A Hymn of Maṇḍala 10
Rigveda X.188 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.
Spur forth now, O Jātavedas, thou steed of prize and fame, and take thy seat upon this holy grass of ours.
For Jātavedas here—whose champions are seers, who giveth gifts and glories—I awaken a great song of praise.
The shining shafts of Jātavedas, that bear the offering unto the gods— with them, let him drive our worship home.
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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.188
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.
pra nūnaṁ jātavedasam aśvaṁ hinota vājinam |
idaṁ no barhir āsade || 1 ||
asya pra jātavedaso vipravīrasya mīḻhuṣaḥ |
mahīm iyarmi suṣṭutim || 2 ||
yā ruco jātavedaso devatrā havyavāhanīḥ |
tābhir no yajñam invatu || 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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