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Rigveda 4.26

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 4.26

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Sanskrit

4.26.1

a̱ham manu̍r abhava̱ṁ sūrya̍ś cā̱haṁ ka̱kṣīvā̱m̐ ṛṣi̍r asmi̱ vipra̍ḥ |
a̱haṁ kutsa̍m ārjune̱yaṁ ny ṛ̍ñje̱ 'haṁ ka̱vir u̱śanā̱ paśya̍tā mā ||

I WAS aforetime Manu, I was Sûrya: I am the sage Kakshîvân, holy singer. Kutsa the son of Arjuni I master. I am the sapient Uṣanâ behold me.

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

4.26.2

a̱ham bhūmi̍m adadā̱m āryā̍yā̱haṁ vṛ̱ṣṭiṁ dā̱śuṣe̱ martyā̍ya |
a̱ham a̱po a̍nayaṁ vāvaśā̱nā mama̍ de̱vāso̱ anu̱ keta̍m āyan ||

I have bestowed the earth upon the Ârya, and rain upon the man who brings oblation. I guided forth the loudly-roaring waters, and the Gods moved according to my pleasure.

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

4.26.3

a̱ham puro̍ mandasā̱no vy ai̍ra̱ṁ nava̍ sā̱kaṁ na̍va̱tīḥ śamba̍rasya |
śa̱ta̱ta̱maṁ ve̱śya̍ṁ sa̱rvatā̍tā̱ divo̍dāsam atithi̱gvaṁ yad āva̍m ||

In the wild joy of Soma I demolished Ṣambara's forts, ninety-and-nine, together; And, utterly, the hundredth habitation, when helping Divodâsa Âtithigva.

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

4.26.4

pra su ṣa vibhyo̍ maruto̱ vir a̍stu̱ pra śye̱naḥ śye̱nebhya̍ āśu̱patvā̍ |
a̱ca̱krayā̱ yat sva̱dhayā̍ supa̱rṇo ha̱vyam bhara̱n mana̍ve de̱vaju̍ṣṭam ||

Before all birds be ranked this Bird, O Maruts; supreme of falcons be this fleet-winged Falcon, Because, strong- pinioned, with no car to bear him, he brought to Manu the Godloved oblation.

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

4.26.5

bhara̱d yadi̱ vir ato̱ vevi̍jānaḥ pa̱thoruṇā̱ mano̍javā asarji |
tūya̍ṁ yayau̱ madhu̍nā so̱myeno̱ta śravo̍ vivide śye̱no atra̍ ||

When the Bird brought it, hence in rapid motion sent on the wide path fleet as thought he hurried. Swift he returned with sweetness of the Soma, and hence the Falcon hath acquired his glory.

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

4.26.6

ṛ̱jī̱pī śye̱no dada̍māno a̱ṁśum pa̍rā̱vata̍ḥ śaku̱no ma̱ndram mada̍m |
soma̍m bharad dādṛhā̱ṇo de̱vāvā̍n di̱vo a̱muṣmā̱d utta̍rād ā̱dāya̍ ||

Bearing the stalk, the Falcon speeding onward, Bird bringing from afar the draught that gladdens, Friend of the Gods, brought, grasping fast, the Soma which be bad taken from yon loftiest heaven.

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

4.26.7

ā̱dāya̍ śye̱no a̍bhara̱t soma̍ṁ sa̱hasra̍ṁ sa̱vām̐ a̱yuta̍ṁ ca sā̱kam |
atrā̱ pura̍ṁdhir ajahā̱d arā̍tī̱r made̱ soma̍sya mū̱rā amū̍raḥ ||

The Falcon took and brought the Soma, bearing thousand libations with him, yea, ten thousand. The Bold One left Malignities behind him, wise, in wild joy of Soma, left the foolish.

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

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