Rigveda 10.127
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 10.127
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- Sanskrit
10.127.1
rātrī̱ vy a̍khyad āya̱tī pu̍ru̱trā de̱vy a1̱̍kṣabhi̍ḥ |
viśvā̱ adhi̱ śriyo̍ 'dhita ||
WITH all her eyes the Goddess Night looks forth approaching many a spot: She hath put all her glories on.
10.127.2
orv a̍prā̱ ama̍rtyā ni̱vato̍ de̱vy u1̱̍dvata̍ḥ |
jyoti̍ṣā bādhate̱ tama̍ḥ ||
Immortal. she hath filled the waste, the Goddess hath filled height and depth: She conquers darkness with her light.
10.127.3
nir u̱ svasā̍ram askṛto̱ṣasa̍ṁ de̱vy ā̍ya̱tī |
aped u̍ hāsate̱ tama̍ḥ ||
The Goddess as she comes hath set the Dawn her Sister in her place: And then the darkness vanishes.
10.127.4
sā no̍ a̱dya yasyā̍ va̱yaṁ ni te̱ yāma̱nn avi̍kṣmahi |
vṛ̱kṣe na va̍sa̱tiṁ vaya̍ḥ ||
So favour us this night, O thou whose pathways we have visited As birds their nest upon the tree.
10.127.5
ni grāmā̍so avikṣata̱ ni pa̱dvanto̱ ni pa̱kṣiṇa̍ḥ |
ni śye̱nāsa̍ś cid a̱rthina̍ḥ ||
The villagers have sought their homes, and all that walks and all that flies, Even the falcons fain for prey.
10.127.6
yā̱vayā̍ vṛ̱kya1̱̍ṁ vṛka̍ṁ ya̱vaya̍ ste̱nam ū̍rmye |
athā̍ naḥ su̱tarā̍ bhava ||
Keep off the she-wolf and the wolf, O Urmya, keep the thief away; Easy be thou for us to pass.
10.127.7
upa̍ mā̱ pepi̍śa̱t tama̍ḥ kṛ̱ṣṇaṁ vya̍ktam asthita |
uṣa̍ ṛ̱ṇeva̍ yātaya ||
Clearly hath she come nigh to me who decks the dark with richest hues: O Morning, cancel it like debts.
10.127.8
upa̍ te̱ gā i̱vāka̍raṁ vṛṇī̱ṣva du̍hitar divaḥ |
rātri̱ stoma̱ṁ na ji̱gyuṣe̍ ||
These have I brought to thee like kine. O Night, thou Child of Heaven, accept This laud as for a conqueror.
Translations (7)
- 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
- Études védiques et pāṇinéennes (traductions) — Louis Renou 1955, French
- Rig-Veda Sanhitá — Horace Hayman Wilson 1850, English
- Rig-Veda, übersetzt und mit kritischen und erläuternden Anmerkungen versehen — Hermann Grassmann 1876, German
- Hymns from the Rigveda — Arthur Anthony Macdonell 1922, English
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)
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- Vedic Mythology — Macdonell 1897, English
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- Indian Philosophy — Radhakrishnan 1923, English
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- The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Keith 1925, English
- Vedic Metre in its Historical Development — Arnold 1905, English
- The Religions of India — Hopkins 1895, English
- Saṃnyāsa Upaniṣads: Hindu Scriptures on Asceticism and Renunciation — Olivelle 1992, English
- A History of Sanskrit Literature — Macdonell 1900, English
- The Orion, or Researches into the Antiquity of the Vedas — Tilak 1893, English