Rig Veda · Mandala 10 · Sukta 75
Rig Veda 10.75 — The Rivers
Deity: The Rivers. Rishi family (Mandala 10): Many seers — generally considered latest in composition. This Sukta contains 9 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 10.75.1
पर सु व आपो महिमानमुत्तमं कारुर्वोचाति सदनेविवस्वतः | पर सप्त-सप्त तरेधा हि चक्रमुः परस्र्त्वरीणामति सिन्धुरोजसा
pra su va āpo mahimānamuttamaṃ kārurvocāti sadanevivasvataḥ | pra sapta-sapta tredhā hi cakramuḥ prasṛtvarīṇāmati sindhurojasā
Rig Veda 10.75.2
पर ते.अरदद वरुणो यातवे पथः सिन्धो यद वाजानभ्यद्रवस्त्वम | भूम्या अधि परवता यासि सानुना यदेषामग्रं जगतामिरज्यसि
pra te.aradad varuṇo yātave pathaḥ sindho yad vājānabhyadravastvam | bhūmyā adhi pravatā yāsi sānunā yadeṣāmaghraṃ jaghatāmirajyasi
Varuṇa cut the channels for thy forward course, O Sindhu, when thou rannest on to win the race. Thou speedest o’er precipitous ridges of the earth, when thou art Lord and Leader of these moving floods.
Rig Veda 10.75.3
दिवि सवनो यतते भूम्योपर्यनन्तं शुष्ममुदियर्तिभानुना | अभ्रादिव पर सतनयन्ति वर्ष्टयः सिन्धुर्यदेति वर्षभो न रोरुवत
divi svano yatate bhūmyoparyanantaṃ śuṣmamudiyartibhānunā | abhrādiva pra stanayanti vṛṣṭayaḥ sindhuryadeti vṛṣabho na roruvat
His roar is lifted up to heaven above the earth: he puts forth endless vigour with a flash of light. Like floods of rain that fall in thunder from the cloud, so Sindhu rushes on bellowing like a bull.
Rig Veda 10.75.4
अभि तवा सिन्धो शिशुमिन न मातरो वाश्रा अर्षन्तिपयसेव धेनवः | राजेव युध्वा नयसि तवमित सिचौ यदासामग्रं परवतामिनक्षसि
abhi tvā sindho śiśumin na mātaro vāśrā arṣantipayaseva dhenavaḥ | rājeva yudhvā nayasi tvamit sicau yadāsāmaghraṃ pravatāminakṣasi
Like mothers to their calves, like milch kine with their milk, so, Sindhu, unto thee the roaring rivers run. Thou leadest as a warrior king thine army's wings what time thou comest in the van of these swift streams.
Rig Veda 10.75.5
इमं मे गङगे यमुने सरस्वति शुतुद्रि सतेमं सचता परुष्ण्या | असिक्न्या मरुद्व्र्धे वितस्तयार्जीकीये शर्णुह्यासुषोमया
imaṃ me ghaṅghe yamune sarasvati śutudri stemaṃ sacatā paruṣṇyā | asiknyā marudvṛdhe vitastayārjīkīye śṛṇuhyāsuṣomayā
Favour ye this my laud, O Gan!gā, Yamunā, O Sutudri, Paruṣṇī and Sarasvatī: With Asikni, Vitasta, O Marudvrdha, O Ārjīkīya with Susoma hear my call.
Rig Veda 10.75.6
तर्ष्टामया परथमं यातवे सजूः ससर्त्वा रसयाश्वेत्या तया | तवं सिन्धो कुभया गोमतीं करुमुम्मेहत्न्वा सरथं याभिरीयसे
tṛṣṭāmayā prathamaṃ yātave sajūḥ sasartvā rasayāśvetyā tyā | tvaṃ sindho kubhayā ghomatīṃ krumummehatnvā sarathaṃ yābhirīyase
First with Trstama thou art eager to flow forth, with Rasā, and Susartu, and with Svetya here, With Kubha; and with these, Sindhu and Mehatnu, thou seekest in thy course Krumu and Gomati.
Rig Veda 10.75.7
रजीत्येनी रुशती महित्वा परि जरयांसि भरते रजांसि | अदब्धा सिन्धुरपसामपस्तमाश्वा न चित्रावपुषीव दर्शता
ṛjītyenī ruśatī mahitvā pari jrayāṃsi bharate rajāṃsi | adabdhā sindhurapasāmapastamāśvā na citrāvapuṣīva darśatā
Flashing and whitely-gleaming in her mightiness, she moves along her ample volumes through the realms, Most active of the active, Sindhu unrestrained, like to a dappled mare, beautiful, fair to see.
Rig Veda 10.75.8
सवश्वा सिन्धुः सुरथा सुवासा हिरण्ययी सुक्र्तावाजिनीवती | ऊर्णावती युवतिः सीलमावत्युताधि वस्तेसुभगा मधुव्र्धम
svaśvā sindhuḥ surathā suvāsā hiraṇyayī sukṛtāvājinīvatī | ūrṇāvatī yuvatiḥ sīlamāvatyutādhi vastesubhaghā madhuvṛdham
Rich in good steeds is Sindhu, rich in cars and robes, rich in gold, nobly-fashioned, rich in ample wealth. Blest Silamavati and young Urnavati invest themselves with raiment rich in store of sweets.
Rig Veda 10.75.9
सुखं रथं युयुजे सिधुरश्विनं तेन वाजं सनिषदस्मिन्नाजौ | महान हयस्य महिमा पनस्यते.अदब्धस्यस्वयशसो विरप्शिनः
sukhaṃ rathaṃ yuyuje sidhuraśvinaṃ tena vājaṃ saniṣadasminnājau | mahān hyasya mahimā panasyate.adabdhasyasvayaśaso virapśinaḥ
Sindhu hath yoked her car, light-rolling, drawn by steeds, and with that car shall she win booty in this fight. So have I praised its power, mighty and unrestrained, of independent glory, roaring as it runs.
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