DharmaPragya
Mandala 10, Hymn 139
Containing 6 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
Mandala 10, Hymn 139, Verse 1
Verse 1 of 6
SANSKRIT TEXT
सूर्य॑रश्मि॒र्हरि॑केशः पु॒रस्ता॑त्सवि॒ता ज्योति॒रुद॑याँ॒ अज॑स्रम् तस्य॑ पू॒षा प्र॑स॒वे या॑ति वि॒द्वान्त्स॒म्पश्य॒न्विश्वा॒ भुव॑नानि गो॒पाः
"SAVITAR, golden-haired, hath lifted eastward, bright With the sunbeams, his eternal lustre; He in whose energy wise Pûshan marches, surveying all existence like a herdsman."
Mandala 10, Hymn 139, Verse 2
Verse 2 of 6
SANSKRIT TEXT
नृ॒चक्षा॑ ए॒ष दि॒वो मध्य॑ आस्त आपप्रि॒वान्रोद॑सी अ॒न्तरि॑क्षम् स वि॒श्वाची॑र॒भि च॑ष्टे घृ॒ताची॑रन्त॒रा पूर्व॒मप॑रं च के॒तुम्
"Beholding men he sits amid the heaven filling the two world-halves and air's wide region. He looks upon the rich far-spreading pastures between the eastern and the western limit."
Mandala 10, Hymn 139, Verse 3
Verse 3 of 6
SANSKRIT TEXT
रा॒यो बु॒ध्नः सं॒गम॑नो॒ वसू॑नां॒ विश्वा॑ रू॒पाभि च॑ष्टे॒ शची॑भिः दे॒व इ॑व सवि॒ता स॒त्यध॒र्मेन्द्रो॒ न त॑स्थौ सम॒रे धना॑नाम्
"He, root of wealth, the gatherer-up of treasures, looks with his might on every form and figure. Savitar, like a God.whose Law is constant, stands in the battle for the spoil like Indra."
Mandala 10, Hymn 139, Verse 4
Verse 4 of 6
SANSKRIT TEXT
वि॒श्वाव॑सुं सोम गन्ध॒र्वमापो॑ ददृ॒शुषी॒स्तदृ॒तेना॒ व्या॑यन् तद॒न्ववै॒दिन्द्रो॑ रारहा॒ण आ॑सां॒ परि॒ सूर्य॑स्य परि॒धीँर॑पश्यत्
"Waters from sacrifice came to the Gandharva Viṣvâvasu, O Soma, when they saw him. Indra, approaching quickly, marked their going, and looked around upon the Sun's enclosures."
Mandala 10, Hymn 139, Verse 5
Verse 5 of 6
SANSKRIT TEXT
वि॒श्वाव॑सुर॒भि तन्नो॑ गृणातु दि॒व्यो ग॑न्ध॒र्वो रज॑सो वि॒मानः॑ यद्वा॑ घा स॒त्यमु॒त यन्न वि॒द्म धियो॑ हिन्वा॒नो धिय॒ इन्नो॑ अव्याः
"This song Viṣvâvasu shall sing us, meter of air's mid-realm celestial Gandharva, That we may know aright both truth and falsehood: may he inspire our thoughts and help our praises."
Mandala 10, Hymn 139, Verse 6
Verse 6 of 6
SANSKRIT TEXT
सस्नि॑मविन्द॒च्चर॑णे न॒दीना॒मपा॑वृणो॒द्दुरो॒ अश्म॑व्रजानाम् प्रासां॑ गन्ध॒र्वो अ॒मृता॑नि वोच॒दिन्द्रो॒ दक्षं॒ परि॑ जानाद॒हीना॑म्
"In the floods' track he found the bootyseeker: the rocky cow-pen's doors he threw wide open. These, the Gandharva told him, Rowed with Amrit. Indra knew well the puissancc of the dragons."