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Rigveda 10.177

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 10.177

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Sanskrit

10.177.1

pa̱ta̱ṁgam a̱ktam asu̍rasya mā̱yayā̍ hṛ̱dā pa̍śyanti̱ mana̍sā vipa̱ścita̍ḥ |
sa̱mu̱dre a̱ntaḥ ka̱vayo̱ vi ca̍kṣate̱ marī̍cīnām pa̱dam i̍cchanti ve̱dhasa̍ḥ ||

THE sapient with their spirit and their mind behold the Bird adorned with all an Asura's magic might. Sages observe him in the ocean's inmost depth: the wise disposers seek the station of his rays.

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

10.177.2

pa̱ta̱ṁgo vāca̱m mana̍sā bibharti̱ tāṁ ga̍ndha̱rvo̍ 'vada̱d garbhe̍ a̱ntaḥ |
tāṁ dyota̍mānāṁ sva̱rya̍m manī̱ṣām ṛ̱tasya̍ pa̱de ka̱vayo̱ ni pā̍nti ||

The flying Bird bears Speech within his spirit: erst the Gandharva in the womb pronounced it: And at the seat of sacrifice the sages cherish this radiant, heavenly-bright invention.

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

10.177.3

apa̍śyaṁ go̱pām ani̍padyamāna̱m ā ca̱ parā̍ ca pa̱thibhi̱ś cara̍ntam |
sa sa̱dhrīcī̱ḥ sa viṣū̍cī̱r vasā̍na̱ ā va̍rīvarti̱ bhuva̍neṣv a̱ntaḥ ||

I saw the Herdsman, him who never resteth, approaching and departing on his pathways. He, clothed in gathered and diffusive splendour, within the worlds continually travels.

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

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