A Hymn of Maṇḍala 10
Rigveda X.183 is a sūkta (hymn of praise) from Maṇḍala 10 of the Rigveda, one of the 1,028 hymns organized within the ten books of the oldest Veda. The Rigveda was composed approximately 1700–1100 BCE in Vedic Sanskrit and preserved through oral transmission across millennia.
This is a Good Works Translation produced by the New Tianmu Anglican Church from the Sanskrit of the Śākala recension.
I beheld thee in my mind, as thou didst grow ever more aware in thine own; thou born of fervent fire, formed by heat and longing.
Giving forth thy fruit in this place, and wealth likewise, beget thyself with seed anew, thou who yearnest for sons.
I beheld thee in my heart, as thou didst grow ever more fixed in thy will, sore within thy flesh, in the time of thy blood.
Come hither, draw nigh unto me. Become once more a maiden.
Beget thyself with seed anew, thou woman who seekest sons.
I laid the seed in the greening plants;
I in all living things.
I sowed life upon the earth—
and sons shall I raise for wombs yet to come.
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This hymn is drawn from the Śākala recension of the Rigveda, composed approximately 1700–1100 BCE. This is a Good Works Translation produced by the New Tianmu Anglican Church, translated independently from the Sanskrit. Reference translations consulted during original translation are to be documented during audit.
Compiled and formatted for the Good Work Library by the New Tianmu Anglican Church, 2026.
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Source Text: ṛgveda X.183
Sanskrit source text from the Aufrecht edition (1877) via GRETIL (Van Nooten & Holland input). Presented here for reference, study, and verification alongside the English translation above.
apaśyaṁ tvā manasā cekitānaṁ tapaso jātaṁ tapaso vibhūtam |
iha prajām iha rayiṁ rarāṇaḥ pra jāyasva prajayā putrakāma || 1 ||
apaśyaṁ tvā manasā dīdhyānāṁ svāyāṁ tanū ṛtvye nādhamānām |
upa mām uccā yuvatir babhūyāḥ pra jāyasva prajayā putrakāme || 2 ||
ahaṁ garbham adadhām oṣadhīṣv ahaṁ viśveṣu bhuvaneṣv antaḥ |
aham prajā ajanayam pṛthivyām ahaṁ janibhyo aparīṣu putrān || 3 ||
Source Colophon
Sanskrit text of the Rigveda, Śākala recension. The standard scholarly edition is the Bombay Oriental (Vishva Bandhu, 5 vols., 1963–66). IAST transliteration available from GRETIL (Göttingen Register of Electronic Texts in Indian Languages) and Vedaweb (University of Cologne). Both sources are open access. IAST transliteration from the Aufrecht edition (1877) via GRETIL (Van Nooten & Holland input, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).
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