Religion

Rig Veda 10.159: YON Sun hath mounted up, and this my happy fate hate mounted high.

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)

Religion

YON Sun hath mounted up, and this my happy fate hate mounted high.
I knowing this, as conqueror have won my husband for mine own.

I am the banner and the head, a mighty arbitress am I:
I am victorious, and my Lord shall be submissive to my will.

My Sons are slayers of the foe, my Daughter is a ruling Queen:
I am victorious: o'er my Lord my song of triumph is supreme.

Oblation, that which Indra gave and thus grew glorious and most high,-
This have I offered, O ye Gods, and rid me of each rival wife.

Destroyer of the rival wife, Sole Spouse, victorious, conqueror,
The others' glory have I seized as 'twere the wealth of weaker Dames.

I have subdued as conqueror these rivals, these my fellow-wives,
That I may hold imperial sway over this Hero and the folk.

MLA

Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 10.159: YON Sun hath mounted up, and this my happy fate hate mounted high.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/994/.

Chicago

Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 10.159: YON Sun hath mounted up, and this my happy fate hate mounted high.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/994/.

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