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Rigveda 10.109

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 10.109

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10.109.1

te̍ 'vadan pratha̱mā bra̍hmakilbi̱ṣe 'kū̍pāraḥ sali̱lo mā̍ta̱riśvā̍ |
vī̱ḻuha̍rā̱s tapa̍ u̱gro ma̍yo̱bhūr āpo̍ de̱vīḥ pra̍thama̱jā ṛ̱tena̍ ||

THESE first, the boundless Sea, and Mâtariṣvan, fierce-glowing Fire, the Strong, the Blissbestower. And heavenly Floods, first-born by holy Order, exclaimed against the outrage on a Brahman.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

10.109.2

somo̱ rājā̍ pratha̱mo bra̍hmajā̱yām puna̱ḥ prāya̍ccha̱d ahṛ̍ṇīyamānaḥ |
a̱nva̱rti̱tā varu̍ṇo mi̱tra ā̍sīd a̱gnir hotā̍ hasta̱gṛhyā ni̍nāya ||

King Soma first of all, without reluctance, made restitution of the Brahman's consort. Mitra and Varuṇa were the inviters: Agni as Hota; took her hand and led her.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

10.109.3

haste̍nai̱va grā̱hya̍ ā̱dhir a̍syā brahmajā̱yeyam iti̱ ced avo̍can |
na dū̱tāya̍ pra̱hye̍ tastha e̱ṣā tathā̍ rā̱ṣṭraṁ gu̍pi̱taṁ kṣa̱triya̍sya ||

The man, her pledge, must by her hand be taken when they have cried, She is a Brahman's consort. She stayed not for a herald to conduct her: thus is the kingdom of a ruler guarded.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

10.109.4

de̱vā e̱tasyā̍m avadanta̱ pūrve̍ saptaṛ̱ṣaya̱s tapa̍se̱ ye ni̍ṣe̱duḥ |
bhī̱mā jā̱yā brā̍hma̱ṇasyopa̍nītā du̱rdhāṁ da̍dhāti para̱me vyo̍man ||

Thus spake of her those Gods of old, Seven Ṛishis who sate them down to their austere devotion: Dire is a Brahman's wife led home by others: in the supremest heaven she plants confusion.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

10.109.5

bra̱hma̱cā̱rī ca̍rati̱ vevi̍ṣa̱d viṣa̱ḥ sa de̱vānā̍m bhava̱ty eka̱m aṅga̍m |
tena̍ jā̱yām anv a̍vinda̱d bṛha̱spati̱ḥ some̍na nī̱tāṁ ju̱hva1̱̍ṁ na de̍vāḥ ||

The Brahmachâri goes engaged in duty: he is a member of the Gods' own body. Through him Bṛihaspati obtained his consort, as the Gods gained the ladle brought by Soma.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

10.109.6

puna̱r vai de̱vā a̍dadu̱ḥ puna̍r manu̱ṣyā̍ u̱ta |
rājā̍naḥ sa̱tyaṁ kṛ̍ṇvā̱nā bra̍hmajā̱yām puna̍r daduḥ ||

So then the Gods restored her, so men gave the woman back again. The Kings who kept their promises restored the Brahman's wedded wife,

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

10.109.7

pu̱na̱rdāya̍ brahmajā̱yāṁ kṛ̱tvī de̱vair ni̍kilbi̱ṣam |
ūrja̍m pṛthi̱vyā bha̱ktvāyo̍rugā̱yam upā̍sate ||

Having restored the Brahman's wife, and freed them, with Gods' aid, from sin, They shared the fulness of the earth, and won themselves extended sway.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

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