Rig Veda · Mandala 10 · Sukta 184
Rig Veda 10.184 — Hymn 184
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 10.184.1
विष्णुर्योनिं कल्पयतु तवष्टा रूपाणि पिंशतु | आसिञ्चतु परजापतिर्धाता गर्भं दधातु ते
viṣṇuryoniṃ kalpayatu tvaṣṭā rūpāṇi piṃśatu | āsiñcatu prajāpatirdhātā gharbhaṃ dadhātu te
Rig Veda 10.184.2
गर्भं धेहि सिनीवालि गर्भं धेहि सरस्वति | गर्भं तेश्विनौ देवावा धत्तां पुष्करस्रजा
gharbhaṃ dhehi sinīvāli gharbhaṃ dhehi sarasvati | gharbhaṃ teaśvinau devāvā dhattāṃ puṣkarasrajā
O Sinīvālī, set the germ, set thou the germ, Sarasvatī: May the Twain Gods bestow the germ, the Aśvins crowned with lotuses.
Rig Veda 10.184.3
हिरण्ययी अरणी यं निर्मन्थतो अश्विना | तं तेगर्भं हवामहे दशमे मासि सूतवे
hiraṇyayī araṇī yaṃ nirmanthato aśvinā | taṃ tegharbhaṃ havāmahe daśame māsi sūtave
That which the Aśvins Twain rub forth with the attrition-sticks of gold,— That germ of thine we invocate, that in the tenth month thou mayst bear.
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