Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·10·10.5
एकः समुद्रो धरुणो रयीणाम् अस्मद् धृदो भूरिजन्मा वि चष्टे । सिषक्त्य् ऊधर् निण्योर् उपस्थ उत्सस्य मध्ये निहितम् पदं वेः ॥
ekaḥ samudro dharuṇo rayīṇām asmad dhṛdo bhūrijanmā vi caṣṭe | siṣakty ūdhar niṇyor upastha utsasya madhye nihitam padaṃ veḥ ||
He only is the Sea, holder of treasures: born many a time he views the hearts within us. He hides him in the secret couple's bosom. The Bird dwells in the middle of the fountain.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
समानं नीळं वृषणो वसानाः सं जग्मिरे महिषा अर्वतीभिः । ऋतस्य पदं कवयो नि पान्ति गुहा नामानि दधिरे पराणि ॥
samānaṃ nīḷaṃ vṛṣaṇo vasānāḥ saṃ jagmire mahiṣā arvatībhiḥ | ṛtasya padaṃ kavayo ni pānti guhā nāmāni dadhire parāṇi ||
Inhabiting one dwelling-place in common, strong Stallions and the Mares have come together. The sages guard the seat of Holy Order, and keep the highest names concealed within them.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ऋतायिनी मायिनी सं दधाते मित्वा शिशुं जज्ञतुर् वर्धयन्ती । विश्वस्य नाभिं चरतो ध्रुवस्य कवेश् चित् तन्तुम् मनसा वियन्तः ॥
ṛtāyinī māyinī saṃ dadhāte mitvā śiśuṃ jajñatur vardhayantī | viśvasya nābhiṃ carato dhruvasya kaveś cit tantum manasā viyantaḥ ||
The Holy Pair, of wondrous power, have coupled: they formed the Infant, they who bred produced him. The central point of all that moves and moves not, the while they wove the Sage's thread with insight
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ऋतस्य हि वर्तनयः सुजातम् इषो वाजाय प्रदिवः सचन्ते । अधीवासं रोदसी वावसाने घृतैर् अन्नैर् वावृधाते मधूनाम् ॥
ṛtasya hi vartanayaḥ sujātam iṣo vājāya pradivaḥ sacante | adhīvāsaṃ rodasī vāvasāne ghṛtair annair vāvṛdhāte madhūnām ||
For tracks of Order and refreshing viands attend from ancient times the goodly Infant. Wearing him as a mantle, Earth and Heaven grow strong by food of pleasant drink and fatness.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सप्त स्वसॄर् अरुषीर् वावशानो विद्वान् मध्व उज् जभारा दृशे कम् । अन्तर् येमे अन्तरिक्षे पुराजा इच्छन् वव्रिम् अविदत् पूषणस्य ॥
sapta svasṝr aruṣīr vāvaśāno vidvān madhva uj jabhārā dṛśe kam | antar yeme antarikṣe purājā icchan vavrim avidat pūṣaṇasya ||
He, calling loudly to the Seven red Sisters, hath, skilled in sweet drink, brought them to be looked on. He, born of old, in middle air hath halted, and sought and found the covering robe of Pusan.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सप्त मर्यादाः कवयस् ततक्षुस् तासाम् एकाम् इद् अभ्य् अंहुरो गात् । आयोर् ह स्कम्भ उपमस्य नीळे पथां विसर्गे धरुणेषु तस्थौ ॥
sapta maryādāḥ kavayas tatakṣus tāsām ekām id abhy aṃhuro gāt | āyor ha skambha upamasya nīḷe pathāṃ visarge dharuṇeṣu tasthau ||
Seven are the pathways which the wise have fashioned; to one of these may come the troubled mortal. He standeth in the dwelling of the Highest, a Pillar, on sure ground where paths are parted.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
असच् च सच् च परमे व्योमन् दक्षस्य जन्मन्न् अदितेर् उपस्थे । अग्निर् ह नः प्रथमजा ऋतस्य पूर्व आयुनि वृषभश् च धेनुः ॥
asac ca sac ca parame vyoman dakṣasya janmann aditer upasthe | agnir ha naḥ prathamajā ṛtasya pūrva āyuni vṛṣabhaś ca dhenuḥ ||
Not Being, Being in the highest heaven, in Aditi's bosom and in Daksa's birthplace, Is Agni, our first-born of Holy Order, the Milch-cow and the Bull in life's beginning.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)