Rigveda 9.12
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 9.12
- Language
- Sanskrit
9.12.1
somā̍ asṛgra̱m inda̍vaḥ su̱tā ṛ̱tasya̱ sāda̍ne |
indrā̍ya̱ madhu̍mattamāḥ ||
To Indra have the Soma drops, exceeding rich in sweets, been poured, Shed in the seat of sacrifice.
9.12.2
a̱bhi viprā̍ anūṣata̱ gāvo̍ va̱tsaṁ na mā̱tara̍ḥ |
indra̱ṁ soma̍sya pī̱taye̍ ||
As mother kine low to their calves, to Indra have the sages called, Called him to drink the Soma juice.
9.12.3
ma̱da̱cyut kṣe̍ti̱ sāda̍ne̱ sindho̍r ū̱rmā vi̍pa̱ścit |
somo̍ gau̱rī adhi̍ śri̱taḥ ||
In the stream's wave wise Soma dwells, distilling rapture, in his seat, Resting upon a wiId-cow's hide.
9.12.4
di̱vo nābhā̍ vicakṣa̱ṇo 'vyo̱ vāre̍ mahīyate |
somo̱ yaḥ su̱kratu̍ḥ ka̱viḥ ||
Far-sighted Soma, Sage and Seer, is worshipped in the central point Of heaven, the straining-cloth of wool.
9.12.5
yaḥ soma̍ḥ ka̱laśe̱ṣv ām̐ a̱ntaḥ pa̱vitra̱ āhi̍taḥ |
tam indu̱ḥ pari̍ ṣasvaje ||
In close embraces Indu holds Soma when poured within the jars. And on the. purifying sieve.
9.12.6
pra vāca̱m indu̍r iṣyati samu̱drasyādhi̍ vi̱ṣṭapi̍ |
jinva̱n kośa̍m madhu̱ścuta̍m ||
Indu sends forth a voice on high to regions of the sea of air, Shaking the vase that drops with meath.
9.12.7
nitya̍stotro̱ vana̱spati̍r dhī̱nām a̱ntaḥ sa̍ba̱rdugha̍ḥ |
hi̱nvā̱no mānu̍ṣā yu̱gā ||
The Tree whose praises never fail yields heavenly milk among our hymns, Urging men's generations on.
9.12.8
a̱bhi pri̱yā di̱vas pa̱dā somo̍ hinvā̱no a̍rṣati |
vipra̍sya̱ dhāra̍yā ka̱viḥ ||
The Wise One, with the Sage's stream, the Soma urged to speed, flows on To the dear places of the sky.
9.12.9
ā pa̍vamāna dhāraya ra̱yiṁ sa̱hasra̍varcasam |
a̱sme i̍ndo svā̱bhuva̍m ||
O Pavamâna, bring us wealth bright with a thousand splendours. Yea. O Indu, give us ready help.
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 (4)
- Sarvadevapratiṣṭhāprakāśa — Sanskrit
- Saṃhitāpadapāṭha — Sanskrit
- Padapāṭha — Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitāpadapāṭha — Sanskrit
Discussed in (9)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- La religion védique d'après les hymnes du Rig-Véda — Bergaigne 1878, French
- Die Hymnen des Rigveda, Bd. I: Metrische und textgeschichtliche Prolegomena — Oldenberg 1888, German
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — Muir 1858, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German
- History of Indian Medicine, containing Notices, Biographical and Bibliographical, of the Āyurvedic Physicians and their Works on Medicine — Mukhopadhyaya 1923, English
- Vedic Metre in its Historical Development — Arnold 1905, English
- Vedic Mythology — Macdonell 1897, English