Rigveda 10.109.04
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 109 · Verse 10.109.4
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
दे॒वा ए॒तस्या॑मवदन्त॒ पूर्वे॑ सप्तऋ॒षय॒स्तप॑से॒ ये नि॑षे॒दुः । भी॒मा जा॒या ब्रा॑ह्म॒णस्योप॑नीता दु॒र्धां द॑धाति पर॒मे व्यो॑मन्
devā etasyāmavadanta pūrve saptaṛṣayastapase ye niṣeduḥ bhīmā jāyā brāhmaṇasyopanītā durdhāṃ dadhāti parame vyoman
The gods of old spoke these: the seven sages who observed austerity forbade it. A dread offspring of the Brahman was born; he placed harsh doom in the highest heaven.
The ancient deities spoke about her, the seven Ṛṣis who were engaged in penance. The terrible wifeof Brahma has been brought back (to her husband); (penance) elevates into the highest heaven.
Thus spake of her those Gods of old, Seven Rsis who sate them down to their austere devotion: Dire is a Brahman's wife led home by others: in the supremest heaven she plants confusion.