Rigveda 7.81
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 7.81
- Language
- Sanskrit
7.81.1
praty u̍ adarśy āya̱ty u1̱̍cchantī̍ duhi̱tā di̱vaḥ |
apo̱ mahi̍ vyayati̱ cakṣa̍se̱ tamo̱ jyoti̍ṣ kṛṇoti sū̱narī̍ ||
ADVANCING, sending forth her rays, the Daughter of the Sky is seen. Uncovering, that we may see, the mighty gloom, the friendly Lady makes the light.
7.81.2
ud u̱sriyā̍ḥ sṛjate̱ sūrya̱ḥ sacā̍m̐ u̱dyan nakṣa̍tram arci̱vat |
taved u̍ṣo̱ vyuṣi̱ sūrya̍sya ca̱ sam bha̱ktena̍ gamemahi ||
The Sun ascending, the refulgent Star, pours down his beams together with the Dawn. O Dawn, at thine arising, and the Sun's, may we attain the share allotted us.
7.81.3
prati̍ tvā duhitar diva̱ uṣo̍ jī̱rā a̍bhutsmahi |
yā vaha̍si pu̱ru spā̱rhaṁ va̍nanvati̱ ratna̱ṁ na dā̱śuṣe̱ maya̍ḥ ||
Promptly we woke to welcome thee, O Ushas, Daughter of the Sky, Thee, Bounteous One, who bringest all we long to have, and to the offerer health and wealth.
7.81.4
u̱cchantī̱ yā kṛ̱ṇoṣi̍ ma̱ṁhanā̍ mahi pra̱khyai de̍vi̱ sva̍r dṛ̱śe |
tasyā̍s te ratna̱bhāja̍ īmahe va̱yaṁ syāma̍ mā̱tur na sū̱nava̍ḥ ||
Thou, dawning, workest fain to light the great world, yea, heaven, Goddess! that it may be seen. We yearn to be thine own, Dealer of Wealth: may we be to this Mother like her sons.
7.81.5
tac ci̱traṁ rādha̱ ā bha̱roṣo̱ yad dī̍rgha̱śrutta̍mam |
yat te̍ divo duhitar marta̱bhoja̍na̱ṁ tad rā̍sva bhu̱najā̍mahai ||
Bring us that wondrous bounty, Dawn, that shall be famed most far away. What, Child of Heaven, thou hast of nourishment for man, bestow thou on us to enjoy.
7.81.6
śrava̍ḥ sū̱ribhyo̍ a̱mṛta̍ṁ vasutva̱naṁ vājā̍m̐ a̱smabhya̱ṁ goma̍taḥ |
co̱da̱yi̱trī ma̱ghona̍ḥ sū̱nṛtā̍vaty u̱ṣā u̍ccha̱d apa̱ sridha̍ḥ ||
Give to our princes opulence and immortal fame, and strength in herds of kine to us. May she who prompts the wealthy, Lady of sweet strains, may Ushas dawn our foes away.
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
- 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)
Linked texts (10)
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- Vedic Metre in its Historical Development — E. Vernon Arnold, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- Die Hymnen des Rigveda, Bd. I: Metrische und textgeschichtliche Prolegomena — Hermann Oldenberg, German
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- The Religions of India — Edward Washburn Hopkins, English
- Vedic Mythology — Arthur Anthony Macdonell, English