Rigveda 8.90
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 8.90
- Language
- Sanskrit
8.90.1
ā no̱ viśvā̍su̱ havya̱ indra̍ḥ sa̱matsu̍ bhūṣatu |
upa̱ brahmā̍ṇi̱ sava̍nāni vṛtra̱hā pa̍rama̱jyā ṛcī̍ṣamaḥ ||
MAY Indra, who in every fight must be invoked, be near to us. May the most mighty Vṛitra-slayer, meet for praise, come to libations and to hymns.
8.90.2
tvaṁ dā̱tā pra̍tha̱mo rādha̍sām a̱sy asi̍ sa̱tya ī̍śāna̱kṛt |
tu̱vi̱dyu̱mnasya̱ yujyā vṛ̍ṇīmahe pu̱trasya̱ śava̍so ma̱haḥ ||
Thou art the best of all in sending bounteous gifts, true art thou, lordly in thine act. We claim alliance with the very Glorious One, yea, with the Mighty Son of Strength.
8.90.3
brahmā̍ ta indra girvaṇaḥ kri̱yante̱ ana̍tidbhutā |
i̱mā ju̍ṣasva haryaśva̱ yoja̱nendra̱ yā te̱ ama̍nmahi ||
Prayers unsurpassed are offered up to thee the Lover of the Song. Indra, Lord of Bay Steeds, accept these fitting hymns, hymns which we have thought out for thee.
8.90.4
tvaṁ hi sa̱tyo ma̍ghava̱nn anā̍nato vṛ̱trā bhūri̍ nyṛ̱ñjase̍ |
sa tvaṁ śa̍viṣṭha vajrahasta dā̱śuṣe̱ 'rvāñca̍ṁ ra̱yim ā kṛ̍dhi ||
For thou, O Maghavan, art truthful, ne'er subdued and bringest many a Vṛitra low. As such, O Mightiest Lord, Wielder of Thunder, send wealth hither to the worshipper.
8.90.5
tvam i̍ndra ya̱śā a̍sy ṛjī̱ṣī śa̍vasas pate |
tvaṁ vṛ̱trāṇi̍ haṁsy apra̱tīny eka̱ id anu̍ttā carṣaṇī̱dhṛtā̍ ||
O Indra, thou art far-renowned, impetuous, O Lord of Strength. Alone thou slayest with the guardian of mankind resistless never-conquered foes.
8.90.6
tam u̍ tvā nū̱nam a̍sura̱ prace̍tasa̱ṁ rādho̍ bhā̱gam i̍vemahe |
ma̱hīva̱ kṛtti̍ḥ śara̱ṇā ta̍ indra̱ pra te̍ su̱mnā no̍ aśnavan ||
As such we seek thee now, O Asura, thee most wise, craving thy bounty as our share. Thy sheltering defence is like a mighty cloak. So may thy glories reach to us.
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
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Udgīthācārya, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasūktanirukta — Mādhava, Sanskrit
- Bhāṣya — Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
Linked texts (10)
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- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
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- History of Indian Medicine, containing Notices, Biographical and Bibliographical, of the Āyurvedic Physicians and their Works on Medicine — Girindranath Mukhopadhyaya, English
- La religion védique d'après les hymnes du Rig-Véda — Abel Bergaigne, French
- Saṃhitāpadapāṭha — Sanskrit
- Vedic Metre in its Historical Development — E. Vernon Arnold, English
- Die Hymnen des Rigveda, Bd. I: Metrische und textgeschichtliche Prolegomena — Hermann Oldenberg, German
- Vedic Mythology — Arthur Anthony Macdonell, English