Rigveda 8.14
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 8.14
- Language
- Sanskrit
8.14.1
yad i̍ndrā̱haṁ yathā̱ tvam īśī̍ya̱ vasva̱ eka̱ it |
sto̱tā me̱ goṣa̍khā syāt ||
IF I, O Indra, were, like thee, the single Sovran of all wealth, My worshipper should be rich in kine.
8.14.2
śikṣe̍yam asmai̱ ditse̍ya̱ṁ śacī̍pate manī̱ṣiṇe̍ |
yad a̱haṁ gopa̍ti̱ḥ syām ||
I should be fain, O Lord of Power, to strengthen and enrich the sage, Were I the Lord of herds of kine.
8.14.3
dhe̱nuṣ ṭa̍ indra sū̱nṛtā̱ yaja̍mānāya sunva̱te |
gām aśva̍m pi̱pyuṣī̍ duhe ||
To worshippers who press the juice thy goodness, Indra, is a cow Yielding in plenty kine and steeds.
8.14.4
na te̍ va̱rtāsti̱ rādha̍sa̱ indra̍ de̱vo na martya̍ḥ |
yad ditsa̍si stu̱to ma̱gham ||
None is there, Indra, God or man, to hinder thy munificence, The wealth which, lauded, thou wilt give.
8.14.5
ya̱jña indra̍m avardhaya̱d yad bhūmi̱ṁ vy ava̍rtayat |
ca̱krā̱ṇa o̍pa̱śaṁ di̱vi ||
The sacrifice made Indra strong when he unrolled the earth, and made Himself a diadem in heaven.
8.14.6
vā̱vṛ̱dhā̱nasya̍ te va̱yaṁ viśvā̱ dhanā̍ni ji̱gyuṣa̍ḥ |
ū̱tim i̱ndrā vṛ̍ṇīmahe ||
Thine aid we claim, O Indra, thine who after thou hast waxen great Hast won all treasures for thine own.
8.14.7
vy a1̱̍ntari̍kṣam atira̱n made̱ soma̍sya roca̱nā |
indro̱ yad abhi̍nad va̱lam ||
In Soma's ecstasy Indra spread the firmament and realms of light, When he cleft Vala limb from limb.
8.14.8
ud gā ā̍ja̱d aṅgi̍robhya ā̱viṣ kṛ̱ṇvan guhā̍ sa̱tīḥ |
a̱rvāñca̍ṁ nunude va̱lam ||
Showing the hidden he drave forth the cows for the Angirases, And Vala he cast headlong down.
8.14.9
indre̍ṇa roca̱nā di̱vo dṛ̱ḻhāni̍ dṛṁhi̱tāni̍ ca |
sthi̱rāṇi̱ na pa̍rā̱ṇude̍ ||
By Indra were the lumirious realms of heaven established and secured, Firm and immovable from their place.
8.14.10
a̱pām ū̱rmir mada̍nn iva̱ stoma̍ indrājirāyate |
vi te̱ madā̍ arājiṣuḥ ||
Indra, thy laud moves quickly like a joyous wave of water-floods: Bright shine the drops that gladden thee.
8.14.11
tvaṁ hi sto̍ma̱vardha̍na̱ indrāsy u̍ktha̱vardha̍naḥ |
sto̱tṝ̱ṇām u̱ta bha̍dra̱kṛt ||
For thou, O Indra, art the God whom hymns and praises magnify: Thou blessest those who worship thee.
8.14.12
indra̱m it ke̱śinā̱ harī̍ soma̱peyā̍ya vakṣataḥ |
upa̍ ya̱jñaṁ su̱rādha̍sam ||
Let the two long-maned Bay Steeds bring Indra to drink the Soma juice, The Bountiful to our sacrifice.
8.14.13
a̱pām phene̍na̱ namu̍ce̱ḥ śira̍ i̱ndrod a̍vartayaḥ |
viśvā̱ yad aja̍ya̱ḥ spṛdha̍ḥ ||
With waters' foam thou torest off, Indra, the head of Namuci, Subduing all contending hosts.
8.14.14
mā̱yābhi̍r u̱tsisṛ̍psata̱ indra̱ dyām ā̱ruru̍kṣataḥ |
ava̱ dasyū̍m̐r adhūnuthāḥ ||
The Dasyus, when they fain would climb by magic arts and mount to heaven, Thou, Indra, castest down to earth.
8.14.15
a̱su̱nvām i̍ndra sa̱ṁsada̱ṁ viṣū̍cī̱ṁ vy a̍nāśayaḥ |
so̱ma̱pā utta̍ro̱ bhava̍n ||
As Soma-drinker conquering all, thou scatteredst to every side Their settlement who poured no gifts.
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
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