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Rig Veda 10.159: YON Sun hath mounted up, and this my happy fate hate mounted high.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896) · From The Hymns of the Rigveda (1896)
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.
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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/.
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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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