Rigveda 1.2.2
Vedic Hymns, Part I: Hymns to the Maruts, Rudra, Vāyu and Vāta (SBE 32) 1.2.2
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1.2.2
O Vâyu, the praisers celebrate thee with hymns, they who know the feast-days, and have prepared the Soma.
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Note 1. Aharvid, which Benfey translates by tagekundig, Grassmann, die des Tages (Anbruch) kundig, seems to have two meanings. When applied to men, poets or priests, it means those who know (vid) the right days or seasons for every sacrifice, but when it is applied to certain deities, particularly those of the morning, it means finding (vind), bringing back the day, like lucifer. Thus the Asvins are called aharvidâ (VIII, 5, 9; 21). The power (daksha) of Vishnu is called aharvid, conquering, or bringing, the light of the day (I, 156, 4). The priests, as inviting these gods, might possibly themselves be called aharvid, bringing back the light of day, but this seems doubtful.
Translations (6)
- Rig-Veda Sanhitá — Horace Hayman Wilson 1850, English
- The Hymns of the Rigveda — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, 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
Commentaries (2)
- Ṛgvedapadapāṭha — Śākalya, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Skandasvāmin) — Skandasvāmin, Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
Linked texts (1)
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitā — Sanskrit