Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·10·10.159
उद् असौ सूर्यो अगाद् उद् अयम् मामको भगः । अहं तद् विद्वला पतिम् अभ्य् असाक्षि विषासहिः ॥
ud asau sūryo agād ud ayam māmako bhagaḥ | ahaṃ tad vidvalā patim abhy asākṣi viṣāsahiḥ ||
Yon Sun hath mounted up, and this my happy fate hate mounted high. I knowing this, as conqueror have won my husband for mine own.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अहं केतुर् अहम् मूर्धाहम् उग्रा विवाचनी । ममेद् अनु क्रतुम् पतिः सेहानाया उपाचरेत् ॥
ahaṃ ketur aham mūrdhāham ugrā vivācanī | mamed anu kratum patiḥ sehānāyā upācaret ||
I am the banner and the head, a mighty arbitress am I: I am victorious, and my Lord shall be submissive to my will.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
मम पुत्राः शत्रुहणो ऽथो मे दुहिता विराट् । उताहम् अस्मि संजया पत्यौ मे श्लोक उत्तमः ॥
mama putrāḥ śatruhaṇo 'tho me duhitā virāṭ | utāham asmi saṃjayā patyau me śloka uttamaḥ ||
My Sons are slayers of the foe, my Daughter is a ruling Queen: I am victorious: o'er my Lord my song of triumph is supreme.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
येनेन्द्रो हविषा कृत्व्य् अभवद् द्युम्न्य् उत्तमः । इदं तद् अक्रि देवा असपत्ना किलाभुवम् ॥
yenendro haviṣā kṛtvy abhavad dyumny uttamaḥ | idaṃ tad akri devā asapatnā kilābhuvam ||
Oblation, that which Indra gave and thus grew glorious and most high,- This have I offered, O ye Gods, and rid me of each rival wife.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
असपत्ना सपत्नघ्नी जयन्त्य् अभिभूवरी । आवृक्षम् अन्यासां वर्चो राधो अस्थेयसाम् इव ॥
asapatnā sapatnaghnī jayanty abhibhūvarī | āvṛkṣam anyāsāṃ varco rādho astheyasām iva ||
Destroyer of the rival wife, Sole Spouse, victorious, conqueror, The others' glory have I seized as 'twere the wealth of weaker Dames.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सम् अजैषम् इमा अहं सपत्नीर् अभिभूवरी । यथाहम् अस्य वीरस्य विराजानि जनस्य च ॥
sam ajaiṣam imā ahaṃ sapatnīr abhibhūvarī | yathāham asya vīrasya virājāni janasya ca ||
I have subdued as conqueror these rivals, these my fellow-wives, That I may hold imperial sway over this Hero and the folk.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)