A Hymn of Maṇḍala 10
Rigveda X.190 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.
Both truth and being were brought forth when heat was kindled, and from that burning came the dark of night, and thence was born the rolling sea.
From out the heaving sea arose the year, which divideth day from night, and stretcheth forth its rule o’er all who breathe and blink their mortal eyes.
Then set the Ordainer all in rightful stead:
the sun and moon, the firmament and earth, the air between, and the shining of the light.
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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.190
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.
ṛtaṁ ca satyaṁ cābhīddhāt tapaso 'dhy ajāyata |
tato rātry ajāyata tataḥ samudro arṇavaḥ || 1 ||
samudrād arṇavād adhi saṁvatsaro ajāyata |
ahorātrāṇi vidadhad viśvasya miṣato vaśī || 2 ||
sūryācandramasau dhātā yathāpūrvam akalpayat |
divaṁ ca pṛthivīṁ cāntarikṣam atho svaḥ || 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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