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Rigveda 10.124

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 10.124

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10.124.1

i̱maṁ no̍ agna̱ upa̍ ya̱jñam ehi̱ pañca̍yāmaṁ tri̱vṛta̍ṁ sa̱ptata̍ntum |
aso̍ havya̱vāḻ u̱ta na̍ḥ puro̱gā jyog e̱va dī̱rghaṁ tama̱ āśa̍yiṣṭhāḥ ||

COME to this sacrifice of ours, O Agni, threefold, with seven threads and five divisions. Be our oblation-bearer and preceder: thou hast lain long enough in during darkness.

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

10.124.2

ade̍vād de̱vaḥ pra̱catā̱ guhā̱ yan pra̱paśya̍māno amṛta̱tvam e̍mi |
śi̱vaṁ yat santa̱m aśi̍vo̱ jahā̍mi̱ svāt sa̱khyād ara̍ṇī̱ṁ nābhi̍m emi ||

I come a God foreseeing from the godless to immortality by secret pathways, While I, ungracious one, desert the gracious, leave mine own friends and seek the kin of strangers.

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

10.124.3

paśya̍nn a̱nyasyā̱ ati̍thiṁ va̱yāyā̍ ṛ̱tasya̱ dhāma̱ vi mi̍me pu̱rūṇi̍ |
śaṁsā̍mi pi̱tre asu̍rāya̱ śeva̍m ayajñi̱yād ya̱jñiya̍m bhā̱gam e̍mi ||

I, looking to the guest of other lineage, have founded many a rule of Law and Order. I bid farewell to the Great God, the Father, and, for neglect, obtain my share of worship.

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

10.124.4

ba̱hvīḥ samā̍ akaram a̱ntar a̍smi̱nn indra̍ṁ vṛṇā̱naḥ pi̱tara̍ṁ jahāmi |
a̱gniḥ somo̱ varu̍ṇa̱s te cya̍vante pa̱ryāva̍rd rā̱ṣṭraṁ tad a̍vāmy ā̱yan ||

I tarried many a year within this altar: I leave the Father, for my choice is Indra. Away pass Agni, Varuṇa and Soma. Rule ever changes: this I come to favour.

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

10.124.5

nirmā̍yā u̱ tye asu̍rā abhūva̱n tvaṁ ca̍ mā varuṇa kā̱mayā̍se |
ṛ̱tena̍ rāja̱nn anṛ̍taṁ vivi̱ñcan mama̍ rā̱ṣṭrasyādhi̍patya̱m ehi̍ ||

These Asuras have lost their powers of magic. But thou, O Varuṇa, if thou dost love me, O King, discerning truth and right from falsehood, come and be Lord and Ruler of my kingdom.

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

10.124.6

i̱daṁ sva̍r i̱dam id ā̍sa vā̱mam a̱yam pra̍kā̱śa u̱rv a1̱̍ntari̍kṣam |
hanā̍va vṛ̱traṁ ni̱rehi̍ soma ha̱viṣ ṭvā̱ santa̍ṁ ha̱viṣā̍ yajāma ||

Here is the light of heaven, here allis lovely; here there is radiance, here is air's wide region. Let us two slaughter Vṛitra. Forth, O Soma! Thou art oblation: we therewith will serve thee.

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

10.124.7

ka̱viḥ ka̍vi̱tvā di̱vi rū̱pam āsa̍ja̱d apra̍bhūtī̱ varu̍ṇo̱ nir a̱paḥ sṛ̍jat |
kṣema̍ṁ kṛṇvā̱nā jana̍yo̱ na sindha̍va̱s tā a̍sya̱ varṇa̱ṁ śuca̍yo bharibhrati ||

The Sage hath fixed his form by wisdom in the heavens: Varuṇa with no violence let the waters flow. Like women-folk, the floods that bring prosperity have eau lit his hue and colour as they gleamed and shone.

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

10.124.8

tā a̍sya̱ jyeṣṭha̍m indri̱yaṁ sa̍cante̱ tā ī̱m ā kṣe̍ti sva̱dhayā̱ mada̍ntīḥ |
tā ī̱ṁ viśo̱ na rājā̍naṁ vṛṇā̱nā bī̍bha̱tsuvo̱ apa̍ vṛ̱trād a̍tiṣṭhan ||

These wait upon his loftiest power and vigour: he dwells in these who triumph in their Godhead; And they, like people who elect their ruler, have in abhorrence turned away from Vṛitra.

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

10.124.9

bī̱bha̱tsūnā̍ṁ sa̱yuja̍ṁ ha̱ṁsam ā̍hur a̱pāṁ di̱vyānā̍ṁ sa̱khye cara̍ntam |
a̱nu̱ṣṭubha̱m anu̍ carcū̱ryamā̍ṇa̱m indra̱ṁ ni ci̍kyuḥ ka̱vayo̍ manī̱ṣā ||

They call him Swan, the abhorrent floods' Companion, moving in friendship with celestial Waters. The poets in their thought have looked on Indra swiftly approaching when Anushṭup calls him.

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

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