Rigveda 10.183.3: Rig Veda 10.183.3
Rig-Veda Sanhitá 10.183.3
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10.183.3
“(The hotā speaks). I implant the seed in vegetables, the germ in all living beings; I engender progenyupon the earth; I beget children on other women.”
10.183.3.n1
I beget children: the share of the hotā in the procreation ofliving beings is referable to the efficacy of the sacrifices at which he ministers. The metaphor: children = richesderived from sacrifice
Translations (4)
- The Hymns of the Rigveda — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, English
- Rig-Veda, übersetzt und mit kritischen und erläuternden Anmerkungen versehen — Hermann Grassmann 1876, German
- Der Rig-Veda aus dem Sanskrit ins Deutsche übersetzt (HOS 33–35) — Karl Friedrich Geldner 1951, German
- Ригведа — Tatyana Yakovlevna Elizarenkova 1989, Russian
Commentaries (1)
- Ṛgvedapadapāṭha — Śākalya, Sanskrit
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Linked texts (1)
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitā — Sanskrit