Rigveda 8.16
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 8.16
- Language
- Sanskrit
8.16.1
pra sa̱mrāja̍ṁ carṣaṇī̱nām indra̍ṁ stotā̱ navya̍ṁ gī̱rbhiḥ |
nara̍ṁ nṛ̱ṣāha̱m maṁhi̍ṣṭham ||
PRAISE Indra whom our songs must laud, sole Sovran of mankind, the Chief Most liberal who controlleth men.
8.16.2
yasmi̍nn u̱kthāni̱ raṇya̍nti̱ viśvā̍ni ca śrava̱syā̍ |
a̱pām avo̱ na sa̍mu̱dre ||
In whom the hymns of praise delight, and all the glory-giving songs. Like the floods' longing for the sea.
8.16.3
taṁ su̍ṣṭu̱tyā vi̍vāse jyeṣṭha̱rāja̱m bhare̍ kṛ̱tnum |
ma̱ho vā̱jina̍ṁ sa̱nibhya̍ḥ ||
Him I invite with eulogy, best King, effective in the fight, Strong for the gain of mighty spoil.
8.16.4
yasyānū̍nā gabhī̱rā madā̍ u̱rava̱s taru̍trāḥ |
ha̱rṣu̱manta̱ḥ śūra̍sātau ||
Whose perfect ecstasies are wide, profound, victorious, and give joy in the field where heroes win.
8.16.5
tam id dhane̍ṣu hi̱teṣv a̍dhivā̱kāya̍ havante |
yeṣā̱m indra̱s te ja̍yanti ||
Him, when the spoils of war are staked, men call to be their advocate: They who have Indra win the day.
8.16.6
tam ic cyau̱tnair ārya̍nti̱ taṁ kṛ̱tebhi̍ś carṣa̱ṇaya̍ḥ |
e̱ṣa indro̍ variva̱skṛt ||
Men honour him with stirring songs and magnify with solemn rites: Indra is he who giveth case.
8.16.7
indro̍ bra̱hmendra̱ ṛṣi̱r indra̍ḥ pu̱rū pu̍ruhū̱taḥ |
ma̱hān ma̱hībhi̱ḥ śacī̍bhiḥ ||
Indra is priest and Ṛishi, he is much invoked by many men, And mighty by his mighty powers.
8.16.8
sa stomya̱ḥ sa havya̍ḥ sa̱tyaḥ satvā̍ tuvikū̱rmiḥ |
eka̍ś ci̱t sann a̱bhibhū̍tiḥ ||
Meet to be lauded and invoked, true Hero with his deeds of might, Victorious even when alone.
8.16.9
tam a̱rkebhi̱s taṁ sāma̍bhi̱s taṁ gā̍ya̱traiś ca̍rṣa̱ṇaya̍ḥ |
indra̍ṁ vardhanti kṣi̱taya̍ḥ ||
The men, the people magnify that Indra with their Slina. songs, With hymns and sacred eulogies
8.16.10
pra̱ṇe̱tāra̱ṁ vasyo̱ acchā̱ kartā̍ra̱ṁ jyoti̍ḥ sa̱matsu̍ |
sā̱sa̱hvāṁsa̍ṁ yu̱dhāmitrā̍n ||
Him who advances them to wealth, sends light to lead them in the war, And quells their foemen in the fray.
8.16.11
sa na̱ḥ papri̍ḥ pārayāti sva̱sti nā̱vā pu̍ruhū̱taḥ |
indro̱ viśvā̱ ati̱ dviṣa̍ḥ ||
May he, the saviour much-invoked, may Indra bear us in a ship Safely beyond all enemies.
8.16.12
sa tvaṁ na̍ indra̱ vāje̍bhir daśa̱syā ca̍ gātu̱yā ca̍ |
acchā̍ ca naḥ su̱mnaṁ ne̍ṣi ||
As such, O Indra, honour us with gifts of booty, further us, And lead us to felicity.
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 (4)
- Vaiyākaraṇasiddhāntakaumudī (another edition) — Sanskrit
- Saṃhitāpadapāṭha — Sanskrit
- Padapāṭha — Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitāpadapāṭha — Sanskrit
Discussed in (8)
- 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
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — Muir 1858, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German
- Die Hymnen des Rigveda, Bd. I: Metrische und textgeschichtliche Prolegomena — Oldenberg 1888, German
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English
- Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government — Coomaraswamy 1942, English