Rigveda 8.88
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 8.88
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- Sanskrit
8.88.1
taṁ vo̍ da̱smam ṛ̍tī̱ṣaha̱ṁ vaso̍r mandā̱nam andha̍saḥ |
a̱bhi va̱tsaṁ na svasa̍reṣu dhe̱nava̱ indra̍ṁ gī̱rbhir na̍vāmahe ||
As cows low to their calves in stalls, so with our songs we glorify This Indra, even your Wondrous God who checks attack, who joys in the delicious juice.
8.88.2
dyu̱kṣaṁ su̱dānu̱ṁ tavi̍ṣībhi̱r āvṛ̍taṁ gi̱riṁ na pu̍ru̱bhoja̍sam |
kṣu̱manta̱ṁ vāja̍ṁ śa̱tina̍ṁ saha̱sriṇa̍m ma̱kṣū goma̍ntam īmahe ||
Celestial, bounteous Giver, girt about with might, rich, mountain-like, in precious things, Him swift we seek. for foodful booty rich in kine, brought hundredfold and thousandfold.
8.88.3
na tvā̍ bṛ̱hanto̱ adra̍yo̱ vara̍nta indra vī̱ḻava̍ḥ |
yad ditsa̍si stuva̱te māva̍te̱ vasu̱ naki̱ṣ ṭad ā mi̍nāti te ||
Indra, the strong and lofty hills are powerless to bar thy way. None stay that act of thine when thou wouldst fain give wealth to one like me who sings thy praise.
8.88.4
yoddhā̍si̱ kratvā̱ śava̍so̱ta da̱ṁsanā̱ viśvā̍ jā̱tābhi ma̱jmanā̍ |
ā tvā̱yam a̱rka ū̱taye̍ vavartati̱ yaṁ gota̍mā̱ ajī̍janan ||
A Warrior thou by strength, wisdom, and wondrous deed, in might excellest all that is. Hither may this our hymn attract thee to our help, the hymn which Gotamas have made.
8.88.5
pra hi ri̍ri̱kṣa oja̍sā di̱vo ante̍bhya̱s pari̍ |
na tvā̍ vivyāca̱ raja̍ indra̱ pārthi̍va̱m anu̍ sva̱dhāṁ va̍vakṣitha ||
For in thy might thou stretchest out beyond the boundaries of heaven. The earthly region, Indra, comprehends thee not. After thy Godhead hast thou waxed.
8.88.6
naki̱ḥ pari̍ṣṭir maghavan ma̱ghasya̍ te̱ yad dā̱śuṣe̍ daśa̱syasi̍ |
a̱smāka̍m bodhy u̱catha̍sya codi̱tā maṁhi̍ṣṭho̱ vāja̍sātaye ||
When, Maghavan, thou honourest the worshipper, no one is there to stay thy wealth. Most liberal Giver thou, do thou inspire our song of praise, that we may win the spoil.
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 (2)
- Chandaḥ ārcika — Sanskrit
- Pūrvārcika — Sanskrit
Discussed in (8)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- La religion védique d'après les hymnes du Rig-Véda — Bergaigne 1878, French
- Vedic Metre in its Historical Development — Arnold 1905, 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
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, 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