Rig Veda · Mandala 10 · Sukta 181
Rig Veda 10.181 — Viśvedevas
Deity: Viśvedevas. 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 10.181.1
परथश्च यस्य सप्रथश्च नमानुष्टुभस्य हविषोहविर्यत | धातुर्द्युतानात सवितुश्च विष्णो रथन्तरमा जभारा वसिष्ठः
prathaśca yasya saprathaśca namānuṣṭubhasya haviṣohaviryat | dhāturdyutānāt savituśca viṣṇo rathantaramā jabhārā vasiṣṭhaḥ
Rig Veda 10.181.2
अविन्दन ते अतिहितं यदासीद यज्ञस्य धाम परमंगुहा यत | धातुर्द्युतानात सवितुश्च विष्णोर्भरद्वाजो बर्हदा चक्रे अग्नेः
avindan te atihitaṃ yadāsīd yajñasya dhāma paramaṃghuhā yat | dhāturdyutānāt savituśca viṣṇorbharadvājo bṛhadā cakre aghneḥ
Rig Veda 10.181.3
ते.अविन्दन मनसा दीध्याना यजु षकन्नं परथमन्देवयानम | धातुर्द्युतानात सवितुश्च विष्णोरासूर्यादभरन घर्ममेते
te.avindan manasā dīdhyānā yaju ṣkannaṃ prathamandevayānam | dhāturdyutānāt savituśca viṣṇorāsūryādabharan gharmamete
They found with mental eyes the earliest Yajus, a pathway to the Gods, that had descended. From radiant Dhātar, Savitar, and Viṣṇu, from Sūrya did these sages bring the Gharma.
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