Rig Veda · Mandala 10 · Sukta 159
Rig Veda 10.159 — Saci Paulomi
Deity: Saci Paulomi. Rishi family (Mandala 10): Many seers — generally considered latest in composition. This Sukta contains 6 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 10.159.1
उदसौ सूर्यो अगादुदयं मामको भगः | अहं तद्विद्वला पतिमभ्यसाक्षि विषासहिः
udasau sūryo aghādudayaṃ māmako bhaghaḥ | ahaṃ tadvidvalā patimabhyasākṣi viṣāsahiḥ
Rig Veda 10.159.2
अहं केतुरहं मूर्धाहमुग्रा विवाचनी | ममेदनुक्रतुं पतिः सेहानाया उपाचरेत
ahaṃ keturahaṃ mūrdhāhamughrā vivācanī | mamedanukratuṃ 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.
Rig Veda 10.159.3
मम पुत्राः शत्रुहणो.अथो मे दुहिता विराट | उताहमस्मि संजया पत्यौ मे शलोक उत्तमः
mama putrāḥ śatruhaṇo.atho me duhitā virāṭ | utāhamasmi 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.
Rig Veda 10.159.4
येनेन्द्रो हविषा कर्त्व्यभवद दयुम्न्युत्तमः | इदं तदक्रि देवा असपत्ना किलाभुवम
yenendro haviṣā kṛtvyabhavad dyumnyuttamaḥ | idaṃ tadakri 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.
Rig Veda 10.159.5
असपत्ना सपत्नघ्नी जयन्त्यभिभूवरी | आव्र्क्षमन्यासां वर्चो राधो अस्थेयसामिव
asapatnā sapatnaghnī jayantyabhibhūvarī | āvṛkṣamanyāsāṃ varco rādho astheyasāmiva
Destroyer of the rival wife, Sole Spouse, victorious, conqueror, The others' glory have I seized as ’twere the wealth of weaker Dames.
Rig Veda 10.159.6
समजैषमिमा अहं सपत्नीरभिभूवरी | यथाहमस्य वीरस्य विराजानि जनस्य च
samajaiṣamimā ahaṃ sapatnīrabhibhūvarī | yathāhamasya 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.
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