Rigveda 8.40.6

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 8.40.6

Language: Sanskrit

8.40.6

api̍ vṛśca purāṇa̱vad vra̱tate̍r iva guṣpi̱tam ojo̍ dā̱sasya̍ dambhaya |
va̱yaṁ tad a̍sya̱ sambhṛ̍ta̱ṁ vasv indre̍ṇa̱ vi bha̍jemahi̱ nabha̍ntām anya̱ke sa̍me ||

Tear thou asunder, as of old, like tangles of a creeping plant, Demolish thou the Dâsa's might. May we with Indra's help divide the treasure he hath gathered up.
Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

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)

Metrically restored text (van Nooten & Holland) — Sanskrit

Linked texts (8)

Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — John Muir, English
A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
La religion védique d'après les hymnes du Rig-Véda — Abel Bergaigne, French
Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 — R. S. Sharma, English
The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times — Beni Prasad, English
Vedic Metre in its Historical Development — E. Vernon Arnold, English
Die Hymnen des Rigveda, Bd. I: Metrische und textgeschichtliche Prolegomena — Hermann Oldenberg, German