Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·10·10.189

Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.189

आयं गौः पृश्निर् अक्रमीद् असदन् मातरम् पुरः । पितरं च प्रयन् स्वः ॥

āyaṃ gauḥ pṛśnir akramīd asadan mātaram puraḥ | pitaraṃ ca prayan svaḥ ||

This spotted Bull hath come, and sat before the Mother in the east, Advancing to his Father heaven.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

अन्तश् चरति रोचनास्य प्राणाद् अपानती । व्य् अख्यन् महिषो दिवम् ॥

antaś carati rocanāsya prāṇād apānatī | vy akhyan mahiṣo divam ||

Expiring when he draws his breath, she moves along the lucid spheres: The Bull shines out through all the sky.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

त्रिंशद् धाम वि राजति वाक् पतङ्गाय धीयते । प्रति वस्तोर् अह द्युभिः ॥

triṃśad dhāma vi rājati vāk pataṅgāya dhīyate | prati vastor aha dyubhiḥ ||

Song is bestowed upon the Bird: it rules supreme through thirty realms Throughout the days at break of morn.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)