ऋ॒ष॒भं मा॑ समा॒नानां॑ स॒पत्ना॑नां विषास॒हिम् ।
ह॒न्तारं॒ शत्रू॑णां कृधि वि॒राजं॒ गोप॑तिं॒ गवा॑म्
ṛṣabhaṃ mā samānānāṃ sapatnānāṃ viṣāsahim |
hantāraṃ śatrūṇāṃ kṛdhi virājaṃ gopatiṃ gavām
Mandala 10
Sukta 166: A prayer to overcome rivals
Rishi: ऋषभो वैराजः, ऋषभः शाक्वरो भीमसेनो वा · Devata: सपत्नघ्नम् · Metre: अनुष्टुप्, ५ महापङ्क्तिः
5 verses · 166 of 191
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A prayer to overcome rivals
Rishabha Vairaja, or Rishabha Shakvara, speaks against rivals, mainly in anushtubh. Make me a bull among my equals, conqueror of rivals, slayer of foes, a ruler and lord of cattle. I am the rival-slayer, unhurt and whole like Indra; all my rivals lie under my feet. I bind you here as the two ends of a bow are bound by its string; Lord of Speech, silence them so they speak below me. I have come as the overpowering one with all-working might; I take your thought, your vow and your assembly. Let them croak from under my feet like frogs from the water.
अ॒हम॑स्मि सपत्न॒हेन्द्र॑ इ॒वारि॑ष्टो॒ अक्ष॑तः ।
अ॒धः स॒पत्ना॑ मे प॒दोरि॒मे सर्वे॑ अ॒भिष्ठि॑ताः
ahamasmi sapatnahendra ivāriṣṭo akṣataḥ |
adhaḥ sapatnā me padorime sarve abhiṣṭhitāḥ
अत्रै॒व वोऽपि॑ नह्याम्यु॒भे आर्त्नी॑ इव॒ ज्यया॑ ।
वाच॑स्पते॒ नि षे॑धे॒मान्यथा॒ मदध॑रं॒ वदा॑न्
atraiva vo'pi nahyāmyubhe ārtnī iva jyayā |
vācaspate ni ṣedhemānyathā madadharaṃ vadān
अ॒भि॒भूर॒हमाग॑मं वि॒श्वक॑र्मेण॒ धाम्ना॑ ।
आ व॑श्चि॒त्तमा वो॑ व्र॒तमा वो॒ऽहं समि॑तिं ददे
abhibhūrahamāgamaṃ viśvakarmeṇa dhāmnā |
ā vaścittamā vo vratamā vo'haṃ samitiṃ dade
यो॒ग॒क्षे॒मं व॑ आ॒दाया॒हं भू॑यासमुत्त॒म आ वो॑ मू॒र्धान॑मक्रमीम् ।
अ॒ध॒स्प॒दान्म॒ उद्व॑दत म॒ण्डूका॑ इवोद॒कान्म॒ण्डूका॑ उद॒कादि॑व
yogakṣemaṃ va ādāyāhaṃ bhūyāsamuttama ā vo mūrdhānamakramīm |
adhaspadānma udvadata maṇḍūkā ivodakānmaṇḍūkā udakādiva
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