Rigveda 9.101
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 9.101
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- Sanskrit
9.101.1
pu̱roji̍tī vo̱ andha̍saḥ su̱tāya̍ mādayi̱tnave̍ |
apa̱ śvāna̍ṁ śnathiṣṭana̱ sakhā̍yo dīrghaji̱hvya̍m ||
FOR first possession of your juice, for the exhilarating drink, Drive ye away the dog, my friends, drive ye the long-tongued dog away.
9.101.2
yo dhāra̍yā pāva̱kayā̍ paripra̱syanda̍te su̱taḥ |
indu̱r aśvo̱ na kṛtvya̍ḥ ||
He who with purifying stream, effused, comes flowing hitherward, Indu, is like an able steed.
9.101.3
taṁ du̱roṣa̍m a̱bhī nara̱ḥ soma̍ṁ vi̱śvācyā̍ dhi̱yā |
ya̱jñaṁ hi̍nva̱nty adri̍bhiḥ ||
The men with all-pervading song send unassailable Soma forth, By pressing-stones, to sacrifice.
9.101.4
su̱tāso̱ madhu̍mattamā̱ḥ somā̱ indrā̍ya ma̱ndina̍ḥ |
pa̱vitra̍vanto akṣaran de̱vān ga̍cchantu vo̱ madā̍ḥ ||
The Somas, very rich in sweets, for which the sieve is destined, flow, Effused, the source of Indra's joy: may your strong juices reach the Gods.
9.101.5
indu̱r indrā̍ya pavata̱ iti̍ de̱vāso̍ abruvan |
vā̱cas pati̍r makhasyate̱ viśva̱syeśā̍na̱ oja̍sā ||
Indu flows on for Indra's sake: thus have the Deities declared. The Lord of Speech exerts himself, Ruler of all, because of might.
9.101.6
sa̱hasra̍dhāraḥ pavate samu̱dro vā̍camīṅkha̱yaḥ |
soma̱ḥ patī̍ rayī̱ṇāṁ sakhendra̍sya di̱ve-di̍ve ||
Inciter of the voice of song, with thousand streams the ocean flows, Even Soma, Lord of opulence, the Friend of Indra, day by day.
9.101.7
a̱yam pū̱ṣā ra̱yir bhaga̱ḥ soma̍ḥ punā̱no a̍rṣati |
pati̱r viśva̍sya̱ bhūma̍no̱ vy a̍khya̱d roda̍sī u̱bhe ||
As Pûshan, Fortune, Bhaga, comes this Soma while they make him pure. He, Lord of the multitude, hath looked upon the earth and heaven.
9.101.8
sam u̍ pri̱yā a̍nūṣata̱ gāvo̱ madā̍ya̱ ghṛṣva̍yaḥ |
somā̍saḥ kṛṇvate pa̱thaḥ pava̍mānāsa̱ inda̍vaḥ ||
The dear cows lowed in joyful mood together to the gladdening drink. The drops as they were purified, the Soma juices, made then paths.
9.101.9
ya oji̍ṣṭha̱s tam ā bha̍ra̱ pava̍māna śra̱vāyya̍m |
yaḥ pañca̍ carṣa̱ṇīr a̱bhi ra̱yiṁ yena̱ vanā̍mahai ||
O Pavamâna, bring the juice, the mightiest, worthy to be famed, Which the Five Tribes have over them, whereby we may win opulence.
9.101.10
somā̍ḥ pavanta̱ inda̍vo̱ 'smabhya̍ṁ gātu̱vitta̍māḥ |
mi̱trāḥ su̍vā̱nā a̍re̱pasa̍ḥ svā̱dhya̍ḥ sva̱rvida̍ḥ ||
For us the Soma juices flow, the drops best furtherers of our weal, Effused as friends without a spot, benevolent, finders of the light.
9.101.11
su̱ṣvā̱ṇāso̱ vy adri̍bhi̱ś citā̍nā̱ gor adhi̍ tva̱ci |
iṣa̍m a̱smabhya̍m a̱bhita̱ḥ sam a̍svaran vasu̱vida̍ḥ ||
Effused by means of pressing-stones, upon the ox-hide visible, They, treasure-finders, have announced food unto us from every side.
9.101.12
e̱te pū̱tā vi̍pa̱ścita̱ḥ somā̍so̱ dadhyā̍śiraḥ |
sūryā̍so̱ na da̍rśa̱tāso̍ jiga̱tnavo̍ dhru̱vā ghṛ̱te ||
Tlese Soma juices, skilled in song, purified, blent with milk and curd, When moving and when firmly laid in oil, resemble lovely Suns.
9.101.13
pra su̍nvā̱nasyāndha̍so̱ marto̱ na vṛ̍ta̱ tad vaca̍ḥ |
apa̱ śvāna̍m arā̱dhasa̍ṁ ha̱tā ma̱khaṁ na bhṛga̍vaḥ ||
Let not the power of men restrain the voice of the outpouring juice: As Bhṛigu's sons chased Makha, so drive ye the greedy hound away.
9.101.14
ā jā̱mir atke̍ avyata bhu̱je na pu̱tra o̱ṇyo̍ḥ |
sara̍j jā̱ro na yoṣa̍ṇāṁ va̱ro na yoni̍m ā̱sada̍m ||
The Friend hath wrapped him in his robe, as in his parents arms, a son. He went, as lover to a dame, to take his station suitor-like.
9.101.15
sa vī̱ro da̍kṣa̱sādha̍no̱ vi yas ta̱stambha̱ roda̍sī |
hari̍ḥ pa̱vitre̍ avyata ve̱dhā na yoni̍m ā̱sada̍m ||
That Hero who produces strength, he who hath propped both worlds apart, Gold-hued, hath wrapped him in the sieve, to settle, priest-like, in his place.
9.101.16
avyo̱ vāre̍bhiḥ pavate̱ somo̱ gavye̱ adhi̍ tva̱ci |
kani̍krada̱d vṛṣā̱ hari̱r indra̍syā̱bhy e̍ti niṣkṛ̱tam ||
Soma upon the ox's skin through the sheep's wool flows purified. Bellowing out, the Tawny Steer goes on to Indra's special place.
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
- Vedabhāṣya — Mādhava, Sanskrit
- Vedabhāṣyasāra — Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣyabhūmikā — Dayānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
Linked texts (2)
- 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
- Vedic Metre in its Historical Development — Arnold 1905, English
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — Muir 1858, 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 Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Keith 1925, English
- History of Indian Medicine, containing Notices, Biographical and Bibliographical, of the Āyurvedic Physicians and their Works on Medicine — Mukhopadhyaya 1923, English
- Ancient Indian Historical Tradition — Pargiter 1922, English
- Vedic Mythology — Macdonell 1897, English