Rigveda 9.1
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 9.1
- Language
- Sanskrit
9.1.1
svādi̍ṣṭhayā̱ madi̍ṣṭhayā̱ pava̍sva soma̱ dhāra̍yā |
indrā̍ya̱ pāta̍ve su̱taḥ ||
In sweetest and most gladdening stream flow pure, O Soma, on thy way, Pressed out for Indra, for his drink.
9.1.2
ra̱kṣo̱hā vi̱śvaca̍rṣaṇir a̱bhi yoni̱m ayo̍hatam |
druṇā̍ sa̱dhastha̱m āsa̍dat ||
Fiend-queller, Friend of all men, he hath with the wood attained unto His place, his iron-fashioned home.
9.1.3
va̱ri̱vo̱dhāta̍mo bhava̱ maṁhi̍ṣṭho vṛtra̱hanta̍maḥ |
parṣi̱ rādho̍ ma̱ghonā̍m ||
Be thou best Vṛitra-slayer, best granter of bliss, most liberal: Promote our wealthy princes' gifts.
9.1.4
a̱bhy a̍rṣa ma̱hānā̍ṁ de̱vānā̍ṁ vī̱tim andha̍sā |
a̱bhi vāja̍m u̱ta śrava̍ḥ ||
Flow onward with thy juice unto the banquet of the Mighty Gods: Flow bither for our strength and fame.
9.1.5
tvām acchā̍ carāmasi̱ tad id artha̍ṁ di̱ve-di̍ve |
indo̱ tve na̍ ā̱śasa̍ḥ ||
O Indu, we draw nigh to thee, with this one object day by day: To thee alone our prayers are said
9.1.6
pu̱nāti̍ te pari̱sruta̱ṁ soma̱ṁ sūrya̍sya duhi̱tā |
vāre̍ṇa̱ śaśva̍tā̱ tanā̍ ||
By means of this eternal fleece may Sûrya's Daughter purify Thy Soma that is foaming forth.
9.1.7
tam ī̱m aṇvī̍ḥ sama̱rya ā gṛ̱bhṇanti̱ yoṣa̍ṇo̱ daśa̍ |
svasā̍ra̱ḥ pārye̍ di̱vi ||
Ten sister maids of slender form seize him within the press and hold Him firmly on the final day.
9.1.8
tam ī̍ṁ hinvanty a̱gruvo̱ dhama̍nti bāku̱raṁ dṛti̍m |
tri̱dhātu̍ vāra̱ṇam madhu̍ ||
The virgins send him forth: they blow the the skin musician-like and fuse The triple foe-repelling meath.
9.1.9
a̱bhī̱3̱̍mam aghnyā̍ u̱ta śrī̱ṇanti̍ dhe̱nava̱ḥ śiśu̍m |
soma̱m indrā̍ya̱ pāta̍ve ||
Inviolable milch-kine round about him blend for Indra's drink, The fresh young Soma with their milk.
9.1.10
a̱syed indro̱ made̱ṣv ā viśvā̍ vṛ̱trāṇi̍ jighnate |
śūro̍ ma̱ghā ca̍ maṁhate ||
In the wild raptures of this draught, Indra slays all the Vṛitras: he, The Hero, pours his wealth on us.
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 (8)
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- La religion védique d'après les hymnes du Rig-Véda — Abel Bergaigne, French
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — John Muir, English
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- Die Hymnen des Rigveda, Bd. I: Metrische und textgeschichtliche Prolegomena — Hermann Oldenberg, German
- Historical Development of Indian Music: A Critical Study — Swami Prajnanananda, English