Rigveda 8.95
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 8.95
- Language
- Sanskrit
8.95.1
ā tvā̱ giro̍ ra̱thīr i̱vāsthu̍ḥ su̱teṣu̍ girvaṇaḥ |
a̱bhi tvā̱ sam a̍nūṣa̱tendra̍ va̱tsaṁ na mā̱tara̍ḥ ||
SONG-LOVER! like a charioteer come songs to thee when Soma flows. O Indra, they have called to thee as mother-kine unto their calves.
8.95.2
ā tvā̍ śu̱krā a̍cucyavuḥ su̱tāsa̍ indra girvaṇaḥ |
pibā̱ tv a1̱̍syāndha̍sa̱ indra̱ viśvā̍su te hi̱tam ||
Bright juices hitherward have sped thee, Indra, Lover of the Song. Drink, Indra, of this flowing sap: in every house 'tis set for thee.
8.95.3
pibā̱ soma̱m madā̍ya̱ kam indra̍ śye̱nābhṛ̍taṁ su̱tam |
tvaṁ hi śaśva̍tīnā̱m patī̱ rājā̍ vi̱śām asi̍ ||
Drink Soma to inspirit thee, juice, Indra, which the Falcon brought: For thou art King and Sovran Lord of all the families of men.
8.95.4
śru̱dhī hava̍ṁ tira̱ścyā indra̱ yas tvā̍ sapa̱ryati̍ |
su̱vīrya̍sya̱ goma̍to rā̱yas pū̍rdhi ma̱hām̐ a̍si ||
O Indra, hear Tiraṣchî's call, the call of him who serveth thee. Satisfy him with wealth of kine and valiant offspring: Great art thou.
8.95.5
indra̱ yas te̱ navī̍yasī̱ṁ gira̍m ma̱ndrām ajī̍janat |
ci̱ki̱tvinma̍nasa̱ṁ dhiya̍m pra̱tnām ṛ̱tasya̍ pi̱pyuṣī̍m ||
For he, O Indra, hath produced for thee the newest gladdening song, A hymn that springs from careful thought, ancient, and full of sacred truth.
8.95.6
tam u̍ ṣṭavāma̱ yaṁ gira̱ indra̍m u̱kthāni̍ vāvṛ̱dhuḥ |
pu̱rūṇy a̍sya̱ pauṁsyā̱ siṣā̍santo vanāmahe ||
That Indra will we laud whom songs and hymns of praise have magnified. Striving to win, we celebrate his many deeds of hero might.
8.95.7
eto̱ nv indra̱ṁ stavā̍ma śu̱ddhaṁ śu̱ddhena̱ sāmnā̍ |
śu̱ddhair u̱kthair vā̍vṛ̱dhvāṁsa̍ṁ śu̱ddha ā̱śīrvā̍n mamattu ||
Come now and let us glorify pure Indra with pure Sâma hymns. Let the pure milky draught delight him strengthened by pure songs of praise.
8.95.8
indra̍ śu̱ddho na̱ ā ga̍hi śu̱ddhaḥ śu̱ddhābhi̍r ū̱tibhi̍ḥ |
śu̱ddho ra̱yiṁ ni dhā̍raya śu̱ddho ma̍maddhi so̱myaḥ ||
O Indra, come thou pure to us, with pure assistance, pure thyself. Pure, send thou riches down to us, and, meet for Soma, pure, be glad.
8.95.9
indra̍ śu̱ddho hi no̍ ra̱yiṁ śu̱ddho ratnā̍ni dā̱śuṣe̍ |
śu̱ddho vṛ̱trāṇi̍ jighnase śu̱ddho vāja̍ṁ siṣāsasi ||
O Indra, pure, vouchsafe us wealth, and, pure, enrich the worshipper. Pure, thou dost strike the Vṛitras dead, and strivest, pure, to 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
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Udgīthācārya, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasūktanirukta — Mādhava, Sanskrit
- Bhāṣya — Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
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