Rigveda 8.54
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 8.54
- Language
- Sanskrit
8.54.1
e̱tat ta̍ indra vī̱rya̍ṁ gī̱rbhir gṛ̱ṇanti̍ kā̱rava̍ḥ |
te stobha̍nta̱ ūrja̍m āvan ghṛta̱ścuta̍m pau̱rāso̍ nakṣan dhī̱tibhi̍ḥ ||
INDRA, the poets with their hymns extol this hero might of thine: They strengthened, loud in song, thy power that droppeth oil. With hymns the Pauras came to thee.
8.54.2
nakṣa̍nta̱ indra̱m ava̍se sukṛ̱tyayā̱ yeṣā̍ṁ su̱teṣu̱ manda̍se |
yathā̍ saṁva̱rte ama̍do̱ yathā̍ kṛ̱śa e̱vāsme i̍ndra matsva ||
Through piety they came to Indra for his aid, they whose libations give theejoy. As thou with, Kṛiṣa and Samvarta hast rejoiced, so, Indra, be thou glad with us.
8.54.3
ā no̱ viśve̍ sa̱joṣa̍so̱ devā̍so̱ ganta̱nopa̍ naḥ |
vasa̍vo ru̱drā ava̍se na̱ ā ga̍mañ chṛ̱ṇvantu̍ ma̱ruto̱ hava̍m ||
Agreeing in your spirit, all ye Deities, come nigh to us. Vasus and Rudras shall come near to give us aid, and Maruts listen to our call.
8.54.4
pū̱ṣā viṣṇu̱r hava̍nam me̱ sara̍sva̱ty ava̍ntu sa̱pta sindha̍vaḥ |
āpo̱ vāta̱ḥ parva̍tāso̱ vana̱spati̍ḥ śṛ̱ṇotu̍ pṛthi̱vī hava̍m ||
May Pûshan, Vishṇu, and Sarasvatî befriend, and the Seven Streams, this call of mine: May Waters, Wind, the Mountains, and the Forest-Lord, and Earth give ear unto my cry.
8.54.5
yad i̍ndra̱ rādho̱ asti̍ te̱ māgho̍nam maghavattama |
tena̍ no bodhi sadha̱mādyo̍ vṛ̱dhe bhago̍ dā̱nāya̍ vṛtrahan ||
Indra, with thine own bounteous gift, most liberal of the Mighty Ones, Be our boon benefactor, Vṛitra-slayer, be our feast-companion for our weal.
8.54.6
āji̍pate nṛpate̱ tvam id dhi no̱ vāja̱ ā va̍kṣi sukrato |
vī̱tī hotrā̍bhir u̱ta de̱vavī̍tibhiḥ sasa̱vāṁso̱ vi śṛ̍ṇvire ||
Leader of heroes, Lord of battle, lead thou us to combat, thou Most Sapient One. High fame is theirs who win by invocations, feasts and entertainment of the Gods.
8.54.7
santi̱ hy a1̱̍rya ā̱śiṣa̱ indra̱ āyu̱r janā̍nām |
a̱smān na̍kṣasva maghava̱nn upāva̍se dhu̱kṣasva̍ pi̱pyuṣī̱m iṣa̍m ||
Our hopes rest on the Faithful One: in Indra is the people's life. O Maghavan, come nigh that thou mayst give us aid: make plenteous food stream forth for us.
8.54.8
va̱yaṁ ta̍ indra̱ stome̍bhir vidhema̱ tvam a̱smāka̍ṁ śatakrato |
mahi̍ sthū̱raṁ śa̍śa̱yaṁ rādho̱ ahra̍ya̱m praska̍ṇvāya̱ ni to̍śaya ||
Thee would we worship, Indra, with our songs of praise: O Ṣatakratu, be thou ours. Pour down upon Praskaṇva bounty vast and firm, exuberant, that shall never fail.
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)
Linked texts (11)
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Vābālakhilyasūkta — Sanskrit
- La religion védique d'après les hymnes du Rig-Véda — Abel Bergaigne, French
- Vedic Metre in its Historical Development — E. Vernon Arnold, English
- Die Hymnen des Rigveda, Bd. I: Metrische und textgeschichtliche Prolegomena — Hermann Oldenberg, German
- Saṃhitāpadapāṭha — Sanskrit
- Padapāṭha — Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitāpadapāṭha — Sanskrit
- 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
- Vedic Mythology — Arthur Anthony Macdonell, English