The R̥gveda: the complete text with Geldner's and Griffith's translations

Author: Alexander Lubotsky

This database contains the complete text of the R̥gveda, aligned with two translations, a German one by Karl Friedrich Geldner (Der Rig-Veda aus dem Sanskrit ins Deutsche übersetzt und mit einem laufenden Kommentar versehen, Cambridge (Mass.), 1951-1957) and an English one by Ralph T. H. Griffith (The hymns of the Rigveda, translated with a popular commentary, Benares, 1889-1891).
The text represents the 1877 edition by Th. Aufrecht (Die Hymnen des Ṛigveda, Bonn), but with one major difference: it is divided into pādas and the sandhi at the pāda boundary has been removed if the context were otherwise unclear. For instance, a -ḥ is added which was lost in sandhi, the contracted vowels are divided, etc. Wherever the original text was altered, I have introduced a dash at the end of the pāda. If the beginning was changed too, I have added yet another dash at the beginning of the pāda.