Rigveda 8.52
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 8.52
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- Sanskrit
8.52.1
yathā̱ manau̱ viva̍svati̱ soma̍ṁ śa̱krāpi̍baḥ su̱tam |
yathā̍ tri̱te chanda̍ indra̱ jujo̍ṣasy ā̱yau mā̍dayase̱ sacā̍ ||
As, Ṣakra, thou with Manu called Vivasvan drankest Soma juice, As, Indra, thou didst love the hymn by Trita's side, so dost thou joy with Âyu now.
8.52.2
pṛṣa̍dhre̱ medhye̍ māta̱riśva̱nīndra̍ suvā̱ne ama̍ndathāḥ |
yathā̱ soma̱ṁ daśa̍śipre̱ daśo̍ṇye̱ syūma̍raśmā̱v ṛjū̍nasi ||
As thou with Mâtariṣvan, Medhya, Pṛishadhra, hast cheered thee Indra, with pressed juice, Drunk Soma with Ṛijûnas, Syûmaraṣmi, by Daṣoṇya's Daṣaṣipra's side.
8.52.3
ya u̱kthā keva̍lā da̱dhe yaḥ soma̍ṁ dhṛṣi̱tāpi̍bat |
yasmai̱ viṣṇu̱s trīṇi̍ pa̱dā vi̍cakra̱ma upa̍ mi̱trasya̱ dharma̍bhiḥ ||
Tis he who made the lauds his own and boldly drank the Soma juice, He to whom Vishṇu came striding his three wide steps, as Mitra's statutes ordered it.
8.52.4
yasya̱ tvam i̍ndra̱ stome̍ṣu cā̱kano̱ vāje̍ vājiñ chatakrato |
taṁ tvā̍ va̱yaṁ su̱dughā̍m iva go̱duho̍ juhū̱masi̍ śrava̱syava̍ḥ ||
In whose laud thou didst joy, Indra, at the great deed, O Ṣatakratu, Mighty One! Seeking renown we call thee as the milkers call the cow who yields abundant milk.
8.52.5
yo no̍ dā̱tā sa na̍ḥ pi̱tā ma̱hām̐ u̱gra ī̍śāna̱kṛt |
ayā̍mann u̱gro ma̱ghavā̍ purū̱vasu̱r gor aśva̍sya̱ pra dā̍tu naḥ ||
He is our Sire who gives to us, Great, Mighty, ruling as he wills. Unsought, may he the Strong, Rich, Lord of ample wealth, give us of horses and of kine.
8.52.6
yasmai̱ tvaṁ va̍so dā̱nāya̱ maṁha̍se̱ sa rā̱yas poṣa̍m invati |
va̱sū̱yavo̱ vasu̍patiṁ śa̱takra̍tu̱ṁ stomai̱r indra̍ṁ havāmahe ||
He to whom thou, Good Lord, givest that he may give increases wealth that nourishes. Eager for wealth we call on Indra, Lord of wealth, on Ṣatakratu with our lauds.
8.52.7
ka̱dā ca̱na pra yu̍cchasy u̱bhe ni pā̍si̱ janma̍nī |
turī̍yāditya̱ hava̍naṁ ta indri̱yam ā ta̍sthāv a̱mṛta̍ṁ di̱vi ||
Never art thou neglectful: thou guardest both races with thy care. The call on Indra, fourth Âditya! is thine own. Amrit is stablished in the heavens.
8.52.8
yasmai̱ tvam ma̍ghavann indra girvaṇa̱ḥ śikṣo̱ śikṣa̍si dā̱śuṣe̍ |
a̱smāka̱ṁ gira̍ u̱ta su̍ṣṭu̱tiṁ va̍so kaṇva̱vac chṛ̍ṇudhī̱ hava̍m ||
The offerer whom thou, Indra, Lover of the Song, liberal Maghavan, favourest,– As at the call of Kaṇva so, O gracious Lord, hear, thou our songs and eulogy.
8.52.9
astā̍vi̱ manma̍ pū̱rvyam brahmendrā̍ya vocata |
pū̱rvīr ṛ̱tasya̍ bṛha̱tīr a̍nūṣata sto̱tur me̱dhā a̍sṛkṣata ||
Sung is the song of ancient time: to Indra have ye said the prayer. They have sung many a Bṛihatî of sacrifice, poured forth the worshipper's many thoughts.
8.52.10
sam indro̱ rāyo̍ bṛha̱tīr a̍dhūnuta̱ saṁ kṣo̱ṇī sam u̱ sūrya̍m |
saṁ śu̱krāsa̱ḥ śuca̍ya̱ḥ saṁ gavā̍śira̱ḥ somā̱ indra̍m amandiṣuḥ ||
Indra hath tossed together mighty stores of wealth, and both the worlds, yea, and the Sun. Pure, brightly-shining, mingled with the milk, the draughts of Soma have made Indra glad.
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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