Ṛgveda · Maṇḍala 8 · Sūkta 1

Ṛk 8.1.25

Indra · Āsaṅga’s Dānastuti · Āsaṅga · 1, 2: Pragātha Kāṇva (Formerly Pragātha Ghaura, Brother And Adoptive Son Of Kaṇva); 3-29: Medhātithi Kāṇva; Medhyātithi Kāṇva; 30-33: Āsaṅga Plāyogi; 34: Śaśvatī Āṅgirasī

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Saṃhitā

आ त्वा॒ रथे॑ हिर॒ण्यये॒ हरी॑ म॒यूर॑शेप्या ।
शि॒ति॒पृ॒ष्ठा व॑हतां॒ मध्वो॒ अंध॑सो वि॒वक्ष॑णस्य पी॒तये॑ ॥

आ त्वा रथे हिरण्यये हरी मयूरशेप्या |
शितिपृष्ठा वहताम् मध्वो अन्धसो विवक्षणस्य पीतये ||

ā́ tvā ráthe hiraṇyáye hárī mayū́raśepyā ǀ
śitipṛṣṭhā́ vahatām mádhvo ándhaso vivákṣaṇasya pītáye ǁ

ā tvā rathe hiraṇyaye harī mayūraśepyā |
śitipṛṣṭhā vahatām madhvo andhaso vivakṣaṇasya pītaye ||

Padapāṭha

आ । त्वा॒ । रथे॑ । हि॒र॒ण्यये॑ । हरी॒ इति॑ । म॒यूर॑ऽशेप्या ।
शि॒ति॒ऽपृ॒ष्ठा । व॒ह॒ता॒म् । मध्वः॑ । अन्ध॑सः । वि॒वक्ष॑णस्य । पी॒तये॑ ॥

आ । त्वा । रथे । हिरण्यये । हरी इति । मयूरऽशेप्या ।
शितिऽपृष्ठा । वहताम् । मध्वः । अन्धसः । विवक्षणस्य । पीतये ॥

ā́ ǀ tvā ǀ ráthe ǀ hiraṇyáye ǀ hárī íti ǀ mayū́ra-śepyā ǀ
śiti-pṛṣṭhā́ ǀ vahatām ǀ mádhvaḥ ǀ ándhasaḥ ǀ vivákṣaṇasya ǀ pītáye ǁ

ā ǀ tvā ǀ rathe ǀ hiraṇyaye ǀ harī iti ǀ mayūra-śepyā ǀ
śiti-pṛṣṭhā ǀ vahatām ǀ madhvaḥ ǀ andhasaḥ ǀ vivakṣaṇasya ǀ pītaye ǁ

References

Maṇḍala · Sūkta · Ṛk
08.001.25
Aṣṭaka · Adhyāya · Varga · Ṛk
5.7.14.05
Maṇḍala · Anuvāka · Ṛk
08.01.025
Devatā देवता
1-29: Indra; 30-33: Āsaṅga’s Dānastuti; 34: Āsaṅga
Ṛṣi ऋषि
1, 2: Pragātha Kāṇva (Formerly Pragātha Ghaura, Brother And Adoptive Son Of Kaṇva); 3-29: Medhātithi Kāṇva; Medhyātithi Kāṇva; 30-33: Āsaṅga Plāyogi; 34: Śaśvatī Āṅgirasī
Chandas छन्दस्
Bṛhatī, Satobṛhatī, Triṣṭubh
Svara स्वरः
मध्यमः

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Ṛgveda 8.1.25

Interpretations

Ralph T. H. Griffith

Yoked to thy chariot wrought of gold, may thy two Bays with peacock tails, Convey thee hither, Steeds with their white backs, to quaff sweet juice that makes us eloquent.