
With his fair hymns this singer, too, extols you, waking with glad thoughts at the break of morning. May the cow nourish him with milk to feed llim. 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
Other recensions (1)
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