Rigveda 8.73
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 8.73
- Language
- Sanskrit
8.73.1
ud ī̍rāthām ṛtāya̱te yu̱ñjāthā̍m aśvinā̱ ratha̍m |
anti̱ ṣad bhū̍tu vā̱m ava̍ḥ ||
ROUSE ye for him who keeps the Law, yoke your steeds, Aṣvins, to your car Let your protecting help be near.
8.73.2
ni̱miṣa̍ś ci̱j javī̍yasā̱ rathe̱nā yā̍tam aśvinā |
anti̱ ṣad bhū̍tu vā̱m ava̍ḥ ||
Come, Aṣvins, with your car more swift than is the twinkling of an eye Let your protecting help be near.
8.73.3
upa̍ stṛṇīta̱m atra̍ye hi̱mena̍ gha̱rmam a̍śvinā |
anti̱ ṣad bhū̍tu vā̱m ava̍ḥ ||
Aṣvins, ye overlaid with cold the fiery pit for Atri's sake: Let your protecting help be near.
8.73.4
kuha̍ stha̱ḥ kuha̍ jagmathu̱ḥ kuha̍ śye̱neva̍ petathuḥ |
anti̱ ṣad bhū̍tu vā̱m ava̍ḥ ||
Where are ye? whither are ye gone? whither, like falcons, have ye flown? Let your protecting help be near.
8.73.5
yad a̱dya karhi̱ karhi̍ cic chuśrū̱yāta̍m i̱maṁ hava̍m |
anti̱ ṣad bhū̍tu vā̱m ava̍ḥ ||
If ye at any time this day are listening to this my call, Let your protecting help be near.
8.73.6
a̱śvinā̍ yāma̱hūta̍mā̱ nedi̍ṣṭhaṁ yā̱my āpya̍m |
anti̱ ṣad bhū̍tu vā̱m ava̍ḥ ||
The Aṣvins, fust to hear our prayer, for closest kinship I approach: Let your protecting help be near.
8.73.7
ava̍nta̱m atra̍ye gṛ̱haṁ kṛ̍ṇu̱taṁ yu̱vam a̍śvinā |
anti̱ ṣad bhū̍tu vā̱m ava̍ḥ ||
For Atri ye, O Aṣvins, made a dwellingplace to shield him well, Let your protecting help be near.
8.73.8
vare̍the a̱gnim ā̱tapo̱ vada̍te va̱lgv atra̍ye |
anti̱ ṣad bhū̍tu vā̱m ava̍ḥ ||
Ye warded off the fervent heat for Atri when he sweetly spake: Let your protecting help be near.
8.73.9
pra sa̱ptava̍dhrir ā̱śasā̱ dhārā̍m a̱gner a̍śāyata |
anti̱ ṣad bhū̍tu vā̱m ava̍ḥ ||
Erst Saptavadbri by his prayer obtained the trenchant edge of fire: Let your protecting help be near.
8.73.10
i̱hā ga̍taṁ vṛṣaṇvasū śṛṇu̱tam ma̍ i̱maṁ hava̍m |
anti̱ ṣad bhū̍tu vā̱m ava̍ḥ ||
Come hither, O ye Lords of wealth, and listen to this call of mine: Let your protecting help be near.
8.73.11
kim i̱daṁ vā̍m purāṇa̱vaj jara̍tor iva śasyate |
anti̱ ṣad bhū̍tu vā̱m ava̍ḥ ||
What is this praise told forth of you as Elders in the ancient way? Let your protecting help be near.
8.73.12
sa̱mā̱naṁ vā̍ṁ sajā̱tya̍ṁ samā̱no bandhu̍r aśvinā |
anti̱ ṣad bhū̍tu vā̱m ava̍ḥ ||
One common brotherhood is yours, Aṣvins your kindred is the same: Let your protecting help be near.
8.73.13
yo vā̱ṁ rajā̍ṁsy aśvinā̱ ratho̍ vi̱yāti̱ roda̍sī |
anti̱ ṣad bhū̍tu vā̱m ava̍ḥ ||
This is your chariot, Aṣvins, which speeds through the regions, earth and heaven: Let your protecting aid be near.
8.73.14
ā no̱ gavye̍bhi̱r aśvyai̍ḥ sa̱hasrai̱r upa̍ gacchatam |
anti̱ ṣad bhū̍tu vā̱m ava̍ḥ ||
Approach ye hitherward to us with thousands both of steeds and kine : Let your protecting help be near.
8.73.15
mā no̱ gavye̍bhi̱r aśvyai̍ḥ sa̱hasre̍bhi̱r ati̍ khyatam |
anti̱ ṣad bhū̍tu vā̱m ava̍ḥ ||
Pass us not by, remember us with thousands both of kine and steeds; Let your protecting help be near.
8.73.16
a̱ru̱ṇapsu̍r u̱ṣā a̍bhū̱d aka̱r jyoti̍r ṛ̱tāva̍rī |
anti̱ ṣad bhū̍tu vā̱m ava̍ḥ ||
The purple tinted Dawn hath risen, and true to Law hath made the light: Let your protecting help be near.
8.73.17
a̱śvinā̱ su vi̱cāka̍śad vṛ̱kṣam pa̍raśu̱mām̐ i̍va |
anti̱ ṣad bhū̍tu vā̱m ava̍ḥ ||
He looked upon the Aṣvins, as an axe-armed man upon a tree: Let your protecting help be near.
8.73.18
pura̱ṁ na dhṛ̍ṣṇa̱v ā ru̍ja kṛ̱ṣṇayā̍ bādhi̱to vi̱śā |
anti̱ ṣad bhū̍tu vā̱m ava̍ḥ ||
By the black band encompassed round, break it down, bold one, like a fort. Let your protecting help be near.
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)
Linked texts (3)
- Saṃhitāpadapāṭha — Sanskrit
- Padapāṭha — Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitāpadapāṭha — Sanskrit
Discussed in (9)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- La religion védique d'après les hymnes du Rig-Véda — Bergaigne 1878, French
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — Muir 1858, English
- Vedic Mythology — Macdonell 1897, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German
- History of Indian Medicine, containing Notices, Biographical and Bibliographical, of the Āyurvedic Physicians and their Works on Medicine — Mukhopadhyaya 1923, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English
- The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Keith 1925, English
- Die Hymnen des Rigveda, Bd. I: Metrische und textgeschichtliche Prolegomena — Oldenberg 1888, German