Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·10·10.130
यो यज्ञो विश्वतस् तन्तुभिस् तत एकशतं देवकर्मेभिर् आयतः । इमे वयन्ति पितरो य आययुः प्र वयाप वयेत्य् आसते तते ॥
yo yajño viśvatas tantubhis tata ekaśataṃ devakarmebhir āyataḥ | ime vayanti pitaro ya āyayuḥ pra vayāpa vayety āsate tate ||
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.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
पुमां एनं तनुत उत् कृणत्ति पुमान् वि तत्ने अधि नाके अस्मिन् । इमे मयूखा उप सेदुर् ऊ सदः सामानि चक्रुस् तसराण्य् ओतवे ॥
pumāṃ enaṃ tanuta ut kṛṇatti pumān vi tatne adhi nāke asmin | ime mayūkhā upa sedur ū sadaḥ sāmāni cakrus tasarāṇy otave ||
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 Sama-hymns their weaving shuttles.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
कासीत् प्रमा प्रतिमा किं निदानम् आज्यं किम् आसीत् परिधिः क आसीत् । छन्दः किम् आसीत् प्रौगं किम् उक्थं यद् देवा देवम् अयजन्त विश्वे ॥
kāsīt pramā pratimā kiṃ nidānam ājyaṃ kim āsīt paridhiḥ ka āsīt | chandaḥ kim āsīt praugaṃ kim ukthaṃ yad devā devam ayajanta viśve ||
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?
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अग्नेर् गायत्र्य् अभवत् सयुग्वोष्णिहया सविता सम् बभूव । अनुष्टुभा सोम उक्थैर् महस्वान् बृहस्पतेर् बृहती वाचम् आवत् ॥
agner gāyatry abhavat sayugvoṣṇihayā savitā sam babhūva | anuṣṭubhā soma ukthair mahasvān bṛhaspater bṛhatī vācam āvat ||
Closely was Gayatri conjoined with Agni, and closely Savitar combined with Usnih. Brilliant with Ukthas, Soma joined Anustup: Brhaspati's voice by Brhati was aided.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
विराण् मित्रावरुणयोर् अभिश्रीर् इन्द्रस्य त्रिष्टुब् इह भागो अह्नः । विश्वान् देवाञ् जगत्य् आ विवेश तेन चाक्ळ्प्र ऋषयो मनुष्याः ॥
virāṇ mitrāvaruṇayor abhiśrīr indrasya triṣṭub iha bhāgo ahnaḥ | viśvān devāñ jagaty ā viveśa tena cākḷpra ṛṣayo manuṣyāḥ ||
Viraj adhered to Varuna and Mitra: here Tristup day by day was Indra's portion. Jagati entered all the Gods together: so by this knowledge men were raised to Rsis.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
चाक्ळ्प्रे तेन ऋषयो मनुष्या यज्ञे जाते पितरो नः पुराणे । पश्यन् मन्ये मनसा चक्षसा तान् य इमं यज्ञम् अयजन्त पूर्वे ॥
cākḷpre tena ṛṣayo manuṣyā yajñe jāte pitaro naḥ purāṇe | paśyan manye manasā cakṣasā tān ya imaṃ yajñam ayajanta pūrve ||
So by this knowledge men were raised to Rsis, when ancient sacrifice sprang up, our Fathers. With the mind's eye I think that I behold them who first performed this sacrificial worship.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सहस्तोमाः सहछन्दस आवृतः सहप्रमा ऋषयः सप्त दैव्याः । पूर्वेषाम् पन्थाम् अनुदृश्य धीरा अन्वालेभिरे रथ्यो न रश्मीन् ॥
sahastomāḥ sahachandasa āvṛtaḥ sahapramā ṛṣayaḥ sapta daivyāḥ | pūrveṣām panthām anudṛśya dhīrā anvālebhire rathyo na raśmīn ||
They who were versed in ritual and metre, in hymns and rules, were the Seven Godlike Rsis. Viewing the path of those of old, the sages have taken up the reins like chariot-drivers.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)