Rigveda 10.159
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 10.159
- Language
- Sanskrit
10.159.1
ud a̱sau sūryo̍ agā̱d ud a̱yam mā̍ma̱ko bhaga̍ḥ |
a̱haṁ tad vi̍dva̱lā pati̍m a̱bhy a̍sākṣi viṣāsa̱hiḥ ||
YON Sun hath mounted up, and this my happy fate hate mounted high. I knowing this, as conqueror have won my husband for mine own.
10.159.2
a̱haṁ ke̱tur a̱ham mū̱rdhāham u̱grā vi̱vāca̍nī |
mamed anu̱ kratu̱m pati̍ḥ sehā̱nāyā̍ u̱pāca̍ret ||
I am the banner and the head, a mighty arbitress am I: I am victorious, and my Lord shall be submissive to my will.
10.159.3
mama̍ pu̱trāḥ śa̍tru̱haṇo 'tho̍ me duhi̱tā vi̱rāṭ |
u̱tāham a̍smi saṁja̱yā patyau̍ me̱ śloka̍ utta̱maḥ ||
My Sons are slayers of the foe, my Daughter is a ruling Queen: I am victorious: o'er my Lord my song of triumph is supreme.
10.159.4
yenendro̍ ha̱viṣā̍ kṛ̱tvy abha̍vad dyu̱mny u̍tta̱maḥ |
i̱daṁ tad a̍kri devā asapa̱tnā kilā̍bhuvam ||
Oblation, that which Indra gave and thus grew glorious and most high,– This have I offered, O ye Gods, and rid me of each rival wife.
10.159.5
a̱sa̱pa̱tnā sa̍patna̱ghnī jaya̍nty abhi̱bhūva̍rī |
āvṛ̍kṣam a̱nyāsā̱ṁ varco̱ rādho̱ asthe̍yasām iva ||
Destroyer of the rival wife, Sole Spouse, victorious, conqueror, The others' glory have I seized as 'twere the wealth of weaker Dames.
10.159.6
sam a̍jaiṣam i̱mā a̱haṁ sa̱patnī̍r abhi̱bhūva̍rī |
yathā̱ham a̱sya vī̱rasya̍ vi̱rājā̍ni̱ jana̍sya ca ||
I have subdued as conqueror these rivals, these my fellow-wives, That I may hold imperial sway over this Hero and the folk.
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 (4)
- Taittirīyāraṇyaka (complete text) — Sanskrit
- Ekāgnikāṇḍa — Sanskrit
- Ekāgnikāṇḍa or Mantrapraśna or Mantrapāṭha — Sanskrit
- Yajurvedamantrapāṭha — Sanskrit
Discussed in (11)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — Muir 1858, English
- The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Keith 1925, English
- Die Hymnen des Rigveda, Bd. I: Metrische und textgeschichtliche Prolegomena — Oldenberg 1888, German
- Altindische Grammatik — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German
- La religion védique d'après les hymnes du Rig-Véda — Bergaigne 1878, French
- Vedic Metre in its Historical Development — Arnold 1905, English
- Die Religion des Veda — Oldenberg 1894, German
- Vedic Mythology — Macdonell 1897, English
- A History of Sanskrit Literature — Macdonell 1900, English