Rigveda 10.68
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 10.68
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- Sanskrit
10.68.1
u̱da̱pruto̱ na vayo̱ rakṣa̍māṇā̱ vāva̍dato a̱bhriya̍syeva̱ ghoṣā̍ḥ |
gi̱ri̱bhrajo̱ normayo̱ mada̍nto̱ bṛha̱spati̍m a̱bhy a1̱̍rkā a̍nāvan ||
LIKE birds who keep their watch, plashing in water, like the loud voices of the thundering raincloud, Like merry streamlets bursting from the mountain, thus to Bṛihaspati our hymns have sounded.
10.68.2
saṁ gobhi̍r āṅgira̱so nakṣa̍māṇo̱ bhaga̍ i̱ved a̍rya̱maṇa̍ṁ nināya |
jane̍ mi̱tro na dampa̍tī anakti̱ bṛha̍spate vā̱jayā̱śūm̐r i̍vā̱jau ||
The Son of Angirases, meeting the cattle, as Bhaga, brought in Aryaman among us. As Friend of men he decks the wife and husband: as for the race, Bṛihaspati, nerve our coursers.
10.68.3
sā̱dhva̱ryā a̍ti̱thinī̍r iṣi̱rāḥ spā̱rhāḥ su̱varṇā̍ anava̱dyarū̍pāḥ |
bṛha̱spati̱ḥ parva̍tebhyo vi̱tūryā̱ nir gā ū̍pe̱ yava̍m iva sthi̱vibhya̍ḥ ||
Bṛihaspati, having won them from the mountains, strewed down, like barley out of winnowingbaskets, The vigorous, wandering cows who aid the pious, desired of all, of blameless form, well-coloured.
10.68.4
ā̱pru̱ṣā̱yan madhu̍na ṛ̱tasya̱ yoni̍m avakṣi̱pann a̱rka u̱lkām i̍va̱ dyoḥ |
bṛha̱spati̍r u̱ddhara̱nn aśma̍no̱ gā bhūmyā̍ u̱dneva̱ vi tvaca̍m bibheda ||
As the Sun dews with meath the seat of Order, and casts a flaming meteor down from heaven. So from the rock Bṛihaspati forced the cattle, and cleft the earth's skin as it were with water.
10.68.5
apa̱ jyoti̍ṣā̱ tamo̍ a̱ntari̍kṣād u̱dnaḥ śīpā̍lam iva̱ vāta̍ ājat |
bṛha̱spati̍r anu̱mṛśyā̍ va̱lasyā̱bhram i̍va̱ vāta̱ ā ca̍kra̱ ā gāḥ ||
Forth from mid air with light he drave the darkness, as the gale blows a lily from the river. Like the wind grasping at the cloud of Vala, Bṛihaspati gathered to himself the cattle,
10.68.6
ya̱dā va̱lasya̱ pīya̍to̱ jasu̱m bhed bṛha̱spati̍r agni̱tapo̍bhir a̱rkaiḥ |
da̱dbhir na ji̱hvā pari̍viṣṭa̱m āda̍d ā̱vir ni̱dhīm̐r a̍kṛṇod u̱sriyā̍ṇām ||
Bṛihaspati, when he with fiery lightnings cleft through the weapon of reviling Vala, Consumed.him as tongues cat what teeth have compassed: he threw the prisons of the red cows open.
10.68.7
bṛha̱spati̱r ama̍ta̱ hi tyad ā̍sā̱ṁ nāma̍ sva̱rīṇā̱ṁ sada̍ne̱ guhā̱ yat |
ā̱ṇḍeva̍ bhi̱ttvā śa̍ku̱nasya̱ garbha̱m ud u̱sriyā̱ḥ parva̍tasya̱ tmanā̍jat ||
That secret name borne by the lowing cattle within the cave Bṛihaspati discovered, And drave, himself, the bright kine from the mountain, like a bird's young after the egg's disclosure.
10.68.8
aśnāpi̍naddha̱m madhu̱ pary a̍paśya̱n matsya̱ṁ na dī̱na u̱dani̍ kṣi̱yanta̍m |
niṣ ṭaj ja̍bhāra cama̱saṁ na vṛ̱kṣād bṛha̱spati̍r vira̱veṇā̍ vi̱kṛtya̍ ||
He looked around on rock-imprisoned sweetness as one who eyes a fish in scanty water. Bṛihaspati, cleaving through with varied clamour, brought it forth like a bowl from out the timber.
10.68.9
soṣām a̍vinda̱t sa sva1̱̍ḥ so a̱gniṁ so a̱rkeṇa̱ vi ba̍bādhe̱ tamā̍ṁsi |
bṛha̱spati̱r gova̍puṣo va̱lasya̱ nir ma̱jjāna̱ṁ na parva̍ṇo jabhāra ||
He found the light of heaven, and fire, and Morning: with lucid rays he forced apart the darkness. As from a joint, Bṛihaspati took the marrow of Vala as he gloried in his cattle.
10.68.10
hi̱meva̍ pa̱rṇā mu̍ṣi̱tā vanā̍ni̱ bṛha̱spati̍nākṛpayad va̱lo gāḥ |
a̱nā̱nu̱kṛ̱tyam a̍pu̱naś ca̍kāra̱ yāt sūryā̱māsā̍ mi̱tha u̱ccarā̍taḥ ||
As trees for foliage robbed by winter, Vala mourned for the cows Bṛihaspati had taken. He did a deed ne'er done, ne'er to be equalled, whereby the Sun and Moon ascend alternate.
10.68.11
a̱bhi śyā̱vaṁ na kṛśa̍nebhi̱r aśva̱ṁ nakṣa̍trebhiḥ pi̱taro̱ dyām a̍piṁśan |
rātryā̱ṁ tamo̱ ada̍dhu̱r jyoti̱r aha̱n bṛha̱spati̍r bhi̱nad adri̍ṁ vi̱dad gāḥ ||
Like a dark steed adorned with pearl, the Fathers have decorated heaven With constellations. They set the light in day, in night the darkness. Bṛihaspati cleft the rock and found the cattle.
10.68.12
i̱dam a̍karma̱ namo̍ abhri̱yāya̱ yaḥ pū̱rvīr anv ā̱nona̍vīti |
bṛha̱spati̱ḥ sa hi gobhi̱ḥ so aśvai̱ḥ sa vī̱rebhi̱ḥ sa nṛbhi̍r no̱ vayo̍ dhāt ||
This homage have we.offered to the Cloud God who thunders out to many in succession. May this Bṛihaspati vouchsafe us fulness of life with kine and horses, men, and heroes.
Translations (6)
- 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
- Études védiques et pāṇinéennes (traductions) — Louis Renou 1955, French
- 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 (1)
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
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