Rigveda 1.2: Vayu, Indra and Vayu, Mitra and Varuna
The Hymns of the Rigveda 1.2
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Vayu, Indra and Vayu, Mitra and Varuna
1.2.1
BEAUTIFUL Vâyu, come, for thee these Soma drops have been prepared: Drink of them, hearken to our call.
1.2.2
Knowing the days, with Soma juice poured forth, the singers glorify Thee, Vâyu, with their hymns of praise.
1.2.3
Vâyu, thy penetrating stream goes forth unto the worshipper, Far-spreading for the Soma draught.
1.2.4
These, Indra-Vâyu, have been shed; come for our offered dainties' sake: The drops are yearning for you both.
1.2.5
Well do ye mark libations, ye Vâyu and Indra, rich in spoil So come ye swiftly hitherward.
1.2.6
Vâyu and Indra, come to what the Soma. presser hath prepared: Soon, Heroes, thus I make my prayer.
1.2.7
Mitra, of holy strength, I call, and foe-destroying Varuṇa, Who make the oil-fed rite complete.
1.2.8
Mitra and Varuṇa, through Law, lovers and cherishers of Law, Have ye obtained your might power
1.2.9
Our Sages, Mitra-Varuṇa, wide dominion, strong by birth, Vouchsafe us strength that worketh well.
Translations (6)
- Rig-Veda Sanhitá — Horace Hayman Wilson 1850, English
- Rig-Veda, übersetzt und mit kritischen und erläuternden Anmerkungen versehen — Hermann Grassmann 1876, German
- 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
- Vedic Hymns, Part I: Hymns to the Maruts, Rudra, Vāyu and Vāta (SBE 32) — Friedrich Max Müller 1891, English
Commentaries (2)
- Ṛgvedapadapāṭha — Śākalya, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Skandasvāmin) — Skandasvāmin, Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
Linked texts (1)
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitā — Sanskrit