Rigveda 10.181

HYMN CLXXXI. VIŚVEDEVAS. · ३ क्रमेण- प्रथो वासिष्ठः, सप्रथो भारद्वाजः, धर्मः सौर्यः। विश्वेदेवाः। त्रिष्टुप्।

10.181.1

प्रथ॑श्च॒ यस्य॑ स॒प्रथ॑श्च॒ नामाऽऽनु॑ष्टुभस्य ह॒विषो॑ ह॒विर्यत् | धा॒तुर्द्युता॑नात्सवि॒तुश्च॒ विष्णो॑ रथंत॒रमा ज॑भारा॒ वसि॑ष्ठः ||

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10.181.1

प्रथ॑श्च॒ यस्य॑ स॒प्रथ॑श्च॒ नामाऽऽनु॑ष्टुभस्य ह॒विषो॑ ह॒विर्यत् | धा॒तुर्द्युता॑नात्सवि॒तुश्च॒ विष्णो॑ रथंत॒रमा ज॑भारा॒ वसि॑ष्ठः ||

VASIṢṬHA mastered the Rathantara, took it from radiant Dhātar, Savitar, and Viṣṇu, Oblation, portion of fourfold oblation, known by the names of Saprathas and Prathas.

10.181.2

अवि॑न्द॒न्ते अति॑हितं॒ यदासी॑द्य॒ज्ञस्य॒ धाम॑ पर॒मं गुहा॒ यत् | धा॒तुर्द्युता॑नात्सवि॒तुश्च॒ विष्णो॑र्भ॒रद्वा॑जो बृ॒हदा च॑क्रे अ॒ग्नेः ||

These sages found what lay remote and hidden, the sacrifice's loftiest secret essence. From radiant Dhātar, Savitar, and Viṣṇu, from Agni, Bharadvāja brought the Brhat.

10.181.3

ते॑ऽविन्द॒न्मन॑सा॒ दीध्या॑ना॒ यजु॑: ष्क॒न्नं प्र॑थ॒मं दे॑व॒यान॑म् | धा॒तुर्द्युता॑नात्सवि॒तुश्च॒ विष्णो॒रा सूर्या॑दभरन्घ॒र्ममे॒ते ||

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.