Rigveda 10.123
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 10.123
- Language
- Sanskrit
10.123.1
a̱yaṁ ve̱naś co̍daya̱t pṛśni̍garbhā̱ jyoti̍rjarāyū̱ raja̍so vi̱māne̍ |
i̱mam a̱pāṁ sa̍ṁga̱me sūrya̍sya̱ śiśu̱ṁ na viprā̍ ma̱tibhī̍ rihanti ||
SEE, Vena, born in light, hath driven hither, on chariot of the air, the Calves of Pṛiṣni. Singers with hymns caress him as an infant there where the waters and the sunlight mingle.
10.123.2
sa̱mu̱drād ū̱rmim ud i̍yarti ve̱no na̍bho̱jāḥ pṛ̱ṣṭhaṁ ha̍rya̱tasya̍ darśi |
ṛ̱tasya̱ sānā̱v adhi̍ vi̱ṣṭapi̱ bhrāṭ sa̍mā̱naṁ yoni̍m a̱bhy a̍nūṣata̱ vrāḥ ||
Vena draws up his wave from out the ocean. mist-born, the fair one's back is made apparent, Brightly he shone aloft on Order's summit: the hosts sang glory to their common birthplace.
10.123.3
sa̱mā̱nam pū̱rvīr a̱bhi vā̍vaśā̱nās tiṣṭha̍n va̱tsasya̍ mā̱tara̱ḥ sanī̍ḻāḥ |
ṛ̱tasya̱ sānā̱v adhi̍ cakramā̱ṇā ri̱hanti̱ madhvo̍ a̱mṛta̍sya̱ vāṇī̍ḥ ||
Full many, lowing to their joint-possession, dwelling together stood the Darling's Mothers. Ascending to the lofty height of Order, the bands of singers 'sip the sweets of Amrit.
10.123.4
jā̱nanto̍ rū̱pam a̍kṛpanta̱ viprā̍ mṛ̱gasya̱ ghoṣa̍m mahi̱ṣasya̱ hi gman |
ṛ̱tena̱ yanto̱ adhi̱ sindhu̍m asthur vi̱dad ga̍ndha̱rvo a̱mṛtā̍ni̱ nāma̍ ||
Knowing his form, the sages yearned to meet him: they have come nigh to hear the wild Bull's bellow. Performing sacrifice they reached the river: for the Gandharva found the immortal waters.
10.123.5
a̱psa̱rā jā̱ram u̍pasiṣmiyā̱ṇā yoṣā̍ bibharti para̱me vyo̍man |
cara̍t pri̱yasya̱ yoni̍ṣu pri̱yaḥ san sīda̍t pa̱kṣe hi̍ra̱ṇyaye̱ sa ve̱naḥ ||
The Apsaras, the Lady, sweetly smiling, supports her Lover in sublimest heaven. In his Friend's dwelling as a Friend he wanders: he, Vena, rests him on his golden pinion.
10.123.6
nāke̍ supa̱rṇam upa̱ yat pata̍ntaṁ hṛ̱dā vena̍nto a̱bhy aca̍kṣata tvā |
hira̍ṇyapakṣa̱ṁ varu̍ṇasya dū̱taṁ ya̱masya̱ yonau̍ śaku̱nam bhu̍ra̱ṇyum ||
They gaze on thee with longing in their spirit, as on a strong-winged bird that mounteth sky-ward; On thee with wings of gold, Varuṇa's envoy, the Bird that hasteneth to the home of Yama.
10.123.7
ū̱rdhvo ga̍ndha̱rvo adhi̱ nāke̍ asthāt pra̱tyaṅ ci̱trā bibhra̍d a̱syāyu̍dhāni |
vasā̍no̱ atka̍ṁ sura̱bhiṁ dṛ̱śe kaṁ sva1̱̍r ṇa nāma̍ janata pri̱yāṇi̍ ||
Erect, to heaven hath the Gandharva mounted, pointing at us his many-coloured weapons; Clad in sweet raiment beautiful to look on, for he, as light, produceth forms that please us.
10.123.8
dra̱psaḥ sa̍mu̱dram a̱bhi yaj jigā̍ti̱ paśya̱n gṛdhra̍sya̱ cakṣa̍sā̱ vidha̍rman |
bhā̱nuḥ śu̱kreṇa̍ śo̱ciṣā̍ cakā̱nas tṛ̱tīye̍ cakre̱ raja̍si pri̱yāṇi̍ ||
When as a spark he cometh near the ocean, still looking with a vulture's eye to heaven, His lustre, joying in its own bright splendour, maketh dear glories in the lowest region.
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)
Discussed in (16)
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- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English
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- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — Muir 1858, English
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- The Religions of India — Hopkins 1895, English
- Die Hymnen des Rigveda, Bd. I: Metrische und textgeschichtliche Prolegomena — Oldenberg 1888, German
- Epic Mythology — Hopkins 1915, English
- The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads) — Bloomfield 1908, English
- The Orion, or Researches into the Antiquity of the Vedas — Tilak 1893, English