Mandala 4
Thefourth Mandalaof theRigvedahas 58 hymns, mainly toAgniandIndra.It is one of the "family books" (mandalas 2–7), the oldest core of the Rigveda, which were composed in early vedic period(1500-1000 BCE).[1]
TheRigveda Anukramaniattributes all hymns in this book toVāmadevaGautama(son ofMaharishi Gautama), except for hymns 43 and 44, attributed toPurumīḍha SauhotraandAjamīḍha Sauhotra.
List of incipits[edit]
The dedication as given by Griffith is in square brackets
4.1 (297) [Agni.]tuvâṃ hí agne sádam ít samanyávo
4.2 (298) [Agni.]yó mártiyeṣu amŕta ṛtâvā
4.3 (299) [Agni.]â vo râjānam adhvarásya rudráṃ
4.4 (300) [Agni.]kṛṇuṣvá pâjaḥ prásitiṃ ná pṛthvîṃ
4.5 (301) [Agni.]vaiśvānarâya mīḷhúṣe sajóṣāḥ
4.6 (302) [Agni.]ūrdhvá ū ṣú ṇo adhvarasya hotar
4.7 (303) [Agni.]ayám ihá prathamó dhāyi dhātŕbhir
4.8 (304) [Agni.]dūtáṃ vo viśvávedasaṃ
4.9 (305) [Agni.]ágne mṛḷá mahâṁ asi
4.10 (306) [Agni.]ágne tám adyá
4.11 (307) [Agni.]bhadráṃ te agne sahasinn ánīkam
4.12 (308) [Agni.]yás tvâm agna inádhate yatásruk
4.13 (309) [Agni.]práti agnír uṣásām ágram akhyad
4.14 (310) [Agni.]práti agnír uṣáso jātávedā
4.15 (311) [Agni.]agnír hótā no adhvaré
4.16 (312) [Indra.]â satyó yātu maghávāṁ ṛjīṣî
4.17 (313) [Indra.]tuvám mahâṁ indara túbhya * ha kṣâ
4.18 (314) [Indra and Others.]ayám pánthā ánuvittaḥ purāṇó
4.19 (315) [Indra.]evâ tuvâm indara vajrin átra
4.20 (316) [Indra.]â na índro dūr~âd â na āsâd
4.21 (317) [Indra.]â yātu índro ávasa úpa na
4.22 (318) [Indra.]yán na índro jujuṣé yác ca váṣṭi
4.23 (319) [Indra.]kathâ mahâm avṛdhat kásya hótur
4.24 (320) [Indra.]kâ suṣṭutíḥ śávasaḥ sūnúm índram
4.25 (321) [Indra.]kó adyá? náriyo devákāma
4.26 (322) [Indra.]ahám mánur abhavaṃ sûriyaś ca
4.27 (323) [The Falcon.]gárbhe nú sánn ánu eṣām avedam
4.28 (324) [Indra-Soma.] tuvâ yujâ táva tát soma sakhyá
4.29 (325) [Indra.]â na stutá úpa vâjebhir ūtî
4.30 (326) [Indra.]nákir indra tvád úttaro
4.31 (327) [Indra.]káyā naś citrá â bhuvad
4.32 (328) [Indra.]â tû na indra vṛtrahann
4.33 (329) [Rbhus.]prá rbhúbhyo dūtám iva vâcam iṣya
4.34 (330) [Rbhus.]ṛbhúr víbhvā vâja índro no ácha
4.35 (331) [Rbhus.]ihópa yāta śavaso napātaḥ
4.36 (332) [Rbhus.]anaśvó jātó anabhīśúr ukthíyo
4.37 (333) [Rbhus.]úpa no vājā adhvarám ṛbhukṣā
4.38 (334) [Dadhikras.]utó hí vāṃ dātarâ sánti pûrvā
4.39 (335) [Dadhikras.]āśúṃ dadhikrâṃ tám u nú ṣṭavāma
4.40 (336) [Dadhikravan.]dadhikrâvṇa íd u nú carkirāma
4.41 (337) [Indra-Varuna.]índrā kó vāṃ varuṇā sumnám āpa
4.42 (338) [Indra-Varuna.]máma dvitâ rāṣṭaráṃ kṣatríyasya
4.43 (339) [Asvins.]ká u śravat katamó yajñíyānāṃ
4.44 (340) [Asvins.]táṃ vāṃ ráthaṃ vayám adyâ huvema
4.45 (341) [Asvins.]eṣá syá bhānúr úd iyarti yujyáte
4.46 (342) [Vayu.Indra-Vayu.]ágram pibā mádhūn~āṃ
4.47 (343) [Vayu. Indra-Vayu.]vâyo śukró ayāmi te
4.48 (344) [Vayu.]vihí hótrā ávītā
4.49 (345) [Indra-Brhaspati.]idáṃ vām āsíye havíḥ
4.50 (346) [Brhaspati.]yás tastámbha sáhasā ví jmó ántān
4.51 (347) [Dawn.]idám u tyát purutámam purástāj
4.52 (448) [Dawn.]práti ṣyâ sūnárī jánī
4.53 (349) [Savitar.]tád devásya savitúr vâriyam mahád
4.54 (350) [Savitar.]ábhūd deváḥ savitâ vándiyo nú na
4.55 (351) [Visvedevas.]kó vas trātâ vasavaḥ kó varūtâ
4.56 (352) [HeavenandEarth.]mahî dyâvāpṛthivî ihá jyéṣṭhe
4.57 (353) [Ksetrapati,Etc.]kṣétrasya pátinā vayáṃ
4.58 (354) [Ghrta.]samudrâd ūrmír mádhumāṁ úd ārad
References[edit]
- ^Dahiya, Poonam Dalal (2017-09-15).ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL INDIA EBOOK.McGraw-Hill Education. p. 95.ISBN978-93-5260-673-3.
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