Rigveda 7.82
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 7.82
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- Sanskrit
7.82.1
indrā̍varuṇā yu̱vam a̍dhva̱rāya̍ no vi̱śe janā̍ya̱ mahi̱ śarma̍ yacchatam |
dī̱rghapra̍yajyu̱m ati̱ yo va̍nu̱ṣyati̍ va̱yaṁ ja̍yema̱ pṛta̍nāsu dū̱ḍhya̍ḥ ||
GRANT us your strong protection, IndraVaruṇa, our people, and our family, for sacrifice. May we subdue in fight our evil-hearted foes, him who attacks the man steadfast in lengthened rites.
7.82.2
sa̱mrāḻ a̱nyaḥ sva̱rāḻ a̱nya u̍cyate vām ma̱hāntā̱v indrā̱varu̍ṇā ma̱hāva̍sū |
viśve̍ de̱vāsa̍ḥ para̱me vyo̍mani̱ saṁ vā̱m ojo̍ vṛṣaṇā̱ sam bala̍ṁ dadhuḥ ||
O Indra-Varuṇa, mighty and very rich One of you is called Monarch and One Autocrat. All Gods in the most lofty region of the air have, O ye Steers, combined all power and might in you.
7.82.3
anv a̱pāṁ khāny a̍tṛnta̱m oja̱sā sūrya̍m airayataṁ di̱vi pra̱bhum |
indrā̍varuṇā̱ made̍ asya mā̱yino 'pi̍nvatam a̱pita̱ḥ pinva̍ta̱ṁ dhiya̍ḥ ||
Ye with your strength have pierced the fountains of the floods: the Sun have ye brought forward as the Lord in heaven. Cheered by this magic draught ye, Indra-Varuṇa, made the dry places stream, made songs of praise flow forth.
7.82.4
yu̱vām id yu̱tsu pṛta̍nāsu̱ vahna̍yo yu̱vāṁ kṣema̍sya prasa̱ve mi̱tajña̍vaḥ |
ī̱śā̱nā vasva̍ u̱bhaya̍sya kā̱rava̱ indrā̍varuṇā su̱havā̍ havāmahe ||
In battels and in frays we ministering priests, kneeling upon our knees for furtherance of our weal, Invoke you, only you, the Lords of twofold wealth, you prompt to hear, we bards, O Indra-Varuṇa.
7.82.5
indrā̍varuṇā̱ yad i̱māni̍ ca̱krathu̱r viśvā̍ jā̱tāni̱ bhuva̍nasya ma̱jmanā̍ |
kṣeme̍ṇa mi̱tro varu̍ṇaṁ duva̱syati̍ ma̱rudbhi̍r u̱graḥ śubha̍m a̱nya ī̍yate ||
O Indra-Varuṇa, as ye created all these creatures of the world by your surpassing might, In peace and quiet Mitra waits on Varuṇa, the Other, awful, with the Maruis seeks renown.
7.82.6
ma̱he śu̱lkāya̱ varu̍ṇasya̱ nu tvi̱ṣa ojo̍ mimāte dhru̱vam a̍sya̱ yat svam |
ajā̍mim a̱nyaḥ śna̱thaya̍nta̱m āti̍rad da̱bhrebhi̍r a̱nyaḥ pra vṛ̍ṇoti̱ bhūya̍saḥ ||
That Varuṇa's high worth may shine preeminent, these Twain have measured each his proper power and might. The One subdueth the destructive enemy; the Other with a few furthereth many a man.
7.82.7
na tam aṁho̱ na du̍ri̱tāni̱ martya̱m indrā̍varuṇā̱ na tapa̱ḥ kuta̍ś ca̱na |
yasya̍ devā̱ gaccha̍tho vī̱tho a̍dhva̱raṁ na tam marta̍sya naśate̱ pari̍hvṛtiḥ ||
No trouble, no misfortune, Indra-Varuṇa, no woe from any side assails the mortal man Whose sacrifice, O Gods, ye visit and enjoy: ne'er doth the crafty guile of mortal injure him.
7.82.8
a̱rvāṅ na̍rā̱ daivye̱nāva̱sā ga̍taṁ śṛṇu̱taṁ hava̱ṁ yadi̍ me̱ jujo̍ṣathaḥ |
yu̱vor hi sa̱khyam u̱ta vā̱ yad āpya̍m mārḍī̱kam i̍ndrāvaruṇā̱ ni ya̍cchatam ||
With your divine protection, Heroes, come to us: mine invncation hear, if ye be pleased therewith. Bestow ye upon us, O Indra-Varuṇa, your friendship and your kinship and your favouring grace.
7.82.9
a̱smāka̍m indrāvaruṇā̱ bhare̍-bhare puroyo̱dhā bha̍vataṁ kṛṣṭyojasā |
yad vā̱ṁ hava̍nta u̱bhaye̱ adha̍ spṛ̱dhi nara̍s to̱kasya̱ tana̍yasya sā̱tiṣu̍ ||
In battle after battle, Indra-Varuṇa, be ye our Champions, ye who are the peoples' strength, When both opposing bands invoke you for the fight, and men that they may gain offspring and progeny.
7.82.10
a̱sme indro̱ varu̍ṇo mi̱tro a̍rya̱mā dyu̱mnaṁ ya̍cchantu̱ mahi̱ śarma̍ sa̱pratha̍ḥ |
a̱va̱dhraṁ jyoti̱r adi̍ter ṛtā̱vṛdho̍ de̱vasya̱ śloka̍ṁ savi̱tur ma̍nāmahe ||
May Indra, Varuṇa, Mitra, and Aryaman vouchsafe us glory and great shelter spreading far. We think of the beneficent light of Aditi, and Savitar's song of praise, the God who strengthens Law.
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
- 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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