Rigveda 8.47
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 8.47
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- Sanskrit
8.47.1
mahi̍ vo maha̱tām avo̱ varu̍ṇa̱ mitra̍ dā̱śuṣe̍ |
yam ā̍dityā a̱bhi dru̱ho rakṣa̍thā̱ nem a̱ghaṁ na̍śad ane̱haso̍ va ū̱taya̍ḥ suū̱tayo̍ va ū̱taya̍ḥ ||
GREAT help ye give the worshipper, Varuṇa, Mitra, Mighty Ones! No sorrow ever reaches him whom ye, Âdityas, keep from harm. Yours are incomparable aids, and good the succour they afford.
8.47.2
vi̱dā de̍vā a̱ghānā̱m ādi̍tyāso a̱pākṛ̍tim |
pa̱kṣā vayo̱ yatho̱pari̱ vy a1̱̍sme śarma̍ yacchatāne̱haso̍ va ū̱taya̍ḥ suū̱tayo̍ va ū̱taya̍ḥ ||
O Gods, Âdityas, well ye know the way to keep all woes afar. As the birds spread their sheltering wings, spread your protection over us.
8.47.3
vy a1̱̍sme adhi̱ śarma̱ tat pa̱kṣā vayo̱ na ya̍ntana |
viśvā̍ni viśvavedaso varū̱thyā̍ manāmahe 'ne̱haso̍ va ū̱taya̍ḥ suū̱tayo̍ va ū̱taya̍ḥ ||
As the birds spread their sheltering wings let your protection cover us. We mean all shelter and defence, ye who have all things for your own.
8.47.4
yasmā̱ arā̍sata̱ kṣaya̍ṁ jī̱vātu̍ṁ ca̱ prace̍tasaḥ |
mano̱r viśva̍sya̱ ghed i̱ma ā̍di̱tyā rā̱ya ī̍śate 'ne̱haso̍ va ū̱taya̍ḥ suū̱tayo̍ va ū̱taya̍ḥ ||
To whomsoever they, Most Wise, have given a home and means of life, O'er the whole riches of this man they, the Âdityas, have control.
8.47.5
pari̍ ṇo vṛṇajann a̱ghā du̱rgāṇi̍ ra̱thyo̍ yathā |
syāmed indra̍sya̱ śarma̍ṇy ādi̱tyānā̍m u̱tāva̍sy ane̱haso̍ va ū̱taya̍ḥ suū̱tayo̍ va ū̱taya̍ḥ ||
As drivers of the car avoid ill roads, let sorrows pass us by. May we be under Indra's guard, in the Âdityas' favouring grace.
8.47.6
pa̱ri̱hvṛ̱ted a̱nā jano̍ yu̱ṣmāda̍ttasya vāyati |
devā̱ ada̍bhram āśa vo̱ yam ā̍dityā̱ ahe̍tanāne̱haso̍ va ū̱taya̍ḥ suū̱tayo̍ va ū̱taya̍ḥ ||
For verily men sink and faint through loss of wealth which ye have given. Much hath he gained from you, O Gods, whom ye, Âdityas, have approached.
8.47.7
na taṁ ti̱gmaṁ ca̱na tyajo̱ na drā̍sad a̱bhi taṁ gu̱ru |
yasmā̍ u̱ śarma̍ sa̱pratha̱ ādi̍tyāso̱ arā̍dhvam ane̱haso̍ va ū̱taya̍ḥ suū̱tayo̍ va ū̱taya̍ḥ ||
On him shall no fierce anger fall, no sore distress shall visit him, To whom, Âdityas, ye have lent your shelter that extendeth far.
8.47.8
yu̱ṣme de̍vā̱ api̍ ṣmasi̱ yudhya̍nta iva̱ varma̍su |
yū̱yam ma̱ho na̱ ena̍so yū̱yam arbhā̍d uruṣyatāne̱haso̍ va ū̱taya̍ḥ suū̱tayo̍ va ū̱taya̍ḥ ||
Resting in you, O Gods, we are like men who fight in coats of mail. Ye guard us from each great offence, ye guard us from each lighter fault.
8.47.9
adi̍tir na uruṣya̱tv adi̍ti̱ḥ śarma̍ yacchatu |
mā̱tā mi̱trasya̍ re̱vato̍ 'rya̱mṇo varu̍ṇasya cāne̱haso̍ va ū̱taya̍ḥ suū̱tayo̍ va ū̱taya̍ḥ ||
May Aditi defend us, may Aditi guard and shelter us, Mother of wealthy Mitra and of Aryaman and Varuṇa.
