Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·10·10.81
य इमा विश्वा भुवनानि जुह्वद् ऋषिर् होता न्य् असीदत् पिता नः । स आशिषा द्रविणम् इच्छमानः प्रथमच्छद् अवरां आ विवेश ॥
ya imā viśvā bhuvanāni juhvad ṛṣir hotā ny asīdat pitā naḥ | sa āśiṣā draviṇam icchamānaḥ prathamacchad avarāṃ ā viveśa ||
He who sate down as Hotar-priest, the Rsi, our Father, offering up all things existing,- He, seeking through his wish a great possession, came among men on earth as archetypal.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
किं स्विद् आसीद् अधिष्ठानम् आरम्भणं कतमत् स्वित् कथासीत् । यतो भूमिं जनयन् विश्वकर्मा वि द्याम् और्णोन् महिना विश्वचक्षाः ॥
kiṃ svid āsīd adhiṣṭhānam ārambhaṇaṃ katamat svit kathāsīt | yato bhūmiṃ janayan viśvakarmā vi dyām aurṇon mahinā viśvacakṣāḥ ||
What was the place whereon he took his station? What was it that supported him? How was it? Whence Visvakarman, seeing all, producing the earth, with mighty power disclosed the heavens.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
विश्वतश्चक्षुर् उत विश्वतोमुखो विश्वतोबाहुर् उत विश्वतस्पात् । सम् बाहुभ्यां धमति सम् पतत्रैर् द्यावाभूमी जनयन् देव एकः ॥
viśvataścakṣur uta viśvatomukho viśvatobāhur uta viśvataspāt | sam bāhubhyāṃ dhamati sam patatrair dyāvābhūmī janayan deva ekaḥ ||
He who hath eyes on all sides round about him, a mouth on all sides, arms and feet on all sides, He, the Sole God, producing earth and heaven, weldeth them, with his arms as wings, together.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
किं स्विद् वनं क उ स वृक्ष आस यतो द्यावापृथिवी निष्टतक्षुः । मनीषिणो मनसा पृच्छतेद् उ तद् यद् अध्यतिष्ठद् भुवनानि धारयन् ॥
kiṃ svid vanaṃ ka u sa vṛkṣa āsa yato dyāvāpṛthivī niṣṭatakṣuḥ | manīṣiṇo manasā pṛcchated u tad yad adhyatiṣṭhad bhuvanāni dhārayan ||
What was the tree, what wood in sooth produced it, from which they fashioned out the earth and heaven? Ye thoughtful men inquire within your spirit whereon he stood when he established all things.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
या ते धामानि परमाणि यावमा या मध्यमा विश्वकर्मन्न् उतेमा । शिक्षा सखिभ्यो हविषि स्वधावः स्वयं यजस्व तन्वं वृधानः ॥
yā te dhāmāni paramāṇi yāvamā yā madhyamā viśvakarmann utemā | śikṣā sakhibhyo haviṣi svadhāvaḥ svayaṃ yajasva tanvaṃ vṛdhānaḥ ||
Nine highest, lowest, sacrificial natures, and these thy mid-most here, O Visvakarman, Teach thou thy friends at sacrifice, O Blessed, and come thyself, exalted, to our worship.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
विश्वकर्मन् हविषा वावृधानः स्वयं यजस्व पृथिवीम् उत द्याम् । मुह्यन्त्व् अन्ये अभितो जनास इहास्माकम् मघवा सूरिर् अस्तु ॥
viśvakarman haviṣā vāvṛdhānaḥ svayaṃ yajasva pṛthivīm uta dyām | muhyantv anye abhito janāsa ihāsmākam maghavā sūrir astu ||
Bring thou thyself, exalted with oblation, O Visvakarman, Earth and Heaven to worship. Let other men around us live in folly here let us have a rich and liberal patron.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
वाचस् पतिं विश्वकर्माणम् ऊतये मनोजुवं वाजे अद्या हुवेम । स नो विश्वानि हवनानि जोषद् विश्वशम्भूर् अवसे साधुकर्मा ॥
vācas patiṃ viśvakarmāṇam ūtaye manojuvaṃ vāje adyā huvema | sa no viśvāni havanāni joṣad viśvaśambhūr avase sādhukarmā ||
Let us invoke to-day, to aid our labour, the Lord of Speech, the thought-swift Visvakarman. May he hear kindly all our invocations who gives all bliss for aid, whose works are righteous.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)