Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·10·10.145
इमां खनाम्य् ओषधिं वीरुधम् बलवत्तमाम् । यया सपत्नीम् बाधते यया संविन्दते पतिम् ॥
imāṃ khanāmy oṣadhiṃ vīrudham balavattamām | yayā sapatnīm bādhate yayā saṃvindate patim ||
From out the earth I dig this plant, a herb of most effectual power, Wherewith one quells the rival wife and gains the husband for oneself.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उत्तानपर्णे सुभगे देवजूते सहस्वति । सपत्नीम् मे परा धम पतिम् मे केवलं कुरु ॥
uttānaparṇe subhage devajūte sahasvati | sapatnīm me parā dhama patim me kevalaṃ kuru ||
Auspicious, with expanded leaves, sent by the Gods, victorious plant, Blow thou the rival wife away, and make my husband only mine.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उत्तराहम् उत्तर उत्तरेद् उत्तराभ्यः । अथा सपत्नी या ममाधरा साधराभ्यः ॥
uttarāham uttara uttared uttarābhyaḥ | athā sapatnī yā mamādharā sādharābhyaḥ ||
Stronger am 1, O Stronger One, yea, mightier than the mightier; And she who is my rival wife is lower than the lowest dames.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
नह्य् अस्या नाम गृभ्णामि नो अस्मिन् रमते जने । पराम् एव परावतं सपत्नीं गमयामसि ॥
nahy asyā nāma gṛbhṇāmi no asmin ramate jane | parām eva parāvataṃ sapatnīṃ gamayāmasi ||
Her very name I utter not: she takes no pleasure in this man. Far into distance most remote drive we the rival wife away.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अहम् अस्मि सहमानाथ त्वम् असि सासहिः । उभे सहस्वती भूत्वी सपत्नीम् मे सहावहै ॥
aham asmi sahamānātha tvam asi sāsahiḥ | ubhe sahasvatī bhūtvī sapatnīm me sahāvahai ||
I am the conqueror, and thou, thou also act victorious: As victory attends us both we will subdue my fellow-wife.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उप ते ऽधां सहमानाम् अभि त्वाधां सहीयसा । माम् अनु प्र ते मनो वत्सं गौर् इव धावतु पथा वार् इव धावतु ॥
upa te 'dhāṃ sahamānām abhi tvādhāṃ sahīyasā | mām anu pra te mano vatsaṃ gaur iva dhāvatu pathā vār iva dhāvatu ||
I have gained thee for vanquisher, have grasped thee with a stronger spell. As a cow hastens to her calf, so let thy spirit speed to me, hasten like water on its way.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)