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Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.109

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  1. Ṛgveda 10.109.1, English THESE first, the boundless Sea, and Matarisvan, fierce-glowing Fire, the Strong, the Bliss-bestower, And heavenly Floods, first-born by holy Order, exclaimed against the outrage on a Brahman. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  2. Ṛgveda 10.109.2, English King Soma first of all, without reluctance, made restitution of the Brahman's consort. Mitra and Varuna were the inviters: Agni as Hota; took her hand and led her. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  3. Ṛgveda 10.109.3, English The man, her pledge, must by her hand be taken when they have cried, She is a Brahman's consort. She stayed not for a herald to conduct her: thus is the kingdom of a ruler guarded. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  4. Ṛgveda 10.109.4, English Thus spake of her those Gods of old, Seven Rsis who sate them down to their austere devotion: Dire is a Brahman's wife led home by others: in the supremest heaven she plants confusion. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  5. Ṛgveda 10.109.5, English The Brahmacari goes engaged in duty: he is a member of the Gods' own body. Through him Brhaspati obtained his consort, as the Gods gained the ladle brought by Soma. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  6. Ṛgveda 10.109.6, English So then the Gods restored her, so men gave the woman back again. The Kings who kept their promises restored the Brahman's wedded wife, Ralph T.H. Griffith
  7. Ṛgveda 10.109.7, English Having restored the Brahman's wife, and freed them, with Gods' aid, from sin, They shared the fulness of the earth, and won themselves extended sway. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  1. 10.109.1ते॑ऽवदन्प्रथ॒मा ब्र॑ह्मकिल्बि॒षेऽकू॑पारः सलि॒लो मा॑त॒रिश्वा॑ । वी॒ळुह॑रा॒स्तप॑ उ॒ग्रो म॑यो॒भूरापो॑ दे॒वीः प्र॑थम॒जा ऋ॒तेन॑ ॥
  2. 10.109.2सोमो॒ राजा॑ प्रथ॒मो ब्र॑ह्मजा॒यां पुन॒ः प्राय॑च्छ॒दहृ॑णीयमानः । अ॒न्व॒र्ति॒ता वरु॑णो मि॒त्र आ॑सीद॒ग्निर्होता॑ हस्त॒गृह्या नि॑नाय ॥
  3. 10.109.3हस्ते॑नै॒व ग्रा॒ह्य॑ आ॒धिर॑स्या ब्रह्मजा॒येयमिति॒ चेदवो॑चन् । न दू॒ताय॑ प्र॒ह्ये॑ तस्थ ए॒षा तथा॑ रा॒ष्ट्रं गु॑पि॒तं क्ष॒त्रिय॑स्य ॥
  4. 10.109.4दे॒वा ए॒तस्या॑मवदन्त॒ पूर्वे॑ सप्तऋ॒षय॒स्तप॑से॒ ये नि॑षे॒दुः । भी॒मा जा॒या ब्रा॑ह्म॒णस्योप॑नीता दु॒र्धां द॑धाति पर॒मे व्यो॑मन् ॥
  5. 10.109.5ब्र॒ह्म॒चा॒री च॑रति॒ वेवि॑ष॒द्विष॒ः स दे॒वानां॑ भव॒त्येक॒मङ्ग॑म् । तेन॑ जा॒यामन्व॑विन्द॒द्बृह॒स्पति॒ः सोमे॑न नी॒तां जु॒ह्वं१॒॑ न दे॑वाः ॥
  6. 10.109.6पुन॒र्वै दे॒वा अ॑ददु॒ः पुन॑र्मनु॒ष्या॑ उ॒त । राजा॑नः स॒त्यं कृ॑ण्वा॒ना ब्र॑ह्मजा॒यां पुन॑र्ददुः ॥
  7. 10.109.7पु॒न॒र्दाय॑ ब्रह्मजा॒यां कृ॒त्वी दे॒वैर्नि॑किल्बि॒षम् । ऊर्जं॑ पृथि॒व्या भ॒क्त्वायो॑रुगा॒यमुपा॑सते ॥