Rigveda 9.112
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 9.112
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- Sanskrit
9.112.1
nā̱nā̱naṁ vā u̍ no̱ dhiyo̱ vi vra̱tāni̱ janā̍nām |
takṣā̍ ri̱ṣṭaṁ ru̱tam bhi̱ṣag bra̱hmā su̱nvanta̍m iccha̱tīndrā̍yendo̱ pari̍ srava ||
WE all have various thoughts and plans, and diverse are the ways of men. The Brahman seeks the worshipper, wright seeks the cracked, and leech the maimed. Flow, Indu, flow for Indra's sake.
9.112.2
jara̍tībhi̱r oṣa̍dhībhiḥ pa̱rṇebhi̍ḥ śaku̱nānā̍m |
kā̱rmā̱ro aśma̍bhi̱r dyubhi̱r hira̍ṇyavantam iccha̱tīndrā̍yendo̱ pari̍ srava ||
The smith with ripe and seasoned plants, with feathers of the birds of air, With stones, and with enkindled flames, seeks him who hath a store of gold. Flow, Indu, flow for Indra's sake.
9.112.3
kā̱rur a̱haṁ ta̱to bhi̱ṣag u̍palapra̱kṣiṇī̍ na̱nā |
nānā̍dhiyo vasū̱yavo 'nu̱ gā i̍va tasthi̱mendrā̍yendo̱ pari̍ srava ||
A bard am I, my dad's a leech, mammy lays corn upon the stones. Striving for wealth, with varied plans, we follow our desires like kine. Flow, Indu, flow for Indra's sake.
9.112.4
aśvo̱ voḻhā̍ su̱khaṁ ratha̍ṁ hasa̱nām u̍pama̱ntriṇa̍ḥ |
śepo̱ roma̍ṇvantau bhe̱dau vār in ma̱ṇḍūka̍ iccha̱tīndrā̍yendo̱ pari̍ srava ||
The horse would draw an easy car, gay hosts attract the laugh and jest. The male desires his mate's approach, the frog is eager for the flood, Flow, Indu, flow for Indra's sake.
Translations (7)
- 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
- Hymns from the Rigveda — Arthur Anthony Macdonell 1922, English
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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