8.47.10
yad de̍vā̱ḥ śarma̍ śara̱ṇaṁ yad bha̱draṁ yad a̍nātu̱ram |
tri̱dhātu̱ yad va̍rū̱thya1̱̍ṁ tad a̱smāsu̱ vi ya̍ntanāne̱haso̍ va ū̱taya̍ḥ suū̱tayo̍ va ū̱taya̍ḥ ||
The shelter, Gods, that is secure, auspicious, free from malady, A sure protection, triply strong, even that do ye extend to us.
8.47.11
ādi̍tyā̱ ava̱ hi khyatādhi̱ kūlā̍d iva̱ spaśa̍ḥ |
su̱tī̱rtham arva̍to ya̱thānu̍ no neṣathā su̱gam a̍ne̱haso̍ va ū̱taya̍ḥ suū̱tayo̍ va ū̱taya̍ḥ ||
Look down on us, Âdityas, as a guide exploring from the bank. Lead us to pleasant ways as men lead horses to an easy ford.
8.47.12
neha bha̱draṁ ra̍kṣa̱svine̱ nāva̱yai nopa̱yā u̱ta |
gave̍ ca bha̱draṁ dhe̱nave̍ vī̱rāya̍ ca śravasya̱te̍ 'ne̱haso̍ va ū̱taya̍ḥ suū̱tayo̍ va ū̱taya̍ḥ ||
Ill be it for the demons' friend to find us or come near to us. But for the milch-cow be it well, and for the man who strives for fame.
8.47.13
yad ā̱vir yad a̍pī̱cya1̱̍ṁ devā̍so̱ asti̍ duṣkṛ̱tam |
tri̱te tad viśva̍m ā̱ptya ā̱re a̱smad da̍dhātanāne̱haso̍ va ū̱taya̍ḥ suū̱tayo̍ va ū̱taya̍ḥ ||
Each evil deed made manifest, and that which is concealed, O Gods, The whole thereof remove from us to Trita Âptya far away.
8.47.14
yac ca̱ goṣu̍ du̱ṣṣvapnya̱ṁ yac cā̱sme du̍hitar divaḥ |
tri̱tāya̱ tad vi̍bhāvary ā̱ptyāya̱ parā̍ vahāne̱haso̍ va ū̱taya̍ḥ suū̱tayo̍ va ū̱taya̍ḥ ||
Daughter of Heaven, the dream that bodes evil to us or to our kine, Remove, O Lady of the Light, to Trita Âptya far away.
8.47.15
ni̱ṣkaṁ vā̍ ghā kṛ̱ṇava̍te̱ sraja̍ṁ vā duhitar divaḥ |
tri̱te du̱ṣṣvapnya̱ṁ sarva̍m ā̱ptye pari̍ dadmasy ane̱haso̍ va ū̱taya̍ḥ suū̱tayo̍ va ū̱taya̍ḥ ||
Even if, O Child of Heaven, it make a garland or a chain of gold, The whole bad dream, whate'cr it be, to Trita Âptya we consign.
8.47.16
tada̍nnāya̱ tada̍pase̱ tam bhā̱gam u̍pase̱duṣe̍ |
tri̱tāya̍ ca dvi̱tāya̱ coṣo̍ du̱ṣṣvapnya̍ṁ vahāne̱haso̍ va ū̱taya̍ḥ suū̱tayo̍ va ū̱taya̍ḥ ||
To him whose food and work is this, who comes to take his share therein, To Trita, and to Dvita, Dawn! bear thou the evil dream away.
8.47.17
yathā̍ ka̱lāṁ yathā̍ śa̱phaṁ yatha̍ ṛ̱ṇaṁ sa̱ṁnayā̍masi |
e̱vā du̱ṣṣvapnya̱ṁ sarva̍m ā̱ptye saṁ na̍yāmasy ane̱haso̍ va ū̱taya̍ḥ suū̱tayo̍ va ū̱taya̍ḥ ||
As we collect the utmost debt, even the eighth and sixteenth part, So unto Âptya we transfer together all the evil dream.
8.47.18
ajai̍ṣmā̱dyāsa̍nāma̱ cābhū̱mānā̍gaso va̱yam |
uṣo̱ yasmā̍d du̱ṣṣvapnyā̱d abhai̱ṣmāpa̱ tad u̍cchatv ane̱haso̍ va ū̱taya̍ḥ suū̱tayo̍ va ū̱taya̍ḥ ||
Now have we conquered and obtained, and from our trespasses are free. Shine thou away the evil dream, O Dawn, whereof we are afraid. Yours are incomparable aids, and good the succour they afford.
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
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