DharmaPragya
Mandala 10, Hymn 130
Containing 7 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
Mandala 10, Hymn 130, Verse 1
Verse 1 of 7
SANSKRIT TEXT
यो य॒ज्ञो वि॒श्वत॒स्तन्तु॑भिस्त॒त एक॑शतं देवक॒र्मेभि॒राय॑तः इ॒मे व॑यन्ति पि॒तरो॒ य आ॑य॒युः प्र व॒याप॑ व॒येत्या॑सते त॒ते
"THE sacrifice drawn out with threads on every side, stretched by a hundred sacred ministers and one,– This do these Fathers weave who hitherward are come: they sit beside the warp and cry, Weave forth, weave back."
Mandala 10, Hymn 130, Verse 2
Verse 2 of 7
SANSKRIT TEXT
पुमाँ॑ एनं तनुत॒ उत्कृ॑णत्ति॒ पुमा॒न्वि त॑त्ने॒ अधि॒ नाके॑ अ॒स्मिन् इ॒मे म॒यूखा॒ उप॑ सेदुरू॒ सदः॒ सामा॑नि चक्रु॒स्तस॑रा॒ण्योत॑वे
"The Man extends it and the Man unbinds it: even to this vault of heaven hath he outspun, it. These pegs are fastened to the seat of worship: they made the Sâma-hymns their weaving shuttles."
Mandala 10, Hymn 130, Verse 3
Verse 3 of 7
SANSKRIT TEXT
कासी॑त्प्र॒मा प्र॑ति॒मा किं नि॒दान॒माज्यं॒ किमा॑सीत्परि॒धिः क आ॑सीत् छन्दः॒ किमा॑सी॒त्प्रउ॑गं॒ किमु॒क्थं यद्दे॒वा दे॒वमय॑जन्त॒ विश्वे॑
"What were the rule, the order and the model? What were the wooden fender and the butter? What were the hymn, the chant, the recitation, when to the God all Deities paid worship?"
Mandala 10, Hymn 130, Verse 4
Verse 4 of 7
SANSKRIT TEXT
अ॒ग्नेर्गा॑य॒त्र्य॑भवत्स॒युग्वो॒ष्णिह॑या सवि॒ता सं ब॑भूव अ॒नु॒ष्टुभा॒ सोम॑ उ॒क्थैर्मह॑स्वा॒न्बृह॒स्पते॑र्बृह॒ती वाच॑मावत्
"Closely was Gâyatrî conjoined with Agni, and closely Savitar combined with Ushṇih. Brilliant with Ukthas, Soma joined Anushṭup: Br̥ihaspati's voice by Br̥ihatî was aided."
Mandala 10, Hymn 130, Verse 5
Verse 5 of 7
SANSKRIT TEXT
वि॒राण्मि॒त्रावरु॑णयोरभि॒श्रीरिन्द्र॑स्य त्रि॒ष्टुबि॒ह भा॒गो अह्नः॑ विश्वा॑न्दे॒वाञ्जग॒त्या वि॑वेश॒ तेन॑ चाकॢप्र॒ ऋष॑यो मनु॒ष्याः॑
"Virâj adhered to Varuṇa and Mitra: here Trishṭup day by day was Indra's portion. Jagatî entered all the Gods together: so by this knowledge men were raised to R̥ishis."
Mandala 10, Hymn 130, Verse 6
Verse 6 of 7
SANSKRIT TEXT
चा॒कॢ॒प्रे तेन॒ ऋष॑यो मनु॒ष्या॑ य॒ज्ञे जा॒ते पि॒तरो॑ नः पुरा॒णे पश्य॑न्मन्ये॒ मन॑सा॒ चक्ष॑सा॒ तान्य इ॒मं य॒ज्ञमय॑जन्त॒ पूर्वे॑
"So by this knowledge men were raised to R̥ishis, when ancient sacrifice sprang up, our Fathers. With the mind's eye I think that I behold them who first performed this sacrificial worship."
Mandala 10, Hymn 130, Verse 7
Verse 7 of 7
SANSKRIT TEXT
स॒हस्तो॑माः स॒हछ॑न्दस आ॒वृतः॑ स॒हप्र॑मा॒ ऋष॑यः स॒प्त दैव्याः॑ पूर्वे॑षां॒ पन्था॑मनु॒दृश्य॒ धीरा॑ अ॒न्वाले॑भिरे र॒थ्यो॒३॒॑ न र॒श्मीन्
"They who were versed in ritual and metre, in hymns and rules, were the Seven Godlike R̥ishis. Viewing the path of those of old, the sages have taken up the reins like chariot-drivers."