Rigveda 8.98
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 8.98
- Language
- Sanskrit
8.98.1
indrā̍ya̱ sāma̍ gāyata̱ viprā̍ya bṛha̱te bṛ̱hat |
dha̱rma̱kṛte̍ vipa̱ścite̍ pana̱syave̍ ||
To Indra sing a Sâma hymn, a lofty song to Lofty Sage, To him who guards the Law, inspired, and fain for praise.
8.98.2
tvam i̍ndrābhi̱bhūr a̍si̱ tvaṁ sūrya̍m arocayaḥ |
vi̱śvaka̍rmā vi̱śvade̍vo ma̱hām̐ a̍si ||
Thou, Indra, art the Conqueror: thou gavest splendour to the Sun. Maker of all things, thou art Mighty and All-God.
8.98.3
vi̱bhrāja̱ñ jyoti̍ṣā̱ sva1̱̍r aga̍ccho roca̱naṁ di̱vaḥ |
de̱vās ta̍ indra sa̱khyāya̍ yemire ||
Radiant with light thou wentest to the sky, the luminous realm of heaven. ne Deities, Indra strove to win thee for their Friend.
8.98.4
endra̍ no gadhi pri̱yaḥ sa̍trā̱jid ago̍hyaḥ |
gi̱rir na vi̱śvata̍s pṛ̱thuḥ pati̍r di̱vaḥ ||
Come unto us, O Indra, dear, still conquering, unconcealable, Vast as a mountain spread on all sides, Lord of Heaven.
8.98.5
a̱bhi hi sa̍tya somapā u̱bhe ba̱bhūtha̱ roda̍sī |
indrāsi̍ sunva̱to vṛ̱dhaḥ pati̍r di̱vaḥ ||
O truthful Soma-drinker, thou art mightier than both the worlds. Thou strengthenest him who pours libation, Lord of Heaven.
8.98.6
tvaṁ hi śaśva̍tīnā̱m indra̍ da̱rtā pu̱rām asi̍ |
ha̱ntā dasyo̱r mano̍r vṛ̱dhaḥ pati̍r di̱vaḥ ||
For thou art he, O Indra, who stormeth all castles of the foe, Slayer of Dasyus, man's Supporter, Lord of Heaven.
8.98.7
adhā̱ hī̍ndra girvaṇa̱ upa̍ tvā̱ kāmā̍n ma̱haḥ sa̍sṛ̱jmahe̍ |
u̱deva̱ yanta̍ u̱dabhi̍ḥ ||
Now have we, Indra, Friend of Song, sent our great wishes forth to thee, Coming like floods that follow floods.
8.98.8
vār ṇa tvā̍ ya̱vyābhi̱r vardha̍nti śūra̱ brahmā̍ṇi |
vā̱vṛ̱dhvāṁsa̍ṁ cid adrivo di̱ve-di̍ve ||
As rivers swell the ocean, so, Hero, our prayers increase thy might. Though of thyself, O Thunderer, waxing day by day.
8.98.9
yu̱ñjanti̱ harī̍ iṣi̱rasya̱ gātha̍yo̱rau ratha̍ u̱ruyu̍ge |
i̱ndra̱vāhā̍ vaco̱yujā̍ ||
With holy song they bind to the broad wide-yoked car the Bay Steeds of the rapid God, Bearers of Indra, yoked by word.
8.98.10
tvaṁ na̍ i̱ndrā bha̍ra̱m̐ ojo̍ nṛ̱mṇaṁ śa̍takrato vicarṣaṇe |
ā vī̱ram pṛ̍tanā̱ṣaha̍m ||
O Indra, bring great strength to us, bring valour, Ṣatakratu, thou most active, bring A hero conquering in war.
8.98.11
tvaṁ hi na̍ḥ pi̱tā va̍so̱ tvam mā̱tā śa̍takrato ba̱bhūvi̍tha |
adhā̍ te su̱mnam ī̍mahe ||
For, gracious Ṣatakratu, thou hast ever been a Mother and a Sire to us, So now for bliss we pray to thee.
8.98.12
tvāṁ śu̍ṣmin puruhūta vāja̱yanta̱m upa̍ bruve śatakrato |
sa no̍ rāsva su̱vīrya̍m ||
To thee, Strong, Much-invoked, who showest forth thy strength, O Ṣatakratu, do I speak: So grant thou us heroic strength.
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 (4)
- Saṃhitāpadapāṭha — Sanskrit
- Vyākhyānamālākathānaka (Acyutānanda Sarasvatī) — Acyutānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
- Padapāṭha — Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitāpadapāṭha — Sanskrit
Discussed in (12)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- La religion védique d'après les hymnes du Rig-Véda — Bergaigne 1878, French
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — Muir 1858, English
- Vedic Metre in its Historical Development — Arnold 1905, English
- Vedic Mythology — Macdonell 1897, English
- Die Hymnen des Rigveda, Bd. I: Metrische und textgeschichtliche Prolegomena — Oldenberg 1888, German
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German
- The Religions of India — Hopkins 1895, English
- The Arctic Home in the Vedas — Tilak 1903, English
- Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government — Coomaraswamy 1942, English