← Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10

Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 130

RV 10 130.1

यो यज्ञो विश्वतस् तन्तुभिस् तत एकशतꣳ देवकर्मेभिर् आयतः । इमे वयन्ति पितरो य आययुः प्र वयाप वयेत्य् आसते तते

yo yajño viśvatas tantubhis tata ekaśataṁ devakarmebhir āyataḥ | ime vayanti pitaro ya āyayuḥ pra vayāpa vayety āsate tate

The sacrifice that is stretched out with threads on every side, drawn taut by a hundred and one divine acts — these fathers who have come weave it; they sit by the stretched (warp), saying "Weave forward! Weave back!"

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

THE sacrifice drawn out with threads on every side, stretched by a hundred sacred ministers and one,– This do these Fathers weave who hitherward are come: they sit beside the warp and cry, Weave forth, weave back.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 130.2

पुमाꣳ एनꣳ तनुत उत् कृणत्ति पुमान् वि तत्ने अधि नाके अस्मिन् । इमे मयूखा उप सेदुर् ऊ सदः सामानि चक्रुस् तसराण्य् ओतवे

pumām̐ enaṁ tanuta ut kṛṇatti pumān vi tatne adhi nāke asmin | ime mayūkhā upa sedur ū sadaḥ sāmāni cakrus tasarāṇy otave

The male stretches it out, the male cuts it off; the male has spread it out over this vault. These pegs have settled at the seat; they made the sāmans the shuttles for weaving.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

The Man extends it and the Man unbinds it: even to this vault of heaven hath he outspun, it. These pegs are fastened to the seat of worship: they made the Sâma-hymns their weaving shuttles.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 130.3

कासीत् प्रमा प्रतिमा किꣳ निदानम् आज्यꣳ किम् आसीत् परिधिः क आसीत् । छन्दः किम् आसीत् प्रüगꣳ किम् उक्थꣳ यद् देवा देवम् अयजन्त विश्वे

kāsīt pramā pratimā kiṁ nidānam ājyaṁ kim āsīt paridhiḥ ka āsīt | chandaḥ kim āsīt praügaṁ kim ukthaṁ yad devā devam ayajanta viśve

What was the measure, what the counter-measure, what the foundation? What was the melted butter, what was the enclosure? What was the metre, what the praüga, what the uktha, when all the gods sacrificed to the god?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

What were the rule, the order and the model? What were the wooden fender and the butter? What were the hymn, the chant, the recitation, when to the God all Deities paid worship?

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 130.4

अग्नेर् गायत्र्य् अभवत् सयुग्वोष्णिहया सविता सम् बभूव । अनुष्टुभा सोम उक्थैर् महस्वान् बृहस्पतेर् बृहती वाचम् आवत्

agner gāyatry abhavat sayugvoṣṇihayā savitā sam babhūva | anuṣṭubhā soma ukthair mahasvān bṛhaspater bṛhatī vācam āvat

The gāyatrī became Agni's yokemate; Savitṛ joined with the uṣṇih; Soma, made great by the ukthas, (joined) with the anuṣṭubh; the bṛhatī furthered the speech of Bṛhaspati.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Closely was Gâyatrî conjoined with Agni, and closely Savitar combined with Ushṇih. Brilliant with Ukthas, Soma joined Anushṭup: Br̥ihaspati's voice by Br̥ihatî was aided.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 130.5

विराण् मित्रावरुणयोर् अभिश्रीर् इन्द्रस्य त्रिष्टुब् इह भागो अह्नः । विश्वान् देवाञ् जगत्य् आ विवेश तेन चाकॢप्र ऋषयो मनुष्याः

virāṇ mitrāvaruṇayor abhiśrīr indrasya triṣṭub iha bhāgo ahnaḥ | viśvān devāñ jagaty ā viveśa tena cākḷpra ṛṣayo manuṣyāḥ

The virāj was the adornment of Mitra and Varuṇa; the triṣṭubh here was Indra's portion of the day; the jagatī entered into all the gods — by that the ṛṣis, men, were fashioned in order.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Virâj adhered to Varuṇa and Mitra: here Trishṭup day by day was Indra's portion. Jagatî entered all the Gods together: so by this knowledge men were raised to R̥ishis.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 130.6

चाकॢप्रे तेन ऋषयो मनुष्या यज्ञे जाते पितरो नः पुराणे । पश्यन् मन्ये मनसा चक्षसा तान् य इमꣳ यज्ञम् अयजन्त पूर्वे

cākḷpre tena ṛṣayo manuṣyā yajñe jāte pitaro naḥ purāṇe | paśyan manye manasā cakṣasā tān ya imaṁ yajñam ayajanta pūrve

By that the ṛṣis, men, were fashioned in order, our fathers, when the ancient sacrifice was born. Seeing with mind, with eye, I think upon those former ones who sacrificed this sacrifice.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

So by this knowledge men were raised to R̥ishis, when ancient sacrifice sprang up, our Fathers. With the mind's eye I think that I behold them who first performed this sacrificial worship.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 130.7

सहस्तोमाः सहछन्दस आवृतः सहप्रमा ऋषयः सप्त दैव्याः । पूर्वेषाम् पन्थाम् अनुदृश्य धीरा अन्वालेभिरे रथ्यो३ न रश्मीन्

sahastomāḥ sahachandasa āvṛtaḥ sahapramā ṛṣayaḥ sapta daivyāḥ | pūrveṣām panthām anudṛśya dhīrā anvālebhire rathyo3 na raśmīn

Together with the stomas, together with the metres, with the rounds (of rite), with the measures — the seven divine ṛṣis; gazing along the path of the ancients, the wise ones took hold of the reins, like charioteers.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

They who were versed in ritual and metre, in hymns and rules, were the Seven Godlike R̥ishis. Viewing the path of those of old, the sages have taken up the reins like chariot-drivers.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)