Rigveda 8.49
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 8.49
- Language
- Sanskrit
8.49.1
a̱bhi pra va̍ḥ su̱rādha̍sa̱m indra̍m arca̱ yathā̍ vi̱de |
yo ja̍ri̱tṛbhyo̍ ma̱ghavā̍ purū̱vasu̍ḥ sa̱hasre̍ṇeva̱ śikṣa̍ti ||
TO you will I sing Indra's praise who gives good gifts as well we know; The praise of Maghavan who, rich in treasure, aids his singers with wealth thousandfold.
8.49.2
śa̱tānī̍keva̱ pra ji̍gāti dhṛṣṇu̱yā hanti̍ vṛ̱trāṇi̍ dā̱śuṣe̍ |
gi̱rer i̍va̱ pra rasā̍ asya pinvire̱ datrā̍ṇi puru̱bhoja̍saḥ ||
As with a hundred hosts, he rushes boldly on, and for the offerer slays his foes. As from a mountain flow the water-brooks, thus flow his gifts who feedeth many a one.
8.49.3
ā tvā̍ su̱tāsa̱ inda̍vo̱ madā̱ ya i̍ndra girvaṇaḥ |
āpo̱ na va̍jri̱nn anv o̱kya1̱̍ṁ sara̍ḥ pṛ̱ṇanti̍ śūra̱ rādha̍se ||
The drops effused, the gladdening draughts, O Indra, Lover of the Son As waters seek the lake where they are wont to rest, fill thee, for bounty, Thunderer.
8.49.4
a̱ne̱hasa̍m pra̱tara̍ṇaṁ vi̱vakṣa̍ṇa̱m madhva̱ḥ svādi̍ṣṭham īm piba |
ā yathā̍ mandasā̱naḥ ki̱rāsi̍ na̱ḥ pra kṣu̱dreva̱ tmanā̍ dhṛ̱ṣat ||
The matchless draught that strengthens and gives eloquence, the sweetest of the meath drink thou, That in thy joy thou mayst scatter thy gifts o'er us, plenteously, even as the dust.
8.49.5
ā na̱ḥ stoma̱m upa̍ dra̱vad dhi̍yā̱no aśvo̱ na sotṛ̍bhiḥ |
yaṁ te̍ svadhāvan sva̱daya̍nti dhe̱nava̱ indra̱ kaṇve̍ṣu rā̱taya̍ḥ ||
Come quickly to our laud, urged on by Soma-pressers like a horse- Laud, Godlike Indra, which milch-kine make sweet for thee: with Kaṇva's sons are gifts for thee.
8.49.6
u̱graṁ na vī̱raṁ nama̱sopa̍ sedima̱ vibhū̍ti̱m akṣi̍tāvasum |
u̱drīva̍ vajrinn ava̱to na si̍ñca̱te kṣara̍ntīndra dhī̱taya̍ḥ ||
With homage have we sought thee as a Hero, strong, preeminent, with unfailing wealth. O Thunderer, as a plenteous spring pours forth its stream, so, Indra, flow our songs to thee.
8.49.7
yad dha̍ nū̱naṁ yad vā̍ ya̱jñe yad vā̍ pṛthi̱vyām adhi̍ |
ato̍ no ya̱jñam ā̱śubhi̍r mahemata u̱gra u̱grebhi̱r ā ga̍hi ||
If now thou art at sacrifice, or if thou art upon the earth, Come thence, high-thoughted! to our sacrifice with the Swift, come, Mighty with the Mighty Ones.
8.49.8
a̱ji̱rāso̱ hara̍yo̱ ye ta̍ ā̱śavo̱ vātā̍ iva prasa̱kṣiṇa̍ḥ |
yebhi̱r apa̍tya̱m manu̍ṣaḥ pa̱rīya̍se̱ yebhi̱r viśva̱ṁ sva̍r dṛ̱śe ||
The active, fleet-foot, tawny Coursers that are thine are swift to victory, like the Wind, Wherewith thou goest round to visit Manus' seed, wherewith all heaven is visible.
8.49.9
e̱tāva̍tas ta īmaha̱ indra̍ su̱mnasya̱ goma̍taḥ |
yathā̱ prāvo̍ maghava̱n medhyā̍tithi̱ṁ yathā̱ nīpā̍tithi̱ṁ dhane̍ ||
Indra, from thee so great we crave prosperity in wealth of kine, As, Maghavan, thou favouredst Medhyâtithi, and, in the fight, Nîpâtithi.
8.49.10
yathā̱ kaṇve̍ maghavan tra̱sada̍syavi̱ yathā̍ pa̱kthe daśa̍vraje |
yathā̱ gośa̍rye̱ asa̍nor ṛ̱jiśva̱nīndra̱ goma̱d dhira̍ṇyavat ||
As, Maghavan, to Kaṇva, Trasadasyu, and to Paktha and Daṣavraja; As, Indra, to Goṣarya and Ṛijiṣvan, thou vouchsafedst wealth in kine and gold.
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
Other recensions (1)
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