Rigveda 8.70
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 8.70
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- Sanskrit
8.70.1
yo rājā̍ carṣaṇī̱nāṁ yātā̱ rathe̍bhi̱r adhri̍guḥ |
viśvā̍sāṁ taru̱tā pṛta̍nānā̱ṁ jyeṣṭho̱ yo vṛ̍tra̱hā gṛ̱ṇe ||
HE who, as Sovran Lord of men, moves with his chariots unrestrained, The Vṛitra-slayer vanquisher, of fighting hosts, preeminent, is praised with song.
8.70.2
indra̱ṁ taṁ śu̍mbha puruhanma̱nn ava̍se̱ yasya̍ dvi̱tā vi̍dha̱rtari̍ |
hastā̍ya̱ vajra̱ḥ prati̍ dhāyi darśa̱to ma̱ho di̱ve na sūrya̍ḥ ||
Honour that Indra, Puruhanman! for his aid, in whose sustaining hand of old, The splendid bolt of thunder was deposited, as the great Sun was set in heaven.
8.70.3
naki̱ṣ ṭaṁ karma̍ṇā naśa̱d yaś ca̱kāra̍ sa̱dāvṛ̍dham |
indra̱ṁ na ya̱jñair vi̱śvagū̍rta̱m ṛbhva̍sa̱m adhṛ̍ṣṭaṁ dhṛ̱ṣṇvo̍jasam ||
No one by deed attains to him who works and strengthens evermore: No, not by sacrifice, to Indra. praised o all, resistless, daring, bold in might.
8.70.4
aṣā̍ḻham u̱gram pṛta̍nāsu sāsa̱hiṁ yasmi̍n ma̱hīr u̍ru̱jraya̍ḥ |
saṁ dhe̱navo̱ jāya̍māne anonavu̱r dyāva̱ḥ kṣāmo̍ anonavuḥ ||
The potent Conqueror, invincible in war, him at whose birth the Mighty Ones, The Kine who spread aftar, sent their loud voices out, heavens, earths seat their loud voices out,
8.70.5
yad dyāva̍ indra te śa̱taṁ śa̱tam bhūmī̍r u̱ta syuḥ |
na tvā̍ vajrin sa̱hasra̱ṁ sūryā̱ anu̱ na jā̱tam a̍ṣṭa̱ roda̍sī ||
O Indra, if a hundred heavens and if a hundred earths were thine- No, not a thousand Suns could match thee at thy birth, not both the worlds, O Thunderer.
8.70.6
ā pa̍prātha mahi̱nā vṛṣṇyā̍ vṛṣa̱n viśvā̍ śaviṣṭha̱ śava̍sā |
a̱smām̐ a̍va maghava̱n goma̍ti vra̱je vajri̍ñ ci̱trābhi̍r ū̱tibhi̍ḥ ||
Thou, Hero, hast performed thy hero deeds with might, yea, all with strength, O Strongest One. Maghavan, help us to a stable full of kine, O Thunderer, with wondrous aids.
8.70.7
na sī̱m ade̍va āpa̱d iṣa̍ṁ dīrghāyo̱ martya̍ḥ |
eta̍gvā ci̱d ya eta̍śā yu̱yoja̍te̱ harī̱ indro̍ yu̱yoja̍te ||
Let not a godless mortal gain this food, O thou whose life is long! But one who yokes the bright-hued steeds, the Etaṣas, even Indra yoker of the Bays.
8.70.8
taṁ vo̍ ma̱ho ma̱hāyya̱m indra̍ṁ dā̱nāya̍ sa̱kṣaṇi̍m |
yo gā̱dheṣu̱ ya āra̍ṇeṣu̱ havyo̱ vāje̱ṣv asti̱ havya̍ḥ ||
Urge ye the Conqueror to give, your Indra greatly to be praised, To be invoked in shallow waters and in depths, to be invoked in deeds of might.
8.70.9
ud ū̱ ṣu ṇo̍ vaso ma̱he mṛ̱śasva̍ śūra̱ rādha̍se |
ud ū̱ ṣu ma̱hyai ma̍ghavan ma̱ghatta̍ya̱ ud i̍ndra̱ śrava̍se ma̱he ||
O Vasu, O thou Hero, raise us up to ample opulence. Raise us to gain of mighty wealth, O Maghavan, O Indra, to sublime renown.
8.70.10
tvaṁ na̍ indra ṛta̱yus tvā̱nido̱ ni tṛ̍mpasi |
madhye̍ vasiṣva tuvinṛmṇo̱rvor ni dā̱saṁ śi̍śnatho̱ hathai̍ḥ ||
Indra, thou justifiest us, and tramplest down thy slanderers. Guard thyself, valiant Hero, in thy vital parts: strike down the Dâsa with thy blows.
8.70.11
a̱nyavra̍ta̱m amā̍nuṣa̱m aya̍jvāna̱m ade̍vayum |
ava̱ svaḥ sakhā̍ dudhuvīta̱ parva̍taḥ su̱ghnāya̱ dasyu̱m parva̍taḥ ||
The man who brings no sacrifice, inhuman, godless, infidel, Him let his friend the mountain cast to rapid death, the mountain cast the Dasyu down.
8.70.12
tvaṁ na̍ indrāsā̱ṁ haste̍ śaviṣṭha dā̱vane̍ |
dhā̱nānā̱ṁ na saṁ gṛ̍bhāyāsma̱yur dviḥ saṁ gṛ̍bhāyāsma̱yuḥ ||
O Mightiest Indra, loving us, gather thou up, as grains of corn Within thine hand, of these their kine, to give away, yea, gather twice as loving us.
8.70.13
sakhā̍ya̱ḥ kratu̍m icchata ka̱thā rā̍dhāma śa̱rasya̍ |
upa̍stutim bho̱jaḥ sū̱rir yo ahra̍yaḥ ||
O my companions, wish for power. How may we perfect Saras praise, The liberal princely patron, never to be harmed?
8.70.14
bhūri̍bhiḥ samaha̱ ṛṣi̍bhir ba̱rhiṣma̍dbhiḥ staviṣyase |
yad i̱ttham eka̍m-eka̱m ic chara̍ va̱tsān pa̍rā̱dada̍ḥ ||
By many a sage whose grass is trimmed thou art continually praised, That thou, O Ṣara, hast bestowed here one and here another calf.
8.70.15
ka̱rṇa̱gṛhyā̍ ma̱ghavā̍ śaurade̱vyo va̱tsaṁ na̍s tri̱bhya āna̍yat |
a̱jāṁ sū̱rir na dhāta̍ve ||
The noble, Ṣûradeva’s son, hath brought a calf, led by the ear, to three of us, As a chief brings a goat to milk.
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
- Vedabhāṣya — Mādhava, Sanskrit
- Vedabhāṣyasāra — Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣyabhūmikā — Dayānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
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