Rigveda 8.72
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 8.72
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- Sanskrit
8.72.1
ha̱viṣ kṛ̍ṇudhva̱m ā ga̍mad adhva̱ryur va̍nate̱ puna̍ḥ |
vi̱dvām̐ a̍sya pra̱śāsa̍nam ||
PREPARE oblation: let him come; and let the minister serve again Who knows the ordering thereof,
8.72.2
ni ti̱gmam a̱bhy a1̱̍ṁśuṁ sīda̱d dhotā̍ ma̱nāv adhi̍ |
ju̱ṣā̱ṇo a̍sya sa̱khyam ||
Rejoicing in his friendship, let the priest be seated over man, Beside the shoot of active power.
8.72.3
a̱ntar i̍cchanti̱ taṁ jane̍ ru̱dram pa̱ro ma̍nī̱ṣayā̍ |
gṛ̱bhṇanti̍ ji̱hvayā̍ sa̱sam ||
Him, glowing bright beyond all thought, they seek among the race of man; With him for tougue they seize the food.
8.72.4
jā̱my a̍tītape̱ dhanu̍r vayo̱dhā a̍ruha̱d vana̍m |
dṛ̱ṣada̍ṁ ji̱hvayāva̍dhīt ||
He hath inflamed the twofold plain: lifegiving, he hath climbed the wood, And with his tongue hath struck the rock.
8.72.5
cara̍n va̱tso ruśa̍nn i̱ha ni̍dā̱tāra̱ṁ na vi̍ndate |
veti̱ stota̍va a̱mbya̍m ||
Wandering here the radiant Calf finds none to fetter him, and seeks The Mother to declare his praise.
8.72.6
u̱to nv a̍sya̱ yan ma̱had aśvā̍va̱d yoja̍nam bṛ̱had |
dā̱mā ratha̍sya̱ dadṛ̍śe ||
And now that great and mighty team, the team of horses that are his, And traces of his car, are seen.
8.72.7
du̱hanti̍ sa̱ptaikā̱m upa̱ dvā pañca̍ sṛjataḥ |
tī̱rthe sindho̱r adhi̍ sva̱re ||
The seven milk a single cow; the two set other five to work, On the stream's loud-resounding bank.
8.72.8
ā da̱śabhi̍r vi̱vasva̍ta̱ indra̱ḥ kośa̍m acucyavīt |
kheda̍yā tri̱vṛtā̍ di̱vaḥ ||
Entreated by Vivasvan's ten, Indra cast down the water-jar With threefold hammer from the sky.
8.72.9
pari̍ tri̱dhātu̍r adhva̱raṁ jū̱rṇir e̍ti̱ navī̍yasī |
madhvā̱ hotā̍ro añjate ||
Three times the newly-kindled flame proceeds around the sacrifice: The priests anoint it with the meath.
8.72.10
si̱ñcanti̱ nama̍sāva̱tam u̱ccāca̍kra̱m pari̍jmānam |
nī̱cīna̍bāra̱m akṣi̍tam ||
With reverence they drain the fount that circles with its wheel above, Exhaustless, with the mouth below.
8.72.11
a̱bhyāra̱m id adra̍yo̱ niṣi̍kta̱m puṣka̍re̱ madhu̍ |
a̱va̱tasya̍ vi̱sarja̍ne ||
The pressing-stones are set at work: the meath is poured into the tank, At the out-shedding of the fount.
8.72.12
gāva̱ upā̍vatāva̱tam ma̱hī ya̱jñasya̍ ra̱psudā̍ |
u̱bhā karṇā̍ hira̱ṇyayā̍ ||
Ye cows, protect the fount: the two Mighty Ones bless the sacrifice. The handles twain are wrought of gold.
8.72.13
ā su̱te si̍ñcata̱ śriya̱ṁ roda̍syor abhi̱śriya̍m |
ra̱sā da̍dhīta vṛṣa̱bham ||
Pour on the juice the ornament which reaches both the heaven and earth Supply the liquid to the Bull.
8.72.14
te jā̍nata̱ svam o̱kya1̱̍ṁ saṁ va̱tsāso̱ na mā̱tṛbhi̍ḥ |
mi̱tho na̍santa jā̱mibhi̍ḥ ||
These know their own abiding-place: like calves beside the mother cows They meet together with their kin.
8.72.15
upa̱ srakve̍ṣu̱ bapsa̍taḥ kṛṇva̱te dha̱ruṇa̍ṁ di̱vi |
indre̍ a̱gnā nama̱ḥ sva̍ḥ ||
Devouring in their greedy jaws, they make sustaining food in heaven, To Indra, Agni light and prayer.
8.72.16
adhu̍kṣat pi̱pyuṣī̱m iṣa̱m ūrja̍ṁ sa̱ptapa̍dīm a̱riḥ |
sūrya̍sya sa̱pta ra̱śmibhi̍ḥ ||
The Pious One milked out rich food, sustenance dealt in portions seven, Together with the Sun's seven rays.
8.72.17
soma̍sya mitrāvaru̱ṇodi̍tā̱ sūra̱ ā da̍de |
tad ātu̍rasya bheṣa̱jam ||
I took some Soma when the Sun rose up, O Mitra, Varuṇa. That is the sick man's medicine.
8.72.18
u̱to nv a̍sya̱ yat pa̱daṁ ha̍rya̱tasya̍ nidhā̱nya̍m |
pari̱ dyāṁ ji̱hvayā̍tanat ||
From where oblations must be laid, which is the Well-beloved's home, He with his tongue hath compassed heaven.
Translations (6)
- 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
- Études védiques et pāṇinéennes (traductions) — Louis Renou 1955, French
- 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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