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# Rigveda 10.178

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 10.178

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [10.178.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.10.178.1)

tyam ū̱ ṣu vā̱jina̍ṁ de̱vajū̍taṁ sa̱hāvā̍naṁ taru̱tāra̱ṁ rathā̍nām |  
ari̍ṣṭanemim pṛta̱nāja̍m ā̱śuṁ sva̱staye̱ tārkṣya̍m i̱hā hu̍vema ||

> THIS very mighty one whom Gods commission, the Conqueror of cars, ever triumphant, Swift, fleet to battle, with uninjured fellies, even Târkshya for our weal will we call hither.  
> — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

### [10.178.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.10.178.2)

indra̍syeva rā̱tim ā̱johu̍vānāḥ sva̱staye̱ nāva̍m i̱vā ru̍hema |  
urvī̱ na pṛthvī̱ bahu̍le̱ gabhī̍re̱ mā vā̱m etau̱ mā pare̍tau riṣāma ||

> As though we offered up our gifts to Indra, may we ascend. him as a ship. for safety. Like the two wide worlds, broad, deep far-extended, may we be safe both when he comes and leaves you.  
> — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

### [10.178.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.10.178.3)

sa̱dyaś ci̱d yaḥ śava̍sā̱ pañca̍ kṛ̱ṣṭīḥ sūrya̍ iva̱ jyoti̍ṣā̱pas ta̱tāna̍ |  
sa̱ha̱sra̱sāḥ śa̍ta̱sā a̍sya̱ raṁhi̱r na smā̍ varante yuva̱tiṁ na śaryā̍m ||

> He who with might the Five Lands hath pervaded, like Sûrya with his lustre, and the waters- His strength wins hundreds, thousands none avert it, as- the young maid repelleth not her lover.  
> — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

## Translations (5)

- [The Hymns of the Rigveda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg~en-griffith.10.178.1) — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, English
- [Der Rig-Veda aus dem Sanskrit ins Deutsche übersetzt (HOS 33–35)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg~de-geldner.10.178.1) — Karl Friedrich Geldner 1951, German
- [Ригведа](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg~ru-elizarenkova.10.178.1) — Tatyana Yakovlevna Elizarenkova 1989, Russian
- [Rig-Veda Sanhitá](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg~en-wilson.10.178.1) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1850, English
- [Rig-Veda, übersetzt und mit kritischen und erläuternden Anmerkungen versehen](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg~de-grassmann.10.178.1) — Hermann Grassmann 1876, German

## Commentaries (10)

- [Vedārthaprakāśa (Ṛgvedabhāṣya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg!sayana.10.178.1) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- [Ṛgvedapadapāṭha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg!padapatha.10.178.1) — Śākalya, Sanskrit
- [Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Skandasvāmin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg!skandasvamin) — Skandasvāmin, Sanskrit
- [Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Udgītha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg!udgitha) — Udgītha, Sanskrit
- [Ṛgarthadīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg!venkatamadhava) — Veṅkaṭamādhava, Sanskrit
- [Ṛgbhāṣya (Madhva)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg!madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit
- [Ṛgvedasaṃhitāvyākhyā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg!rgvedasamhitavyakhya) — Sanskrit
- [Ṛgvedasaṃhitābhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg!udgithacarya) — Udgīthācārya, Sanskrit
- [Ṛgvedasūktanirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg!madhava) — Mādhava, Sanskrit
- [Bhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg!bhasya) — Sanskrit

## Other recensions (1)

- [Metrically restored text (van Nooten & Holland)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg*vnh.10.178.1) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (10)

- [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.3616) — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- [La religion védique d'après les hymnes du Rig-Véda](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bergaigne-1878.v1.c6.13) — Abel Bergaigne, French
- [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s11.786) — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- [Vāstu-śāstra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.shukla-1960.v2.c75.s1.213) — D. N. Shukla, English
- [Minerals and Metals in Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c48.84) — Arun Kumar Biswas & Sulekha Biswas, English
- [Vedic Metre in its Historical Development](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.arnold-1905.c12.74) — E. Vernon Arnold, English
- [The Religions of India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.hopkins-1895.c9.s1.5) — Edward Washburn Hopkins, English
- [The Development of Hindu Iconography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.banerjea-1941.c19.s3.1) — Jitendra Nath Banerjea, English
- [Vedic Mythology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.macdonell-1897.c7.s2.6) — Arthur Anthony Macdonell, English
- [Geographical and Economic Studies in the Mahābhārata: Upāyana Parva](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.motichandra-1945.c6.s1.146) — Moti Chandra, English

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