Rigveda 8.84
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 8.84
- Language
- Sanskrit
8.84.1
preṣṭha̍ṁ vo̱ ati̍thiṁ stu̱ṣe mi̱tram i̍va pri̱yam |
a̱gniṁ ratha̱ṁ na vedya̍m ||
AGNI, your dearest Guest, I laud, him who is loving as a friend, Who brings us riches like a car.
8.84.2
ka̱vim i̍va̱ prace̍tasa̱ṁ yaṁ de̱vāso̱ adha̍ dvi̱tā |
ni martye̍ṣv āda̱dhuḥ ||
Whom as a far-foreseeing Sage the Gods have, from the olden time, Established among mortal men.
8.84.3
tvaṁ ya̍viṣṭha dā̱śuṣo̱ nṝm̐ḥ pā̍hi śṛṇu̱dhī gira̍ḥ |
rakṣā̍ to̱kam u̱ta tmanā̍ ||
Do thou, Most Youthful God, protect the men who offer, hear their songs, And of thyself preserve their seed.
8.84.4
kayā̍ te agne aṅgira̱ ūrjo̍ napā̱d upa̍stutim |
varā̍ya deva ma̱nyave̍ ||
What is the praise wherewith, O God, Afigiras, Agni, Son of Strength, We, after thine own wish and thought,
8.84.5
dāśe̍ma̱ kasya̱ mana̍sā ya̱jñasya̍ sahaso yaho |
kad u̍ voca i̱daṁ nama̍ḥ ||
May serve thee, O thou Child of Power, and with what sacrifice's plan? What prayer shall I now speak to thee?
8.84.6
adhā̱ tvaṁ hi na̱s karo̱ viśvā̍ a̱smabhya̍ṁ sukṣi̱tīḥ |
vāja̍draviṇaso̱ gira̍ḥ ||
Our God, make all of us to dwell in happy habitations, and Reward our songs with spoil and wealth.
8.84.7
kasya̍ nū̱nam parī̍ṇaso̱ dhiyo̍ jinvasi dampate |
goṣā̍tā̱ yasya̍ te̱ gira̍ḥ ||
Lord of the house, what plenty fills the songs which thou inspirest now, Thou whose hymn helps to win the kine?
8.84.8
tam ma̍rjayanta su̱kratu̍m puro̱yāvā̍nam ā̱jiṣu̍ |
sveṣu̱ kṣaye̍ṣu vā̱jina̍m ||
Him Wise and Strong they glorify, the foremost Champion in the fray, And mighty in his dwelling-place.
8.84.9
kṣeti̱ kṣeme̍bhiḥ sā̱dhubhi̱r naki̱r yaṁ ghnanti̱ hanti̱ yaḥ |
agne̍ su̱vīra̍ edhate ||
Agni, he dwells in rest and peace who smites and no one smites again: With hero sons he prospers well
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 (7)
- 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
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — John Muir, English
- Die Hymnen des Rigveda, Bd. I: Metrische und textgeschichtliche Prolegomena — Hermann Oldenberg, German
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German