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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 145

RV 10 145.1

इमाꣳ खनाम्य् ओषधिꣳ वीरुधम् बलवत्तमाम् । यया सपत्नीम् बाधते यया सꣳविन्दते पतिम्

imāṁ khanāmy oṣadhiṁ vīrudham balavattamām | yayā sapatnīm bādhate yayā saṁvindate patim

I dig up this plant, the mightiest of climbing herbs, by which one drives off a co-wife, by which one wholly wins a husband.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

FROM out the earth I dig this plant, a herb of most effectual power, Wherewith one quells the rival wife and gains the husband for oneself.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 145.2

उत्तानपर्णे सुभगे देवजूते सहस्वति । सपत्नीम् मे परा धम पतिम् मे केवलꣳ कुरु

uttānaparṇe subhage devajūte sahasvati | sapatnīm me parā dhama patim me kevalaṁ kuru

O you with upturned leaf, fortunate, sped by the gods, possessing overpowering force: blow my co-wife away, make my husband mine alone.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Auspicious, with expanded leaves, sent by the Gods, victorious plant, Blow thou the rival wife away, and make my husband only mine.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 145.3

उत्तराहम् उत्तर उत्तरेद् उत्तराभ्यः । अथा सपत्नी या ममाधरा साधराभ्यः

uttarāham uttara uttared uttarābhyaḥ | athā sapatnī yā mamādharā sādharābhyaḥ

I am the upper one, O upper one, upper indeed above the upper ones; and let the co-wife who is mine be the lower one, lower than the lower ones.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Stronger am I, O Stronger One, yea, mightier than the mightier; And she who is my rival wife is lower than the lowest dames.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 145.4

नह्य् अस्या नाम गृभ्णामि नो अस्मिन् रमते जने । पराम् एव परावतꣳ सपत्नीꣳ गमयामसि

nahy asyā nāma gṛbhṇāmi no asmin ramate jane | parām eva parāvataṁ sapatnīṁ gamayāmasi

I do not take her name, nor does she take pleasure in this man; far away to the farthest distance do we send the co-wife.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Her very name I utter not: she takes no pleasure in this man. Far into distance most remote drive we the rival wife away.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 145.5

अहम् अस्मि सहमानाथ त्वम् असि सासहिः । उभे सहस्वती भूत्वी सपत्नीम् मे सहावहै

aham asmi sahamānātha tvam asi sāsahiḥ | ubhe sahasvatī bhūtvī sapatnīm me sahāvahai

I am the overpowering one, and you are the overpowering plant; let us both, having become possessed of force, overpower my co-wife.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

I am the conqueror, and thou, thou also act victorious: As victory attends us both we will subdue my fellow-wife.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 145.6

उप ते ऽधाꣳ सहमानाम् अभि त्वाधाꣳ सहीयसा । माम् अनु प्र ते मनो वत्सꣳ गौर् इव धावतु पथा वार् इव धावतु

upa te 'dhāṁ sahamānām abhi tvādhāṁ sahīyasā | mām anu pra te mano vatsaṁ gaur iva dhāvatu pathā vār iva dhāvatu

I have laid the overpowering one under you, I have laid upon you the more overpowering one; let your mind run after me as a cow runs after her calf, as water runs along its path.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

I have gained thee for vanquisher, have grasped thee with a stronger spell. As a cow hastens to her calf, so let thy spirit speed te me, hasten like water on its way.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)