Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 139
RV 10 139.1
सूर्यरश्मिर् हरिकेशः पुरस्तात् सविता ज्योतिर् उद् अयाꣳ अजस्रम् । तस्य पूषा प्रसवे याति विद्वान् सम्पश्यन् विश्वा भुवनानि गोपाः
sūryaraśmir harikeśaḥ purastāt savitā jyotir ud ayām̐ ajasram | tasya pūṣā prasave yāti vidvān sampaśyan viśvā bhuvanāni gopāḥ
With the sun as his ray, golden-haired, in the east Savitṛ has raised up the unwearying light. At his impulse Pūṣan goes forth, the knowing one, surveying all the worlds, the herdsman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
SAVITAR, golden-haired, hath lifted eastward, bright With the sunbeams, his eternal lustre; He in whose energy wise Pûshan marches, surveying all existence like a herdsman.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 139.2
नृचक्षा एष दिवो मध्य आस्त आपप्रिवान् रोदसी अन्तरिक्षम् । स विश्वाचीर् अभि चष्टे घृताचीर् अन्तरा पूर्वम् अपरꣳ च केतुम्
nṛcakṣā eṣa divo madhya āsta āpaprivān rodasī antarikṣam | sa viśvācīr abhi caṣṭe ghṛtācīr antarā pūrvam aparaṁ ca ketum
He of the gaze that watches men sits in the middle of heaven, having filled the two worlds and the midspace. He looks out upon the all-directed, ghee-directed (ladles?), between the eastern and the western sign.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Beholding men he sits amid the heaven filling the two world-halves and air's wide region. He looks upon the rich far-spreading pastures between the eastern and the western limit.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 139.3
रायो बुध्नः सꣳगमनो वसूनाꣳ विश्वा रूपाभि चष्टे शचीभिः । देव इव सविता सत्यधर्मेन्द्रो न तस्थौ समरे धनानाम्
rāyo budhnaḥ saṁgamano vasūnāṁ viśvā rūpābhi caṣṭe śacībhiḥ | deva iva savitā satyadharmendro na tasthau samare dhanānām
Base of riches, gatherer of goods, he looks upon all forms with his powers. Like the god Savitṛ, of true ordinance, he has stood like Indra in the clash over spoils.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
He, root of wealth, the gatherer-up of treasures, looks with his might on every form and figure. Savitar, like a God.whose Law is constant, stands in the battle for the spoil like Indra.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 139.4
विश्वावसुꣳ सोम गन्धर्वम् आपो ददृशुषीस् तद् ऋतेना व्य् आयन् । तद् अन्ववैद् इन्द्रो रारहाण आसाम् परि सूर्यस्य परिधीꣳर् अपश्यत्
viśvāvasuṁ soma gandharvam āpo dadṛśuṣīs tad ṛtenā vy āyan | tad anvavaid indro rārahāṇa āsām pari sūryasya paridhīm̐r apaśyat
The Waters, having seen Viśvāvasu, the Gandharva, O Soma, went apart thereat in accordance with ṛta. Indra, hastening, tracked that out; he looked round upon the enclosures of the sun (that belong) to them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Waters from sacrifice came to the Gandharva Viṣvâvasu, O Soma, when they saw him. Indra, approaching quickly, marked their going, and looked around upon the Sun's enclosures.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 139.5
विश्वावसुर् अभि तन् नो गृणातु दिव्यो गन्धर्वो रजसो विमानः । यद् वा घा सत्यम् उत यन् न विद्म धियो हिन्वानो धिय इन् नो अव्याः
viśvāvasur abhi tan no gṛṇātu divyo gandharvo rajaso vimānaḥ | yad vā ghā satyam uta yan na vidma dhiyo hinvāno dhiya in no avyāḥ
Let Viśvāvasu sing this forth for us, the heavenly Gandharva, the measurer-out of the airy space — whether it be truly so, or whether it be what we do not know; urging on our thoughts, may he favour our very thoughts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
This song Viṣvâvasu shall sing us, meter of air's mid-realm celestial Gandharva, That we may know aright both truth and falsehood: may he inspire our thoughts and help our praises.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 139.6
सस्निम् अविन्दच् चरणे नदीनाम् अपावृणोद् दुरो अश्मव्रजानाम् । प्रासाꣳ गन्धर्वो अमृतानि वोचद् इन्द्रो दक्षम् परि जानाद् अहीनाम्
sasnim avindac caraṇe nadīnām apāvṛṇod duro aśmavrajānām | prāsāṁ gandharvo amṛtāni vocad indro dakṣam pari jānād ahīnām
He found the winner (of gain) in the course of the rivers; he opened the doors of those penned in by stone. The Gandharva declared their immortal (names); Indra came to know fully the skill of the serpents.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
In the floods' track he found the bootyseeker: the rocky cow-pen's doors he threw wide open. These, the Gandharva told him, Rowed with Amrit. Indra knew well the puissancc of the dragons.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)