Rigveda 9.98
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 9.98
- Language
- Sanskrit
9.98.1
a̱bhi no̍ vāja̱sāta̍maṁ ra̱yim a̍rṣa puru̱spṛha̍m |
indo̍ sa̱hasra̍bharṇasaṁ tuvidyu̱mnaṁ vi̍bhvā̱saha̍m ||
STREAM on us riches that are sought by many, best at winning strength Riches, O Indu, thousandfold, glorious, conquering the great.
9.98.2
pari̱ ṣya su̍vā̱no a̱vyaya̱ṁ rathe̱ na varmā̍vyata |
indu̍r a̱bhi druṇā̍ hi̱to hi̍yā̱no dhārā̍bhir akṣāḥ ||
Effused, he hath, as on a car, invested him in fleecy mail: Onward hath Indu flowed in streams, impelled, surrounded by the wood.
9.98.3
pari̱ ṣya su̍vā̱no a̍kṣā̱ indu̱r avye̱ mada̍cyutaḥ |
dhārā̱ ya ū̱rdhvo a̍dhva̱re bhrā̱jā naiti̍ gavya̱yuḥ ||
Effused, this Indu hath flowed on, distilling rapture, to the fleece: He goes erect, as seeking kine in stream, with light, to sacrifice.
9.98.4
sa hi tvaṁ de̍va̱ śaśva̍te̱ vasu̱ martā̍ya dā̱śuṣe̍ |
indo̍ saha̱sriṇa̍ṁ ra̱yiṁ śa̱tātmā̍naṁ vivāsasi ||
For thou thyself, O Indu, God, to every mortal worshipper Attractest riches thousandfold, made manifest in hundred forms.
9.98.5
va̱yaṁ te̍ a̱sya vṛ̍traha̱n vaso̱ vasva̍ḥ puru̱spṛha̍ḥ |
ni nedi̍ṣṭhatamā i̱ṣaḥ syāma̍ su̱mnasyā̍dhrigo ||
Good Vṛitra-slayer, may we be still nearest to this wealth of thine Which many crave, nearest to food and happiness, Resistless One!
9.98.6
dvir yam pañca̱ svaya̍śasa̱ṁ svasā̍ro̱ adri̍saṁhatam |
pri̱yam indra̍sya̱ kāmya̍m prasnā̱paya̍nty ū̱rmiṇa̍m ||
Whom, bright with native splendour, crushed between the pair of pressingstones- The wavy Friend whom Indra loves-the twice-five sisters dip and bathe,
9.98.7
pari̱ tyaṁ ha̍rya̱taṁ hari̍m ba̱bhrum pu̍nanti̱ vāre̍ṇa |
yo de̱vān viśvā̱m̐ it pari̱ made̍na sa̱ha gaccha̍ti ||
Him with the fleece they purify, brown, golden-hued, beloved of all, Who with exhilarating juice goes forth to all the Deities.
9.98.8
a̱sya vo̱ hy ava̍sā̱ pānto̍ dakṣa̱sādha̍nam |
yaḥ sū̱riṣu̱ śravo̍ bṛ̱had da̱dhe sva1̱̍r ṇa ha̍rya̱taḥ ||
Through longing for this sap of yours ye drink what brings ability, Even him who, dear as heaven's own light, gives to our princes high renown.
9.98.9
sa vā̍ṁ ya̱jñeṣu̍ mānavī̱ indu̍r janiṣṭa rodasī |
de̱vo de̍vī giri̱ṣṭhā asre̍dha̱n taṁ tu̍vi̱ṣvaṇi̍ ||
Indu at holy rites produced you, Heaven and Earth, the Friends of men, Hill-haunting God the Goddesses. They bruised him where the roar was loud.
9.98.10
indrā̍ya soma̱ pāta̍ve vṛtra̱ghne pari̍ ṣicyase |
nare̍ ca̱ dakṣi̍ṇāvate de̱vāya̍ sadanā̱sade̍ ||
For Vṛitra-slaying Indra, thou, Soma, art poured that he may drink, Poured for the guerdon-giving man, poured for the God who sitteth there.
9.98.11
te pra̱tnāso̱ vyu̍ṣṭiṣu̱ somā̍ḥ pa̱vitre̍ akṣaran |
a̱pa̱protha̍ntaḥ sanu̱tar hu̍ra̱ścita̍ḥ prā̱tas tām̐ apra̍cetasaḥ ||
These ancient Somas, at the break of day, have flowed into the sieve, Snorting away at early morn these foolish evil-hearted ones.
9.98.12
taṁ sa̍khāyaḥ puro̱ruca̍ṁ yū̱yaṁ va̱yaṁ ca̍ sū̱raya̍ḥ |
a̱śyāma̱ vāja̍gandhyaṁ sa̱nema̱ vāja̍pastyam ||
Friends, may the princes, ye and we, obtain this Most Resplendent One. Gain him who hath the smell of strength, win him whose home is very strength.
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)
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