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Rigveda 10.139

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 10.139

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10.139.1

sūrya̍raśmi̱r hari̍keśaḥ pu̱rastā̍t savi̱tā jyoti̱r ud a̍yā̱m̐ aja̍sram |
tasya̍ pū̱ṣā pra̍sa̱ve yā̍ti vi̱dvān sa̱mpaśya̱n viśvā̱ bhuva̍nāni go̱pāḥ ||

SAVITAR, golden-haired, hath lifted eastward, bright With the sunbeams, his eternal lustre; He in whose energy wise Pûshan marches, surveying all existence like a herdsman.

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

10.139.2

nṛ̱cakṣā̍ e̱ṣa di̱vo madhya̍ āsta āpapri̱vān roda̍sī a̱ntari̍kṣam |
sa vi̱śvācī̍r a̱bhi ca̍ṣṭe ghṛ̱tācī̍r anta̱rā pūrva̱m apa̍raṁ ca ke̱tum ||

Beholding men he sits amid the heaven filling the two world-halves and air's wide region. He looks upon the rich far-spreading pastures between the eastern and the western limit.

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

10.139.3

rā̱yo bu̱dhnaḥ sa̱ṁgama̍no̱ vasū̍nā̱ṁ viśvā̍ rū̱pābhi ca̍ṣṭe̱ śacī̍bhiḥ |
de̱va i̍va savi̱tā sa̱tyadha̱rmendro̱ na ta̍sthau sama̱re dhanā̍nām ||

He, root of wealth, the gatherer-up of treasures, looks with his might on every form and figure. Savitar, like a God.whose Law is constant, stands in the battle for the spoil like Indra.

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

10.139.4

vi̱śvāva̍suṁ soma gandha̱rvam āpo̍ dadṛ̱śuṣī̱s tad ṛ̱tenā̱ vy ā̍yan |
tad a̱nvavai̱d indro̍ rārahā̱ṇa ā̍sā̱m pari̱ sūrya̍sya pari̱dhīm̐r a̍paśyat ||

Waters from sacrifice came to the Gandharva Viṣvâvasu, O Soma, when they saw him. Indra, approaching quickly, marked their going, and looked around upon the Sun's enclosures.

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

10.139.5

vi̱śvāva̍sur a̱bhi tan no̍ gṛṇātu di̱vyo ga̍ndha̱rvo raja̍so vi̱māna̍ḥ |
yad vā̍ ghā sa̱tyam u̱ta yan na vi̱dma dhiyo̍ hinvā̱no dhiya̱ in no̍ avyāḥ ||

This song Viṣvâvasu shall sing us, meter of air's mid-realm celestial Gandharva, That we may know aright both truth and falsehood: may he inspire our thoughts and help our praises.

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

10.139.6

sasni̍m avinda̱c cara̍ṇe na̱dīnā̱m apā̍vṛṇo̱d duro̱ aśma̍vrajānām |
prāsā̍ṁ gandha̱rvo a̱mṛtā̍ni voca̱d indro̱ dakṣa̱m pari̍ jānād a̱hīnā̍m ||

In the floods' track he found the bootyseeker: the rocky cow-pen's doors he threw wide open. These, the Gandharva told him, Rowed with Amrit. Indra knew well the puissancc of the dragons.

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

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