Rigveda 10.114
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 10.114
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- Sanskrit
10.114.1
gha̱rmā sama̍ntā tri̱vṛta̱ṁ vy ā̍patu̱s tayo̱r juṣṭi̍m māta̱riśvā̍ jagāma |
di̱vas payo̱ didhi̍ṣāṇā aveṣan vi̱dur de̱vāḥ sa̱hasā̍mānam a̱rkam ||
Two perfect springs of heat pervade the Threefold, and come for their delight is Mâtariṣvan. Craving the milk of heaven the Gods are present: well do they know the praisesong and the Sâman.
10.114.2
ti̱sro de̱ṣṭrāya̱ nirṛ̍tī̱r upā̍sate dīrgha̱śruto̱ vi hi jā̱nanti̱ vahna̍yaḥ |
tāsā̱ṁ ni ci̍kyuḥ ka̱vayo̍ ni̱dāna̱m pare̍ṣu̱ yā guhye̍ṣu vra̱teṣu̍ ||
The priests beard far away, as they are ordered, serve the three Nirṛitis, for well they know them. Sages have traced the cause that first produced them, dwelling in distant and mysterious chambers.
10.114.3
catu̍ṣkapardā yuva̱tiḥ su̱peśā̍ ghṛ̱tapra̍tīkā va̱yunā̍ni vaste |
tasyā̍ṁ supa̱rṇā vṛṣa̍ṇā̱ ni ṣe̍datu̱r yatra̍ de̱vā da̍dhi̱re bhā̍ga̱dheya̍m ||
The Youthful One, well-shaped, with four locks braided, brightened with oil, puts on the ordinances. Two Birds of mighty power are seated near her, there where the Deities receive their portion.
10.114.4
eka̍ḥ supa̱rṇaḥ sa sa̍mu̱dram ā vi̍veśa̱ sa i̱daṁ viśva̱m bhuva̍na̱ṁ vi ca̍ṣṭe |
tam pāke̍na̱ mana̍sāpaśya̱m anti̍ta̱s tam mā̱tā re̍ḻhi̱ sa u̍ reḻhi mā̱tara̍m ||
One of these Birds hath passed into the sea of air: thence he looks round and views this universal world. With simple heart I have beheld him from anear: his Mother kisses him and he returns her kiss.
10.114.5
su̱pa̱rṇaṁ viprā̍ḥ ka̱vayo̱ vaco̍bhi̱r eka̱ṁ santa̍m bahu̱dhā ka̍lpayanti |
chandā̍ṁsi ca̱ dadha̍to adhva̱reṣu̱ grahā̱n soma̍sya mimate̱ dvāda̍śa ||
Him with fair wings though only One in nature, wise singers shape, with songs, in many figures. While they at sacrifices fix the metres, they measure out twelve chalices of Soma.
10.114.6
ṣa̱ṭtri̱ṁśām̐ś ca̍ ca̱tura̍ḥ ka̱lpaya̍nta̱ś chandā̍ṁsi ca̱ dadha̍ta ādvāda̱śam |
ya̱jñaṁ vi̱māya̍ ka̱vayo̍ manī̱ṣa ṛ̍ksā̱mābhyā̱m pra ratha̍ṁ vartayanti ||
While they arrange the four and six-and-thirty, and duly order, up to twelve, the measures, Having disposed the sacrifice thoughtful sages send the Car forward with the Ṛich and Sâman.
10.114.7
catu̍rdaśā̱nye ma̍hi̱māno̍ asya̱ taṁ dhīrā̍ vā̱cā pra ṇa̍yanti sa̱pta |
āpnā̍naṁ tī̱rthaṁ ka i̱ha pra vo̍ca̱d yena̍ pa̱thā pra̱piba̍nte su̱tasya̍ ||
The Chariot's majesties are fourteen others: seven sages lead it onward with their Voices. Who will declare to us the ford Âpnâna, the path whereby they drink first draughts of Soma?
10.114.8
sa̱ha̱sra̱dhā pa̍ñcada̱śāny u̱kthā yāva̱d dyāvā̍pṛthi̱vī tāva̱d it tat |
sa̱ha̱sra̱dhā ma̍hi̱māna̍ḥ sa̱hasra̱ṁ yāva̱d brahma̱ viṣṭhi̍ta̱ṁ tāva̍tī̱ vāk ||
The fifteen lauds are in a thousand places that is as vast as heaven and earth in measure. A thousand spots contain the mighty thousand. Vâk spreadeth forth as far as Prayer extendeth.
10.114.9
kaś chanda̍sā̱ṁ yoga̱m ā ve̍da̱ dhīra̱ḥ ko dhiṣṇyā̱m prati̱ vāca̍m papāda |
kam ṛ̱tvijā̍m aṣṭa̱maṁ śūra̍m āhu̱r harī̱ indra̍sya̱ ni ci̍kāya̱ kaḥ svi̍t ||
What sage hath learned the metres' application? Who hath gained Vâk, the spirit's aim and object? Which ministering priest is called eighth Hero? Who then hath tracked the two Bay Steeds of Indra?
10.114.10
bhūmyā̱ anta̱m pary eke̍ caranti̱ ratha̍sya dhū̱rṣu yu̱ktāso̍ asthuḥ |
śrama̍sya dā̱yaṁ vi bha̍janty ebhyo ya̱dā ya̱mo bhava̍ti ha̱rmye hi̱taḥ ||
Yoked to his chariot-pole there stood the Coursers: they only travel round earth's farthest limits. These, when their driver in his home is settled, receive the allotted meed of their exertion.
Translations (5)
- The Hymns of the Rigveda — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, English
- Der Rig-Veda aus dem Sanskrit ins Deutsche übersetzt (HOS 33–35) — Karl Friedrich Geldner 1951, German
- Ригведа — Tatyana Yakovlevna Elizarenkova 1989, Russian
- Rig-Veda Sanhitá — Horace Hayman Wilson 1850, English
- Rig-Veda, übersetzt und mit kritischen und erläuternden Anmerkungen versehen — Hermann Grassmann 1876, German
Commentaries (10)
- Vedārthaprakāśa (Ṛgvedabhāṣya) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedapadapāṭha — Śākalya, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Skandasvāmin) — Skandasvāmin, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Udgītha) — Udgītha, Sanskrit
- Ṛgarthadīpikā — Veṅkaṭamādhava, Sanskrit
- Ṛgbhāṣya (Madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitāvyākhyā — Sanskrit
- Vedabhāṣya — Mādhava, Sanskrit
- Vedabhāṣyasāra — Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣyabhūmikā — Dayānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
Linked texts (3)
- Aitareyāraṇyaka — Sanskrit
- Adhvarakāṇḍa — Sanskrit
- Viṣṇutattvanirṇaya (print) — Sanskrit
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