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Rigveda 10.56

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 10.56

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10.56.1

i̱daṁ ta̱ eka̍m pa̱ra ū̍ ta̱ eka̍ṁ tṛ̱tīye̍na̱ jyoti̍ṣā̱ saṁ vi̍śasva |
sa̱ṁveśa̍ne ta̱nva1̱̍ś cāru̍r edhi pri̱yo de̱vānā̍m para̱me ja̱nitre̍ ||

HERE is one light for thee, another yonder: enter the third and he therewith united. Uniting with a body be thou welcome, dear to the Gods in their sublimest birthplace.

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

10.56.2

ta̱nūṣ ṭe̍ vājin ta̱nva1̱̍ṁ naya̍ntī vā̱mam a̱smabhya̱ṁ dhātu̱ śarma̱ tubhya̍m |
ahru̍to ma̱ho dha̱ruṇā̍ya de̱vān di̱vī̍va̱ jyoti̱ḥ svam ā mi̍mīyāḥ ||

Bearing thy body, Vajin, may thy body afford us blessing and thyself protection. Unswerving, stablish as it were in heaven thine own light as the mighty God's supporter.

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

10.56.3

vā̱jy a̍si̱ vāji̍nenā suve̱nīḥ su̍vi̱taḥ stoma̍ṁ suvi̱to diva̍ṁ gāḥ |
su̱vi̱to dharma̍ pratha̱mānu̍ sa̱tyā su̍vi̱to de̱vān su̍vi̱to 'nu̱ patma̍ ||

Strong Steed art thou: go to the yearning Maidens with vigour, happily go to heaven and praises: Fly happily to the Gods with easy passage, according to the first and faithful statutes.

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

10.56.4

ma̱hi̱mna e̍ṣām pi̱tara̍ś ca̱neśi̍re de̱vā de̱veṣv a̍dadhu̱r api̱ kratu̍m |
sam a̍vivyacur u̱ta yāny atvi̍ṣu̱r aiṣā̍ṁ ta̱nūṣu̱ ni vi̍viśu̱ḥ puna̍ḥ ||

Part of their grandeur have the Fathers also gained: the Gods have seated mental power in them as Gods. They have embraced within themselves all energies, which, issuing forth, again into their bodies pass.

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

10.56.5

saho̍bhi̱r viśva̱m pari̍ cakramū̱ raja̱ḥ pūrvā̱ dhāmā̱ny ami̍tā̱ mimā̍nāḥ |
ta̱nūṣu̱ viśvā̱ bhuva̍nā̱ ni ye̍mire̱ prāsā̍rayanta puru̱dha pra̱jā anu̍ ||

They strode through all the region with victorious might, establishing the old immeasurable laws. They compassed in their bodies all existing things, and streamed forth offspring in many successive forms.

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

10.56.6

dvidhā̍ sū̱navo 'su̍raṁ sva̱rvida̱m āsthā̍payanta tṛ̱tīye̍na̱ karma̍ṇā |
svām pra̱jām pi̱tara̱ḥ pitrya̱ṁ saha̱ āva̍reṣv adadhu̱s tantu̱m āta̍tam ||

In two ways have the sons established in his place the Asura who finds the light, by the third act, As fathers, they have set their heritage on earth, their offspring, as a thread continuously spun out.

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

10.56.7

nā̱vā na kṣoda̍ḥ pra̱diśa̍ḥ pṛthi̱vyāḥ sva̱stibhi̱r ati̍ du̱rgāṇi̱ viśvā̍ |
svām pra̱jām bṛ̱hadu̍ktho mahi̱tvāva̍reṣv adadhā̱d ā pare̍ṣu ||

As in a ship through billows, so through regions of air, with blessings, through toils and troubles Hath Bṛihaduktha brought his seed with glory, and placed it here and in the realms beyond us.

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

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