Rigveda

Mandala 8, Hymn 30

Containing 4 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.

Rigveda

Mandala 8, Hymn 30, Verse 1

न॒हि वो॒ अस्त्य॑र्भ॒को देवा॑सो॒ न कु॑मार॒कः विश्वे॑ स॒तोम॑हान्त॒ इत्

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"NOT one of you, ye Gods, is small, none of you is a feeble child: All of you, verily, are great."

Rigveda

Mandala 8, Hymn 30, Verse 2

इति॑ स्तु॒तासो॑ असथा रिशादसो॒ ये स्थ त्रय॑श्च त्रिं॒शच्च॑ मनो॑र्देवा यज्ञियासः

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"Thus be ye lauded, ye destroyers of the foe, ye Three-and-Thirty Deities, The Gods of man, the Holy Ones."

Rigveda

Mandala 8, Hymn 30, Verse 3

ते न॑स्त्राध्वं॒ ते॑ऽवत॒ त उ॑ नो॒ अधि॑ वोचत मा नः॑ प॒थः पित्र्या॑न्मान॒वादधि॑ दू॒रं नै॑ष्ट परा॒वतः॑

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"As such defend and succour us, with benedictions speak to us: Lead us not from our fathers' and from Manu's path into the distance far away."

Rigveda

Mandala 8, Hymn 30, Verse 4

ये दे॑वास इ॒ह स्थन॒ विश्वे॑ वैश्वान॒रा उ॒त अ॒स्मभ्यं॒ शर्म॑ स॒प्रथो॒ गवेऽश्वा॑य यच्छत

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"Ye Deities who stay with us, and all ye Gods of all mankind, Give us your wide protection, give shelter for cattle and for steed."