Rigveda 8.56
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 8.56
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- Sanskrit
8.56.1
prati̍ te dasyave vṛka̱ rādho̍ ada̱rśy ahra̍yam |
dyaur na pra̍thi̱nā śava̍ḥ ||
THY bounty, Dasyave-vṛika, exhaustless hath displayed itself: Its fulness is as broad as heaven.
8.56.2
daśa̱ mahya̍m pautakra̱taḥ sa̱hasrā̱ dasya̍ve̱ vṛka̍ḥ |
nityā̍d rā̱yo a̍maṁhata ||
Ten thousand Dasyave-vṛika, the son of Pûtakratu, hath From his own wealth bestowed on me.
8.56.3
śa̱tam me̍ garda̱bhānā̍ṁ śa̱tam ūrṇā̍vatīnām |
śa̱taṁ dā̱sām̐ ati̱ sraja̍ḥ ||
A hundred asses hath he given, a hundred head of fleecy sheep, A hundred slaves, and wreaths besides.
8.56.4
tatro̱ api̱ prāṇī̍yata pū̱takra̍tāyai̱ vya̍ktā |
aśvā̍nā̱m in na yū̱thyā̍m ||
There also was a mare led forth, picked out for Putakrata's sake, Not of the horses of the herd.
8.56.5
ace̍ty a̱gniś ci̍ki̱tur ha̍vya̱vāṭ sa su̱madra̍thaḥ |
a̱gniḥ śu̱kreṇa̍ śo̱ciṣā̍ bṛ̱hat sūro̍ arocata di̱vi sūryo̍ arocata ||
Observant Agni hath appeared, oblation-bearer with his car. Agni with his resplendent flame hath shone on high as shines the Sun, hath shone like Sûrya in the heavens.
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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