Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·10·10.108
किम् इच्छन्ती सरमा प्रेदम् आनड् दूरे ह्य् अध्वा जगुरिः पराचैः । कास्मेहितिः का परितक्म्यासीत् कथं रसाया अतरः पयांसि ॥
kim icchantī saramā predam ānaḍ dūre hy adhvā jaguriḥ parācaiḥ | kāsmehitiḥ kā paritakmyāsīt kathaṃ rasāyā ataraḥ payāṃsi ||
What wish of Sarama hath brought her hither? The path leads far away to distant places. What charge hast thou for us? Where turns thy journey? How hast thou made thy way o'er Rasa's waters.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इन्द्रस्य दूतीर् इषिता चरामि मह इच्छन्ती पणयो निधीन् वः । अतिष्कदो भियसा तन् न आवत् तथा रसाया अतरम् पयांसि ॥
indrasya dūtīr iṣitā carāmi maha icchantī paṇayo nidhīn vaḥ | atiṣkado bhiyasā tan na āvat tathā rasāyā ataram payāṃsi ||
I come appointed messenger of Indra, seeking your ample stores of wealth, O Panis. This hath preserved me from the fear of crossing: thus have I made my way o'er Rasa's waters.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
कीदृङ्ङ् इन्द्रः सरमे का दृशीका यस्येदं दूतीर् असरः पराकात् । आ च गच्छान् मित्रम् एना दधामाथा गवां गोपतिर् नो भवाति ॥
kīdṛṅṅ indraḥ sarame kā dṛśīkā yasyedaṃ dūtīr asaraḥ parākāt | ā ca gacchān mitram enā dadhāmāthā gavāṃ gopatir no bhavāti ||
What is that Indra like, what is his aspect whose envoy, Sarama, from afar thou comest? Let him approach, and we will show him friendship: he shall be made the herdsman of our cattle.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
नाहं तं वेद दभ्यं दभत् स यस्येदं दूतीर् असरम् पराकात् । न तं गूहन्ति स्रवतो गभीरा हता इन्द्रेण पणयः शयध्वे ॥
nāhaṃ taṃ veda dabhyaṃ dabhat sa yasyedaṃ dūtīr asaram parākāt | na taṃ gūhanti sravato gabhīrā hatā indreṇa paṇayaḥ śayadhve ||
I know him safe from harm: but he can punish who sent me hither from afar as envoy. Him rivers flowing with deep waters bide not. Low will ye be, O Panis, slain by Indra.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इमा गावः सरमे या ऐच्छः परि दिवो अन्तान् सुभगे पतन्ती । कस् त एना अव सृजाद् अयुध्व्य् उतास्माकम् आयुधा सन्ति तिग्मा ॥
imā gāvaḥ sarame yā aicchaḥ pari divo antān subhage patantī | kas ta enā ava sṛjād ayudhvy utāsmākam āyudhā santi tigmā ||
These are the kine which, Sarama, thou seekest, flying, O Blest One, to the ends of heaven. Who will loose these for thee without a battle? Yea, and sharp-pointed are our warlike weapons.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
असेन्या वः पणयो वचांस्य् अनिषव्यास् तन्वः सन्तु पापीः । अधृष्टो व एतवा अस्तु पन्था बृहस्पतिर् व उभया न मृळात् ॥
asenyā vaḥ paṇayo vacāṃsy aniṣavyās tanvaḥ santu pāpīḥ | adhṛṣṭo va etavā astu panthā bṛhaspatir va ubhayā na mṛḷāt ||
Even if your wicked bodies, O ye Panis, were arrow-proof, your words are weak for wounding; And were the path to you as yet unmastered, Brhaspati in neither case will spare you.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अयं निधिः सरमे अद्रिबुध्नो गोभिर् अश्वेभिर् वसुभिर् न्यृष्टः । रक्षन्ति तम् पणयो ये सुगोपा रेकु पदम् अलकम् आ जगन्थ ॥
ayaṃ nidhiḥ sarame adribudhno gobhir aśvebhir vasubhir nyṛṣṭaḥ | rakṣanti tam paṇayo ye sugopā reku padam alakam ā jagantha ||
Paved with the rock is this our treasure-chamber; filled full of precious things, of kine, and horses. These Panis who are watchful keepers guard it. In vain hast thou approached this lonely station.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
एह गमन्न् ऋषयः सोमशिता अयास्यो अङ्गिरसो नवग्वाः । त एतम् ऊर्वं वि भजन्त गोनाम् अथैतद् वचः पणयो वमन्न् इत् ॥
eha gamann ṛṣayaḥ somaśitā ayāsyo aṅgiraso navagvāḥ | ta etam ūrvaṃ vi bhajanta gonām athaitad vacaḥ paṇayo vamann it ||
Rsis will come inspirited with Soma, Angirases unwearied, and Navagvas. This stall of cattle will they part among them: then will the Panis wish these words unspoken.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
एवा च त्वं सरम आजगन्थ प्रबाधिता सहसा दैव्येन । स्वसारं त्वा कृणवै मा पुनर् गा अप ते गवां सुभगे भजाम ॥
evā ca tvaṃ sarama ājagantha prabādhitā sahasā daivyena | svasāraṃ tvā kṛṇavai mā punar gā apa te gavāṃ subhage bhajāma ||
Even thus, O Sarama, hast thou come hither, forced by celestial might to make the journey. Turn thee not back, for thou shalt be our sister: O Blest One, we will give thee of the cattle.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
नाहं वेद भ्रातृत्वं नो स्वसृत्वम् इन्द्रो विदुर् अङ्गिरसश् च घोराः । गोकामा मे अच्छदयन् यद् आयम् अपात इत पणयो वरीयः ॥
nāhaṃ veda bhrātṛtvaṃ no svasṛtvam indro vidur aṅgirasaś ca ghorāḥ | gokāmā me acchadayan yad āyam apāta ita paṇayo varīyaḥ ||
Brotherhood, sisterhood, I know not either: the dread Angirases and Indra know them. They seemed to long for kine when I departed. Hence, into distance, be ye gone, O Panis.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
दूरम् इत पणयो वरीय उद् गावो यन्तु मिनतीर् ऋतेन । बृहस्पतिर् या अविन्दन् निगूळ्हाः सोमो ग्रावाण ऋषयश् च विप्राः ॥
dūram ita paṇayo varīya ud gāvo yantu minatīr ṛtena | bṛhaspatir yā avindan nigūḷhāḥ somo grāvāṇa ṛṣayaś ca viprāḥ ||
Hence, far away, ye Panis! Let the cattle lowing come forth as holy Law commandeth, Kine which Brhaspati, and Soma, Rsis, sages, and pressing-stones have found when hidden.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)