Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 177

RV 10 177.1

पतꣳगम् अक्तम् असुरस्य मायया हृदा पश्यन्ति मनसा विपश्चितः । समुद्रे अन्तः कवयो वि चक्षते मरीचीनाम् पदम् इच्छन्ति वेधसः

pataṁgam aktam asurasya māyayā hṛdā paśyanti manasā vipaścitaḥ | samudre antaḥ kavayo vi cakṣate marīcīnām padam icchanti vedhasaḥ

The bird anointed with the Asura's magic — those who discern the inspired words see it with the heart, with the mind; within the sea the seers look out; the ordainers seek the station of the beams of light.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 177.2

पतꣳगो वाचम् मनसा बिभर्ति ताꣳ गन्धर्वो ऽवदद् गर्भे अन्तः । ताꣳ द्योतमानाꣳ स्वर्यम् मनीषाम् ऋतस्य पदे कवयो नि पान्ति

pataṁgo vācam manasā bibharti tāṁ gandharvo 'vadad garbhe antaḥ | tāṁ dyotamānāṁ svaryam manīṣām ṛtasya pade kavayo ni pānti

The winged one bears speech with the mind; the Gandharva spoke it within the womb. That shining, heaven-bound insight the seers guard in the seat of ṛta.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 177.3

अपश्यꣳ गोपाम् अनिपद्यमानम् आ च परा च पथिभिश् चरन्तम् । स सध्रीचीः स विषूचीर् वसान आ वरीवर्ति भुवनेष्व् अन्तः

apaśyaṁ gopām anipadyamānam ā ca parā ca pathibhiś carantam | sa sadhrīcīḥ sa viṣūcīr vasāna ā varīvarti bhuvaneṣv antaḥ

I saw the herdsman who never rests, moving along the paths hither and away. Clothing himself in the converging and the divergent (directions), he keeps turning about within the worlds.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition