Rig Veda · Mandala 10 · Sukta 155
Rig Veda 10.155 — Various
Deity: Various. Rishi family (Mandala 10): Many seers — generally considered latest in composition. This Sukta contains 5 verses presented below in Devanagari Sanskrit, IAST romanisation, and Ralph T. H. Griffith's English translation. Click any verse to read a fuller explanation.
Verses
Rig Veda 10.155.1
अरायि काणे विकटे गिरिं गछ सदान्वे | शिरिम्बिठस्यसत्वभिस्तेभिष टवा चातयामसि
arāyi kāṇe vikaṭe ghiriṃ ghacha sadānve | śirimbiṭhasyasatvabhistebhiṣ ṭvā cātayāmasi
Rig Veda 10.155.2
चत्तो इतश्चत्तामुतः सर्वा भरूणान्यारुषी | अराय्यं बरह्मणस पते तीक्ष्णश्र्ण्गोद्र्षन्निहि
catto itaścattāmutaḥ sarvā bhrūṇānyāruṣī | arāyyaṃ brahmaṇas pate tīkṣṇaśṛṇghodṛṣannihi
Scared from this place and that is she, destroyer of each germ unborn. Go, sharp-horned Brāhmaṇaspti and drive Arayi far away.
Rig Veda 10.155.3
अदो यद दारु पलवते सिन्धोः पारे अपूरुषम | तदारभस्व दुर्हणो तेन गछ परस्तरम
ado yad dāru plavate sindhoḥ pāre apūruṣam | tadārabhasva durhaṇo tena ghacha parastaram
Yon log that floats without a man to guide it on the river's edge,— Seize it, thou thing with hideous jaws, and go thou far away thereon.
Rig Veda 10.155.4
यद ध पराचीरजगन्तोरो मण्डूरधाणिकीः | हतािन्द्रस्य शत्रवः सर्वे बुद्बुदयाशवः
yad dha prācīrajaghantoro maṇḍūradhāṇikīḥ | hatāindrasya śatravaḥ sarve budbudayāśavaḥ
When, foul with secret stain and spot, ye hastened onward to the breast, All Indra's enemies were slain and passed away like froth and foam.
Rig Veda 10.155.5
परीमे गामनेषत पर्यग्निमह्र्षत | देवेष्वक्रतश्रवः क इमाना दधर्षति
parīme ghāmaneṣata paryaghnimahṛṣata | deveṣvakrataśravaḥ ka imānā dadharṣati
These men have led about the cow, have duly carried Agni round, And raised their glory tg the Gods. Who will attack them with success?
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