Rigveda 8.81
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 8.81
- Language
- Sanskrit
8.81.1
ā tū na̍ indra kṣu̱manta̍ṁ ci̱traṁ grā̱bhaṁ saṁ gṛ̍bhāya |
ma̱hā̱ha̱stī dakṣi̍ṇena ||
INDRA, God of the mighty arm, gather for us with thy right hand Manifold and nutritious spoil.
8.81.2
vi̱dmā hi tvā̍ tuvikū̱rmiṁ tu̱vide̍ṣṇaṁ tu̱vīma̍gham |
tu̱vi̱mā̱tram avo̍bhiḥ ||
We know thee mighty in thy deeds, of mighty bounty, mighty wealth, Mighty in measure, prompt to aid.
8.81.3
na̱hi tvā̍ śūra de̱vā na martā̍so̱ ditsa̍ntam |
bhī̱maṁ na gāṁ vā̱raya̍nte ||
Hero, when thou art fain to give, neither may Gods nor mortal men Restrain thee like a fearful Bull.
8.81.4
eto̱ nv indra̱ṁ stavā̱meśā̍na̱ṁ vasva̍ḥ sva̱rāja̍m |
na rādha̍sā mardhiṣan naḥ ||
Come, let us glorify Indra, Lord supreme of wealth, Self-ruling King: In bounty may he harm us not.
8.81.5
pra sto̍ṣa̱d upa̍ gāsiṣa̱c chrava̱t sāma̍ gī̱yamā̍nam |
a̱bhi rādha̍sā jugurat ||
Let prelude sound and following chant so let him hear the Sâman sung, And with his bounty answer us.
8.81.6
ā no̍ bhara̱ dakṣi̍ṇenā̱bhi sa̱vyena̱ pra mṛ̍śa |
indra̱ mā no̱ vaso̱r nir bhā̍k ||
O Indra, with thy right hand bring, and with thy left remember us. Let us not lose our share of wealth.
8.81.7
upa̍ krama̱svā bha̍ra dhṛṣa̱tā dhṛ̍ṣṇo̱ janā̍nām |
adā̍śūṣṭarasya̱ veda̍ḥ ||
Come nigh, O Bold One, boldly bring hither the riches of the churl Who giveth least of all the folk.
8.81.8
indra̱ ya u̱ nu te̱ asti̱ vājo̱ vipre̍bhi̱ḥ sani̍tvaḥ |
a̱smābhi̱ḥ su taṁ sa̍nuhi ||
Indra, the booty which thou hast with holy singers to receive, Even that booty win with us.
8.81.9
sa̱dyo̱juva̍s te̱ vājā̍ a̱smabhya̍ṁ vi̱śvaśca̍ndrāḥ |
vaśai̍ś ca ma̱kṣū ja̍rante ||
Indra, thy swiftly-coming spoil, the booty which rejoices all, Sounds quick in concert with our hopes.
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 (5)
- Gaṇapatisūkta — Sanskrit
- Saṃhitāpadapāṭha — Sanskrit
- Ākāśabhairava — Sanskrit
- Padapāṭha — Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitāpadapāṭha — Sanskrit
Discussed in (12)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — Muir 1858, English
- La religion védique d'après les hymnes du Rig-Véda — Bergaigne 1878, French
- Vedic Metre in its Historical Development — Arnold 1905, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German
- The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Keith 1925, English
- Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) — Mookerji 1947, English
- Die Religion des Veda — Oldenberg 1894, German
- Die Hymnen des Rigveda, Bd. I: Metrische und textgeschichtliche Prolegomena — Oldenberg 1888, German
- Vedic Mythology — Macdonell 1897, English