Rigveda 8.79
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 8.79
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- Sanskrit
8.79.1
a̱yaṁ kṛ̱tnur agṛ̍bhīto viśva̱jid u̱dbhid it soma̍ḥ |
ṛṣi̱r vipra̱ḥ kāvye̍na ||
THIS here is Soma, ne'er restrained, active, all-conquering bursting forth, Rishi and Sage by sapience,
8.79.2
a̱bhy ū̍rṇoti̱ yan na̱gnam bhi̱ṣakti̱ viśva̱ṁ yat tu̱ram |
prem a̱ndhaḥ khya̱n niḥ śro̱ṇo bhū̍t ||
All that is bare he covers o'er, all that is sick he medicines; The blind man sees, the cripple walks.
8.79.3
tvaṁ so̍ma tanū̱kṛdbhyo̱ dveṣo̍bhyo̱ 'nyakṛ̍tebhyaḥ |
u̱ru ya̱ntāsi̱ varū̍tham ||
Thou, Soma, givest wide defence against the hate of alien men, Hatreds that waste and weaken us.
8.79.4
tvaṁ ci̱ttī tava̱ dakṣai̍r di̱va ā pṛ̍thi̱vyā ṛ̍jīṣin |
yāvī̍r a̱ghasya̍ ci̱d dveṣa̍ḥ ||
Thou by thine insight and thy skill, Impetuous One, from heaven and earth Drivest the sinner's enmity.
8.79.5
a̱rthino̱ yanti̱ ced artha̱ṁ gacchā̱n id da̱duṣo̍ rā̱tim |
va̱vṛ̱jyus tṛṣya̍ta̱ḥ kāma̍m ||
When to their task they come with zeal, may they obtain the Giver's grace, And satisfy his wish who thirsts.
8.79.6
vi̱dad yat pū̱rvyaṁ na̱ṣṭam ud ī̍m ṛtā̱yum ī̍rayat |
prem āyu̍s tārī̱d atī̍rṇam ||
So may he find what erst was lost, so may be speed the pious man, And lengthen his remaining life.
8.79.7
su̱śevo̍ no mṛḻa̱yāku̱r adṛ̍ptakratur avā̱taḥ |
bhavā̍ naḥ soma̱ śaṁ hṛ̱de ||
Gracious, displaying tender love, unconquered, gentle in thy thoughts, Be sweet, O Soma, to our heart.
8.79.8
mā na̍ḥ soma̱ saṁ vī̍vijo̱ mā vi bī̍bhiṣathā rājan |
mā no̱ hārdi̍ tvi̱ṣā va̍dhīḥ ||
O Soma, terrify us not; strike us not with alarm, O King: Wound not our heart with dazzling flame.
8.79.9
ava̱ yat sve sa̱dhasthe̍ de̱vānā̍ṁ durma̱tīr īkṣe̍ |
rāja̱nn apa̱ dviṣa̍ḥ sedha̱ mīḍhvo̱ apa̱ sridha̍ḥ sedha ||
When in my dwelling-place I see the wicked enemies of Gods, King, chase their hatred far away, thou Bounteous One, dispel our foes.
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
- Vedabhāṣya — Mādhava, Sanskrit
- Vedabhāṣyasāra — Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣyabhūmikā — Dayānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
Linked texts (2)
- Padapāṭha — Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitāpadapāṭha — Sanskrit
Discussed in (7)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- La religion védique d'après les hymnes du Rig-Véda — Bergaigne 1878, French
- Altindische Grammatik — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German
- Vedic Metre in its Historical Development — Arnold 1905, English
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — Muir 1858, English
- Die Hymnen des Rigveda, Bd. I: Metrische und textgeschichtliche Prolegomena — Oldenberg 1888, German
- Vedic Mythology — Macdonell 1897, English