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Rig Veda 10.181: VASISTHA mastered the Rathantara, took it from radiant Dhatar, Savitar, and Visnu

by The Rishis of the Rig Veda c. 1500–1000 BCE (traditional; uncertain)

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896) · From The Hymns of the Rigveda (1896)

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VASISTHA mastered the Rathantara, took it from radiant Dhatar, Savitar, and Visnu,
Oblation, portion of fourfold oblation, known by the names of Saprathas and Prathas.

These sages found what lay remote and hidden, the sacrifice's loftiest secret essence.
From radiant Dhatar, Savitar, and Visnu, from Agni, Bharadvaja brought the Brhat.

They found with mental eyes the earliest Yajus, a pathway to the Gods, that had descended.
From radiant Dhitar, Savitar, and Visnu, from Surya did these sages bring the Gharma.

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MLA

Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 10.181: VASISTHA mastered the Rathantara, took it from radiant Dhatar, Savitar, and Visnu.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/1016/.

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Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 10.181: VASISTHA mastered the Rathantara, took it from radiant Dhatar, Savitar, and Visnu.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/1016/.

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