Rigveda 7.73
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 7.73
- Language
- Sanskrit
7.73.1
atā̍riṣma̱ tama̍sas pā̱ram a̱sya prati̱ stoma̍ṁ deva̱yanto̱ dadhā̍nāḥ |
pu̱ru̱daṁsā̍ puru̱tamā̍ purā̱jāma̍rtyā havate a̱śvinā̱ gīḥ ||
WE have o'erpassed the limit of this darkness while, worshipping the Gods, we sang their praises. The song invoketh both Immortal Aṣvins far-reaching, born of old, great WonderWorkers.
7.73.2
ny u̍ pri̱yo manu̍ṣaḥ sādi̱ hotā̱ nāsa̍tyā̱ yo yaja̍te̱ vanda̍te ca |
a̱śnī̱tam madhvo̍ aśvinā upā̱ka ā vā̍ṁ voce vi̱dathe̍ṣu̱ praya̍svān ||
And, O Nâsatyas, man's dear Priest is seated, who brings to sacrifice and offers worship, Be near and taste the pleasant juice, O Aṣvins: with food, I call you to the sacrifices.
7.73.3
ahe̍ma ya̱jñam pa̱thām u̍rā̱ṇā i̱māṁ su̍vṛ̱ktiṁ vṛ̍ṣaṇā juṣethām |
śru̱ṣṭī̱veva̱ preṣi̍to vām abodhi̱ prati̱ stomai̱r jara̍māṇo̱ vasi̍ṣṭhaḥ ||
We choosing you, have let our worship follow its course: ye Steers, accept this hymn with favour. Obeying you as your appointed servant, Vasishṭha singing hath with lauds aroused you.
7.73.4
upa̱ tyā vahnī̍ gamato̱ viśa̍ṁ no rakṣo̱haṇā̱ sambhṛ̍tā vī̱ḻupā̍ṇī |
sam andhā̍ṁsy agmata matsa̱rāṇi̱ mā no̍ mardhiṣṭa̱m ā ga̍taṁ śi̱vena̍ ||
And these Two Priests come nigh unto our people, united, demon-slayers, mighty-handed. The juices that exhilarate are mingled. Injure us not, but come with happy fortune.
7.73.5
ā pa̱ścātā̍n nāsa̱tyā pu̱rastā̱d āśvi̍nā yātam adha̱rād uda̍ktāt |
ā vi̱śvata̱ḥ pāñca̍janyena rā̱yā yū̱yam pā̍ta sva̱stibhi̱ḥ sadā̍ naḥ ||
Come from the west, come from the cast, Nâsatyas, come, Aṣvins, from below and from above us. Bring wealth from all sides for the Fivefold People. 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
- Vedabhāṣya — Mādhava, Sanskrit
- Vedabhāṣyasāra — Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣyabhūmikā — Dayānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
Linked texts (3)
- Saṃhitāpadapāṭha — Sanskrit
- Padapāṭha — Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitāpadapāṭha — Sanskrit
Discussed in (9)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- La religion védique d'après les hymnes du Rig-Véda — Bergaigne 1878, French
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — Muir 1858, English
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German
- Vedic Metre in its Historical Development — Arnold 1905, English
- Die Hymnen des Rigveda, Bd. I: Metrische und textgeschichtliche Prolegomena — Oldenberg 1888, German
- Vedic Mythology — Macdonell 1897, English