Rig Veda · Mandala 10 · Sukta 166
Rig Veda 10.166 — Sapatnanāśanam
Deity: Sapatnanāśanam. 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 10.166.1
रषभं मा समानानां सपत्नानां विषासहिम | हन्तारंशत्रूणां कर्धि विराजं गोपतिं गवाम
ṛṣabhaṃ mā samānānāṃ sapatnānāṃ viṣāsahim | hantāraṃśatrūṇāṃ kṛdhi virājaṃ ghopatiṃ ghavām
Rig Veda 10.166.2
अहमस्मि सपत्नहेन्द्र इवारिष्टो अक्षतः | अधः सपत्नामे पदोरिमे सर्वे अभिष्ठिताः
ahamasmi sapatnahendra ivāriṣṭo akṣataḥ | adhaḥ sapatnāme padorime sarve abhiṣṭhitāḥ
I am my rivals’ slayer, like Indra unwounded and unhurt, And all these enemies of mine are vanquished and beneath my feet.
Rig Veda 10.166.3
अत्रैव वो.अपि नह्याम्युभे आर्त्नी इव जयया | वाचस पतेनि षेधेमान यथा मदधरं वदान
atraiva vo.api nahyāmyubhe ārtnī iva jyayā | vācas pateni ṣedhemān yathā madadharaṃ vadān
Here, verily, I bind you fast, as the two bow-ends with the string. Press down these men, O Lord of Speech, that they may humbly speak to me.
Rig Veda 10.166.4
अभिभूरहमागमं विश्वकर्मेण धाम्ना | आ वश्चित्तमा वो वरतमा वो.अहं समितिं ददे
abhibhūrahamāghamaṃ viśvakarmeṇa dhāmnā | ā vaścittamā vo vratamā vo.ahaṃ samitiṃ dade
Hither I came as conqueror with mighty all-effecting power, And I have mastered all your thought, your synod, and your holy work.
Rig Veda 10.166.5
योगक्षेमं व आदायाहं भूयासमुत्तम आ वो मूर्धानमक्रमीम | अधस्पदान म उद वदत मण्डूका इवोदकान्मण्डूका उदकादिव
yoghakṣemaṃ va ādāyāhaṃ bhūyāsamuttama ā vo mūrdhānamakramīm | adhaspadān ma ud vadata maṇḍūkā ivodakānmaṇḍūkā udakādiva
May I be highest, having gained your strength in war, your skill in peace my feet have trodden on your heads. Speak to me from beneath my feet, as frogs from out the water croak, as frogs from out the water croak.
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