Rig Veda · Mandala 10 · Sukta 178
Rig Veda 10.178 — Tārkṣya
Deity: Tārkṣya. Rishi family (Mandala 10): Many seers — generally considered latest in composition. This Sukta contains 3 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 10.178.1
तयमू षु वाजिनं देवजूतं सहावानं तरुतारंरथानाम | अरिष्टनेमिं पर्तनाजमाशुं सवस्तयेतार्क्ष्यमिहा हुवेम
tyamū ṣu vājinaṃ devajūtaṃ sahāvānaṃ tarutāraṃrathānām | ariṣṭanemiṃ pṛtanājamāśuṃ svastayetārkṣyamihā huvema
Rig Veda 10.178.2
इन्द्रस्येव रातिमाजोहुवानाः सवस्तये नावमिवा रुहेम | उर्वी न पर्थ्वी बहुले गभीरे मा वामेतौ मा परेतौरिषाम
indrasyeva rātimājohuvānāḥ svastaye nāvamivā ruhema | urvī na pṛthvī bahule ghabhīre mā vāmetau mā paretauriṣāma
As though we offered up our gifts to Indra, may we ascend. him as a ship. for safety. Like the two wide worlds, broad, deep far-extended, may we be safe both when he comes and leaves you.
Rig Veda 10.178.3
सद्यश्चिद यः शवसा पञ्च कर्ष्टीः सूर्य इवज्योतिषापस्ततान | सहस्रसाः शतसा अस्य रंहिर्नस्मा वरन्ते युवतिं न शर्याम
sadyaścid yaḥ śavasā pañca kṛṣṭīḥ sūrya ivajyotiṣāpastatāna | sahasrasāḥ śatasā asya raṃhirnasmā varante yuvatiṃ na śaryām
He who with might the Five Lands hath pervaded, like Sūrya with his lustre, and the waters— His strength wins hundreds, thousands none avert it, as the young maid repelleth not her lover.
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