Rigveda 8.11
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 8.11
- Language
- Sanskrit
8.11.1
tvam a̍gne vrata̱pā a̍si de̱va ā martye̱ṣv ā |
tvaṁ ya̱jñeṣv īḍya̍ḥ ||
THOU Agni, God mid mortal men, art guard of sacred rites, thou art To be adored at sacrifice.
8.11.2
tvam a̍si pra̱śasyo̍ vi̱dathe̍ṣu sahantya |
agne̍ ra̱thīr a̍dhva̱rāṇā̍m ||
O Mighty Agni, thou must be glorified at our festivals, Bearing our offerings to the Gods.
8.11.3
sa tvam a̱smad apa̱ dviṣo̍ yuyo̱dhi jā̍tavedaḥ |
ade̍vīr agne̱ arā̍tīḥ ||
O Jâtavedas Agni, fight and drive our foes afar from us, Themand their godless enmities.
8.11.4
anti̍ ci̱t santa̱m aha̍ ya̱jñam marta̍sya ri̱poḥ |
nopa̍ veṣi jātavedaḥ ||
Thou, Jâtavedas, seekest not the worship of a hostile man, However nigh it be to thee.
8.11.5
martā̱ ama̍rtyasya te̱ bhūri̱ nāma̍ manāmahe |
viprā̍so jā̱tave̍dasaḥ ||
We sages, mortals as we are, adore the mighty name oof thee, Immortal Jâtavedas' name.
8.11.6
vipra̱ṁ viprā̱so 'va̍se de̱vam martā̍sa ū̱taye̍ |
a̱gniṁ gī̱rbhir ha̍vāmahe ||
Sages, we call the Sage to help, mortals, we call the God to aid: We call on Agni with our songs.
8.11.7
ā te̍ va̱tso mano̍ yamat para̱māc ci̍t sa̱dhasthā̍t |
agne̱ tvāṁkā̍mayā gi̱rā ||
May Vatsa draw- thy mind away even from thy loftiest dwelling-place, Agni, with song that yearns for thee.
8.11.8
pu̱ru̱trā hi sa̱dṛṅṅ asi̱ viśo̱ viśvā̱ anu̍ pra̱bhuḥ |
sa̱matsu̍ tvā havāmahe ||
Thou art the same in many a place: mid all the people thou art Lord. In fray and fightt we call on thee.
8.11.9
sa̱matsv a̱gnim ava̍se vāja̱yanto̍ havāmahe |
vāje̍ṣu ci̱trarā̍dhasam ||
When we are seeking strength we call Agni to help us in the strife, The giver of rich gifts in war.
8.11.10
pra̱tno hi ka̱m īḍyo̍ adhva̱reṣu̍ sa̱nāc ca̱ hotā̱ navya̍ś ca̱ satsi̍ |
svāṁ cā̍gne ta̱nva̍m pi̱praya̍svā̱smabhya̍ṁ ca̱ saubha̍ga̱m ā ya̍jasva ||
Ancient, adorablie at sacrifices, Priest from of old, meet for our praise, thou sittest. Fill full and satisfy thy body, Agni, and win us happiness by offering worship.
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
- Vedabhāṣya — Mādhava, Sanskrit
- Vedabhāṣyasāra — Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣyabhūmikā — Dayānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
Discussed in (9)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- La religion védique d'après les hymnes du Rig-Véda — Bergaigne 1878, French
- Vedic Metre in its Historical Development — Arnold 1905, English
- Die Hymnen des Rigveda, Bd. I: Metrische und textgeschichtliche Prolegomena — Oldenberg 1888, German
- Altindische Grammatik — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English
- Studies in the Upapurāṇas — Hazra 1958, English
- A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature, so far as it illustrates the Primitive Religion of the Brahmans — Müller 1859, English
- Vedic Mythology — Macdonell 1897, English