Rigveda 8.83
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 8.83
- Language
- Sanskrit
8.83.1
de̱vānā̱m id avo̍ ma̱hat tad ā vṛ̍ṇīmahe va̱yam |
vṛṣṇā̍m a̱smabhya̍m ū̱taye̍ ||
WE choose unto ourselves that high protection of the Mighty Gods That it may help and succour us.
8.83.2
te na̍ḥ santu̱ yuja̱ḥ sadā̱ varu̍ṇo mi̱tro a̍rya̱mā |
vṛ̱dhāsa̍ś ca̱ prace̍tasaḥ ||
May they be ever our allies, Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman, Far-seeing Gods who prosper us.
8.83.3
ati̍ no viṣpi̱tā pu̱ru nau̱bhir a̱po na pa̍rṣatha |
yū̱yam ṛ̱tasya̍ rathyaḥ ||
Ye furtherers of holy Law, transport us safe o'er many woes, As over water-floods in ships.
8.83.4
vā̱maṁ no̍ astv aryaman vā̱maṁ va̍ruṇa̱ śaṁsya̍m |
vā̱maṁ hy ā̍vṛṇī̱mahe̍ ||
Dear wealth be Aryaman to us, Varuṇa dear wealth meet for praise: Dear wealth we choose unto ourselves.
8.83.5
vā̱masya̱ hi pra̍cetasa̱ īśā̍nāśo riśādasaḥ |
nem ā̍dityā a̱ghasya̱ yat ||
For Sovrans of dear wealth are ye, Âdityas, not of sinner's wealth, Ye sapient Gods who slay the foe.
8.83.6
va̱yam id va̍ḥ sudānavaḥ kṣi̱yanto̱ yānto̱ adhva̱nn ā |
devā̍ vṛ̱dhāya̍ hūmahe ||
We in our homes, ye Bounteous Ones, and while we journey on the road, Invoke you, Gods, to prosper us.
8.83.7
adhi̍ na indraiṣā̱ṁ viṣṇo̍ sajā̱tyā̍nām |
i̱tā maru̍to̱ aśvi̍nā ||
Regard us, Indra, Vishṇu, here, ye Aṣvins and the Marut host, Us who are kith and kin to you.
8.83.8
pra bhrā̍tṛ̱tvaṁ su̍dāna̱vo 'dha̍ dvi̱tā sa̍mā̱nyā |
mā̱tur garbhe̍ bharāmahe ||
Ye Bounteous Ones, from time of old we here set forth our brotherhood, Our kinship in the Mother's womb.
8.83.9
yū̱yaṁ hi ṣṭhā su̍dānava̱ indra̍jyeṣṭhā a̱bhidya̍vaḥ |
adhā̍ cid va u̱ta bru̍ve ||
Then come with Indra for your chief, as early day, ye Bounteous Gods Yea, I address you now for this.
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)
Linked texts (14)
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- La religion védique d'après les hymnes du Rig-Véda — Abel Bergaigne, French
- Vedic Metre in its Historical Development — E. Vernon Arnold, English
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- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — John Muir, English
- Saṃhitāpadapāṭha — Sanskrit
- Sāmavedārthaprakāśa — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Padapāṭha — Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitāpadapāṭha — Sanskrit
- Chandragupta Maurya and His Times — Radhakumud Mookerji, English
- Chandaḥ ārcika — Sanskrit
- Vyākaraṇacandrodaya — Charudeva Shastri, Sanskrit
- Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government — Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, English