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A Hymn from #Rigveda | An Ode to Rivers
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By a handsome count of tweets ago, I quoted @odysseuslahori
"They called me Sindhu, in their language, Sanskrit. In a frenzy of joyous wonder, they sang hymns to me, to be preserved two thousand years later in writing in their Rigveda"
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By a handsome count of tweets ago, I quoted @odysseuslahori
"They called me Sindhu, in their language, Sanskrit. In a frenzy of joyous wonder, they sang hymns to me, to be preserved two thousand years later in writing in their Rigveda"
In Mandala 10 of Rigveda we meet Hymn 75, Nadi Stuti
9 couplets sing to the glory of our rivers, all of these
Tiny piddling streams ejaculating out of northern mountains, swollen to tiny oceans by monsoon floods embracing the southern water-stretch of Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean
9 couplets sing to the glory of our rivers, all of these
Tiny piddling streams ejaculating out of northern mountains, swollen to tiny oceans by monsoon floods embracing the southern water-stretch of Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean
3.
His roar is lifted up to heaven above the earth: he puts forth endless vigour with a flash of light.
Like floods of rain that fall in thunder from the cloud, so Sindhu rushes on bellowing like a bull.
His roar is lifted up to heaven above the earth: he puts forth endless vigour with a flash of light.
Like floods of rain that fall in thunder from the cloud, so Sindhu rushes on bellowing like a bull.
5.
Through this verse I praise you, O Ganga, Yamuna, O Sutudri, Parusni and Sarasvati:
With Asikni, Vitasta, O Marudvrdha, O Arjikiya with Susoma hear my call.
Sutudri: Sutlej
Parusni: Ravi
Asikni: Chenab
Vitasta: Jhelum
Through this verse I praise you, O Ganga, Yamuna, O Sutudri, Parusni and Sarasvati:
With Asikni, Vitasta, O Marudvrdha, O Arjikiya with Susoma hear my call.
Sutudri: Sutlej
Parusni: Ravi
Asikni: Chenab
Vitasta: Jhelum
6.
First with Trstama thou art eager to flow forth, with Rasa, and Susartu, and with Svetya here,
With Kubha; and with these, Sindhu and Mehatnu, thou seekest in thy course Krumu and Gomati.
Sindhu: Indus
Kubha: Kabul
Gomati: Gomal
Krumu: Kurram
First with Trstama thou art eager to flow forth, with Rasa, and Susartu, and with Svetya here,
With Kubha; and with these, Sindhu and Mehatnu, thou seekest in thy course Krumu and Gomati.
Sindhu: Indus
Kubha: Kabul
Gomati: Gomal
Krumu: Kurram
7.
Flashing and whitely-gleaming in her mightiness, she moves along her ample volumes through the realms,
Most active of the active, Sindhu unrestrained, like to a dappled mare, beautiful, fair to see.
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(translation of couplets by Ralph T.H. Griffith, late 19th century)
Flashing and whitely-gleaming in her mightiness, she moves along her ample volumes through the realms,
Most active of the active, Sindhu unrestrained, like to a dappled mare, beautiful, fair to see.
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(translation of couplets by Ralph T.H. Griffith, late 19th century)
in the end, remembering mythical yet once very real, #Sarasvati river,
I shall present "coffee ka akhri ghoont" type of thing
'Rally for Rivers Chant' is recent version of Nadi Stuti, not in original shalokas yet it's the next best thing
#Goosebumps !
I shall present "coffee ka akhri ghoont" type of thing
'Rally for Rivers Chant' is recent version of Nadi Stuti, not in original shalokas yet it's the next best thing
#Goosebumps !
