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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 190

RV 10 190.1

ऋतꣳ च सत्यꣳ चाभीद्धात् तपसो ऽध्य् अजायत । ततो रात्र्य् अजायत ततः समुद्रो अर्णवः

ṛtaṁ ca satyaṁ cābhīddhāt tapaso 'dhy ajāyata | tato rātry ajāyata tataḥ samudro arṇavaḥ

Ṛta (order) and truth were born from kindled heat; from that was night born, from that the surging sea.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

FROM Fervour kindled to its height Eternal Law and Truth were born: Thence was the Night produced, and thence the billowy flood of sea arose.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 190.2

समुद्राद् अर्णवाद् अधि सꣳवत्सरो अजायत । अहोरात्राणि विदधद् विश्वस्य मिषतो वशी

samudrād arṇavād adhi saṁvatsaro ajāyata | ahorātrāṇi vidadhad viśvasya miṣato vaśī

From the surging sea the year was born, ordering days and nights, ruler of everything that blinks.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

From that same billowy flood of sea the Year was afterwards produced, Ordainer of the days nights, Lord over all who close the eye.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 190.3

सूर्याचन्द्रमसौ धाता यथापूर्वम् अकल्पयत् । दिवꣳ च पृथिवीꣳ चान्तरिक्षम् अथो स्वः

sūryācandramasau dhātā yathāpūrvam akalpayat | divaṁ ca pṛthivīṁ cāntarikṣam atho svaḥ

The Establisher fashioned sun and moon in due order, and heaven and earth, the midspace, and then the light of heaven.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Dhatar, the great Creator, then formed in due order Sun and Moon. He formed in order Heaven and Earth, the regions of the air, and light.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)