Rigveda 10.159

HYMN CLIX. SACI PAULOMI. · ६ पौलोमी शची। शची (आत्मानं तुष्टाव)। अनुष्टुप्।

10.159.1

उद॒सौ सूर्यो॑ अगा॒दुद॒यं मा॑म॒को भग॑: | अ॒हं तद्वि॑द्व॒ला पति॑म॒भ्य॑साक्षि विषास॒हिः ||

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10.159.1

उद॒सौ सूर्यो॑ अगा॒दुद॒यं मा॑म॒को भग॑: | अ॒हं तद्वि॑द्व॒ला पति॑म॒भ्य॑साक्षि विषास॒हिः ||

YON Sun hath mounted up, and this my happy fate hate mounted high. I knowing this, as conqueror have won my husband for mine own.

10.159.2

अ॒हं के॒तुर॒हं मू॒र्धाऽहमु॒ग्रा वि॒वाच॑नी | ममेदनु॒ क्रतुं॒ पति॑: सेहा॒नाया॑ उ॒पाच॑रेत् ||

I am the banner and the head, a mighty arbitress am I: I am victorious, and my Lord shall be submissive to my will.

10.159.3

मम॑ पु॒त्राः श॑त्रु॒हणोऽथो॑ मे दुहि॒ता वि॒राट् | उ॒ताहम॑स्मि संज॒या पत्यौ॑ मे॒ श्लोक॑ उत्त॒मः ||

My Sons are slayers of the foe, my Daughter is a ruling Queen: I am victorious: o’er my Lord my song of triumph is supreme.

10.159.4

येनेन्द्रो॑ ह॒विषा॑ कृ॒त्व्यभ॑वद्द्यु॒म्न्यु॑त्त॒मः | इ॒दं तद॑क्रि देवा असप॒त्ना किला॑भुवम् ||

Oblation, that which Indra gave and thus grew glorious and most high,— This have I offered, O ye Gods, and rid me of each rival wife.

10.159.5

अ॒स॒प॒त्ना स॑पत्न॒घ्नी जय॑न्त्यभि॒भूव॑री | आवृ॑क्षम॒न्यासां॒ वर्चो॒ राधो॒ अस्थे॑यसामिव ||

Destroyer of the rival wife, Sole Spouse, victorious, conqueror, The others' glory have I seized as ’twere the wealth of weaker Dames.

10.159.6

सम॑जैषमि॒मा अ॒हं स॒पत्नी॑रभि॒भूव॑री | यथा॒हम॒स्य वी॒रस्य॑ वि॒राजा॑नि॒ जन॑स्य च ||

I have subdued as conqueror these rivals, these my fellow-wives, That I may hold imperial sway over this Hero and the folk.