Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 159

RV 10 159.1

उद् असौ सूर्यो अगाद् उद् अयम् मामको भगः । अहꣳ तद् विद्वला पतिम् अभ्य् असाक्षि विषासहिः

ud asau sūryo agād ud ayam māmako bhagaḥ | ahaṁ tad vidvalā patim abhy asākṣi viṣāsahiḥ

Yonder sun has risen up, and up (has risen) this fortune of mine. I, knowing that, being triumphant, have prevailed over (my) husband.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 159.2

अहꣳ केतुर् अहम् मूर्धाहम् उग्रा विवाचनी । ममेद् अनु क्रतुम् पतिः सेहानाया उपाचरेत्

ahaṁ ketur aham mūrdhāham ugrā vivācanī | mamed anu kratum patiḥ sehānāyā upācaret

I am the banner, I am the head, I am the formidable one who has the deciding word. My husband should conform to my will alone — mine, who have prevailed.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 159.3

मम पुत्राः शत्रुहणो ऽथो मे दुहिता विराट् । उताहम् अस्मि सꣳजया पत्यौ मे श्लोक उत्तमः

mama putrāḥ śatruhaṇo 'tho me duhitā virāṭ | utāham asmi saṁjayā patyau me śloka uttamaḥ

My sons are slayers of foes, and my daughter is a ruling woman; and I am the all-conquering one — in (my) husband my renown is highest.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 159.4

येनेन्द्रो हविषा कृत्व्य् अभवद् द्युम्न्य् उत्तमः । इदꣳ तद् अक्रि देवा असपत्ना किलाभुवम्

yenendro haviṣā kṛtvy abhavad dyumny uttamaḥ | idaṁ tad akri devā asapatnā kilābhuvam

With which oblation Indra, having made (it), became most brilliant — this have I done, O gods: I have indeed become rival-free.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 159.5

असपत्ना सपत्नघ्नी जयन्त्य् अभिभूवरी । आवृक्षम् अन्यासाꣳ वर्चो राधो अस्थेयसाम् इव

asapatnā sapatnaghnī jayanty abhibhūvarī | āvṛkṣam anyāsāṁ varco rādho astheyasām iva

Rival-free, slayer of rivals, victorious, overpowering — I have torn away the vigour of the other (wives), as (one tears away) the wealth of the unsteady.

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

RV 10 159.6

सम् अजैषम् इमा अहꣳ सपत्नीर् अभिभूवरी । यथाहम् अस्य वीरस्य विराजानि जनस्य च

sam ajaiṣam imā ahaṁ sapatnīr abhibhūvarī | yathāham asya vīrasya virājāni janasya ca

I have conquered these co-wives altogether, I the overpowering, so that I may rule over this hero and over the people.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition