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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 149

RV 10 149.1

सविता यन्त्रैः पृथिवीम् अरम्णाद् अस्कम्भने सविता द्याम् अदृꣳहत् । अश्वम् इवाधुक्षद् धुनिम् अन्तरिक्षम् अतूर्ते बद्धꣳ सविता समुद्रम्

savitā yantraiḥ pṛthivīm aramṇād askambhane savitā dyām adṛṁhat | aśvam ivādhukṣad dhunim antarikṣam atūrte baddhaṁ savitā samudram

Savitṛ held the earth fast with fastenings; Savitṛ made the sky firm in what has no support. Like a horse he milked the resounding midspace; Savitṛ (bound) the sea, bound in the unpassable (space).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

SAVITAR fixed the earth with bands to bind it, and made heaven stedfast where no prop supported. Savitar milked, as 'twere a restless courser, air, sea bound fast to what no foot had trodden.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 149.2

यत्रा समुद्रः स्कभितो व्य् औनद् अपाꣳ नपात् सविता तस्य वेद । अतो भूर् अत आ उत्थितꣳ रजो ऽतो द्यावापृथिवी अप्रथेताम्

yatrā samudraḥ skabhito vy aunad apāṁ napāt savitā tasya veda | ato bhūr ata ā utthitaṁ rajo 'to dyāvāpṛthivī aprathetām

Where the propped-up sea overflowed, Savitṛ, the Child of the Waters, knows that. Thence (came) the earth, thence rose up the airy space, thence heaven and earth spread out.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Well knoweth Savitar, O Child of Waters, where ocean, firmly fixt, o'erflowed its limit. Thence sprang the world, from that uprose the region: thence heaven spread out and the wide earth expanded.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 149.3

पश्चेदम् अन्यद् अभवद् यजत्रम् अमर्त्यस्य भुवनस्य भूना । सुपर्णो अङ्ग सवितुर् गरुत्मान् पूर्वो जातः स उ अस्यानु धर्म

paścedam anyad abhavad yajatram amartyasya bhuvanasya bhūnā | suparṇo aṅga savitur garutmān pūrvo jātaḥ sa u asyānu dharma

Afterwards this other thing, worthy of worship, came into being, through the abundance of the immortal world. The fair-winged Garutmān of Savitṛ was born first, and he (follows) after his ordinance.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Then, with a full crowd of Immortal Beings, this other realm came later, high and holy. First, verily, Savitar's strong-pinioned Eagle was born: and he obeys his law for ever.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 149.4

गाव इव ग्रामꣳ यूयुधिर् इवाश्वान् वाश्रेव वत्सꣳ सुमना दुहाना । पतिर् इव जायाम् अभि नो न्य् एतु धर्ता दिवः सविता विश्ववारः

gāva iva grāmaṁ yūyudhir ivāśvān vāśreva vatsaṁ sumanā duhānā | patir iva jāyām abhi no ny etu dhartā divaḥ savitā viśvavāraḥ

As cows (come) to the village, as a fighter to his horses, as a lowing cow to her calf, well-disposed, yielding milk, as a husband to his wife — so may he come down to us, the upholder of heaven, Savitṛ who possesses all good things.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

As warriors to their steeds, kine to their village, as fond milk giving cows approach their youngling, As man to wife, let Savitar come downward to us, heaven's bearer, Lord of every blessing.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 149.5

हिरण्यस्तूपः सवितर् यथा त्वाङ्गिरसो जुह्वे वाजे अस्मिन् । एवा त्वार्चन्न् अवसे वन्दमानः सोमस्येवाꣳशुम् प्रति जागराहम्

hiraṇyastūpaḥ savitar yathā tvāṅgiraso juhve vāje asmin | evā tvārcann avase vandamānaḥ somasyevāṁśum prati jāgarāham

As Hiraṇyastūpa the Āṅgirasa called upon you, O Savitṛ, in this contest for the prize, so I, singing to you, praising you for help, keep watch for you as (one watches) for the soma stalk.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Like the Ângirasa Hiraṇyastûpa, I call thee, Savitar, to this achievement: So worshipping and lauding thee for favour I watch for thee as for the stalk of Soma.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)