Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·10·10.109
ते ऽवदन् प्रथमा ब्रह्मकिल्बिषे ऽकूपारः सलिलो मातरिश्वा । वीळुहरास् तप उग्रो मयोभूर् आपो देवीः प्रथमजा ऋतेन ॥
te 'vadan prathamā brahmakilbiṣe 'kūpāraḥ salilo mātariśvā | vīḷuharās tapa ugro mayobhūr āpo devīḥ prathamajā ṛtena ||
These first, the boundless Sea, and Matarisvan, fierce-glowing Fire, the Strong, the Bliss-bestower, And heavenly Floods, first-born by holy Order, exclaimed against the outrage on a Brahman.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सोमो राजा प्रथमो ब्रह्मजायाम् पुनः प्रायच्छद् अहृणीयमानः । अन्वर्तिता वरुणो मित्र आसीद् अग्निर् होता हस्तगृह्या निनाय ॥
somo rājā prathamo brahmajāyām punaḥ prāyacchad ahṛṇīyamānaḥ | anvartitā varuṇo mitra āsīd agnir hotā hastagṛhyā nināya ||
King Soma first of all, without reluctance, made restitution of the Brahman's consort. Mitra and Varuna were the inviters: Agni as Hota; took her hand and led her.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
हस्तेनैव ग्राह्य आधिर् अस्या ब्रह्मजायेयम् इति चेद् अवोचन् । न दूताय प्रह्ये तस्थ एषा तथा राष्ट्रं गुपितं क्षत्रियस्य ॥
hastenaiva grāhya ādhir asyā brahmajāyeyam iti ced avocan | na dūtāya prahye tastha eṣā tathā rāṣṭraṃ gupitaṃ kṣatriyasya ||
The man, her pledge, must by her hand be taken when they have cried, She is a Brahman's consort. She stayed not for a herald to conduct her: thus is the kingdom of a ruler guarded.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
देवा एतस्याम् अवदन्त पूर्वे सप्तऋषयस् तपसे ये निषेदुः । भीमा जाया ब्राह्मणस्योपनीता दुर्धां दधाति परमे व्योमन् ॥
devā etasyām avadanta pūrve saptaṛṣayas tapase ye niṣeduḥ | bhīmā jāyā brāhmaṇasyopanītā durdhāṃ dadhāti parame vyoman ||
Thus spake of her those Gods of old, Seven Rsis who sate them down to their austere devotion: Dire is a Brahman's wife led home by others: in the supremest heaven she plants confusion.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ब्रह्मचारी चरति वेविषद् विषः स देवानाम् भवत्य् एकम् अङ्गम् । तेन जायाम् अन्व् अविन्दद् बृहस्पतिः सोमेन नीतां जुह्वं न देवाः ॥
brahmacārī carati veviṣad viṣaḥ sa devānām bhavaty ekam aṅgam | tena jāyām anv avindad bṛhaspatiḥ somena nītāṃ juhvaṃ na devāḥ ||
The Brahmacari goes engaged in duty: he is a member of the Gods' own body. Through him Brhaspati obtained his consort, as the Gods gained the ladle brought by Soma.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
पुनर् वै देवा अददुः पुनर् मनुष्या उत । राजानः सत्यं कृण्वाना ब्रह्मजायाम् पुनर् ददुः ॥
punar vai devā adaduḥ punar manuṣyā uta | rājānaḥ satyaṃ kṛṇvānā brahmajāyām punar daduḥ ||
So then the Gods restored her, so men gave the woman back again. The Kings who kept their promises restored the Brahman's wedded wife,
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
पुनर्दाय ब्रह्मजायां कृत्वी देवैर् निकिल्बिषम् । ऊर्जम् पृथिव्या भक्त्वायोरुगायम् उपासते ॥
punardāya brahmajāyāṃ kṛtvī devair nikilbiṣam | ūrjam pṛthivyā bhaktvāyorugāyam upāsate ||
Having restored the Brahman's wife, and freed them, with Gods' aid, from sin, They shared the fulness of the earth, and won themselves extended sway.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)