Rig Veda · Mandala 10 · Sukta 189
Rig Veda 10.189 — Sūrya
Deity: Sūrya. 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 10.189.1
आयं गौः पर्श्निरक्रमीदसदन मातरं पुरः | पितरं च परयन सवः
āyaṃ ghauḥ pṛśnirakramīdasadan mātaraṃ puraḥ | pitaraṃ ca prayan svaḥ
Rig Veda 10.189.2
अन्तश्चरति रोचनास्य पराणादपानती | वयख्यन्महिषो दिवम
antaścarati rocanāsya prāṇādapānatī | vyakhyanmahiṣo divam
Expiring when he draws his breath, she moves along the lucid spheres: The Bull shines out through all the sky.
Rig Veda 10.189.3
तरिंशद धाम वि राजति वाक पतंगाय धीयते | परतिवस्तोरह दयुभिः
triṃśad dhāma vi rājati vāk pataṃghāya dhīyate | prativastoraha dyubhiḥ
Song is bestowed upon the Bird: it rules supreme through thirty realms Throughout the days at break of morn.
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