Sukta 183
Sukta 10.183
A generative tapas-born power (often read in context with fertility/progeny rites; addressed as a presence to be born)
এই সংক্ষিপ্ত, পৰৱৰ্তী ঋগ্বৈদিক সূক্তত তপস-জন্মা এক সৃজনশীল শক্তিক “জন্ম ল’বলৈ” আহ্বান কৰা হৈছে আৰু সন্তান—বিশেষকৈ কাম্য পুত্ৰ—সহ সমৃদ্ধি দান কৰিবলৈ প্ৰাৰ্থনা কৰা হৈছে। দ্ৰষ্টাই কয় যে তেওঁ এই শক্তিক অন্তৰ্দৃষ্টিত সচেতন, ঋতুভিত্তিক পৰিশ্ৰমশীল আৰু দেহধাৰী ৰূপে দেখিছে; শেষত প্ৰথম-পুরুষ প্ৰকাশত এক অন্তৰ্বাসিনী সৃষ্ট্ৰী-শক্তিৰ উদ্ঘাটন হয়, যিয়ে উদ্ভিদসমূহত ভ্ৰূণ স্থাপন কৰে আৰু লোক-লোকান্তৰত জন্মক ধাৰণ কৰি ৰাখে।
Mantras
Mantra 1
अपश्यं त्वा मनसा चेकितानं तपसो जातं तपसो विभूतम् । इह प्रजामिह रयिं रराणः प्र जायस्व प्रजया पुत्रकाम ॥
মনেৰে মই তোমাক দেখিলোঁ—সচেতন, বিচক্ষণ; তপসৰ পৰা জন্মা, তপসেই প্ৰকাশিত। ইয়াত প্ৰজাশক্তিত, ইয়াত ৰয়ি (সমৃদ্ধি)-ত আনন্দিত হৈ, হে পুত্ৰকাম, প্ৰজয়া সহ জন্ম লোৱা—সন্তান-সৃষ্টিৰ শক্তিৰে আগবাঢ়া।
Mantra 2
अपश्यं त्वा मनसा दीध्यानां स्वायां तनू ऋत्व्ये नाधमानाम् । उप मामुच्चा युवतिर्बभूयाः प्र जायस्व प्रजया पुत्रकामे ॥
মই মনৰ দীপ্ত ধ্যানত তোমাক দেখিলোঁ—নিজ দেহতে ঋতুৰ অনুকূলে সাধনা কৰি থকা। মোৰ ওপৰত উঠি আহা, শক্তিমতী যুৱতী হৈ উঠা; পুত্ৰকামনাৰে—প্ৰজাৰ দ্বাৰা—জন্ম লোৱা, প্ৰজাক জন্ম দিয়া।
Mantra 3
अहं गर्भमदधामोषधीष्वहं विश्वेषु भुवनेष्वन्तः । अहं प्रजा अजनयं पृथिव्यामहं जनिभ्यो अपरीषु पुत्रान् ॥
মই ঔষধিসকলত গৰ্ভ স্থাপন কৰোঁ; মই সকলো ভুবনৰ ভিতৰত আছোঁ। পৃথিৱীত মই প্ৰজাক জন্ম দিওঁ; দূৰ-দূৰান্তৰ জন্মসমূহক মই পুত্ৰ দিওঁ।
Inside Sukta 183
How it unfolds
- Where it opens
Inner vision: the seer ‘beholds with the mind’ a conscious power born of tapas and asks it to be born here with progeny and wealth.
- Development
The power is further visualized as embodied and laboring in the right season, urged to rise and become a youthful, potent presence over the petitioner.
- Climax
A decisive first-person revelation: the deity speaks as the universal indwelling creatrix who places the embryo in plants and pervades all worlds.
- Where it settles
The hymn settles into assurance of continuity—births receive sons, creation proceeds, and the sought progeny-blessing is grounded in cosmic immanence.
The deity: Tapas-jātā Prajā-jananī Śakti
- In the VedaDescribed as ‘seen with the mind,’ conscious and discerning (cekītāna), born of tapas and manifested by tapas; envisioned as seasonally laboring in her own body and rising as a youthful woman of power; finally speaking as an all-pervading source who ‘places the embryo in the plants’ and generates offspring on earth.
- Cosmic functionTo animate conception, gestation, and successful birth; to distribute fertility through oṣadhīs (plants/medicinal powers) and to ensure continuity of lineages and beings across realms.
- Inner significanceThe creative will and concentrated heat of transformation (tapas) that turns intention into manifestation—psychologically, the focused generative impulse; spiritually, the immanent Shakti-like presence that births new life, new formations, and renewed vitality.
The seer
- AnonymusA late Mandala 10 voice associated with fertility/progeny rites and a distinctly introspective, visionary style (manasā ‘I saw with the mind’).
Famous verses
tapasó jātáṃ tapasó vibhūtam
ṛtvye nādhamānām
ahaṃ garbham adadhām oṣadhīṣu
Attributes of the deity
- Tapas-born and tapas-manifest
- Mentally beheld (inner vision)
- Seasonal/ṛtu-aligned fertility
- Embodied, youthful, rising power (yuvatī)
- Immanent in all worlds (viśveṣu bhuvaneṣu antaḥ)
- Embryo-placing and progeny-bestowing
- Linked with oṣadhīs (healing plants) and life-force
Also by this seer
- RV 10.183 (attributed as an anonymous/unknown seer hymn in the Rigvedic tradition)
The rite, step by step
- Prepare a quiet domestic or āhavanīya fire setting; establish purity and intention (saṅkalpa) for progeny and well-being.
- Recite RV 10.183.1 to invoke the tapas-born power and request ‘prajā’ and ‘rayi’ (offspring-force and prosperity).
- Recite RV 10.183.2 emphasizing ṛtu (right season) and the rising youthful power; pray for conception/quickening and protective strength.
- Recite RV 10.183.3 as an affirmation of the indwelling creatrix who places the embryo and sustains births; conclude with blessings for mother, child, and household.
- Optionally conclude with a simple śānti-style closing (well-being for all beings) and distribute consecrated water/food as prasāda-like sharing.
Offerings
- Ghṛta (ghee) oblations into fire
- Milk or sweet pāyasa (as a fertility-associated food)
- Oṣadhi-related offering or presence (herbs/medicinal plants symbolically placed)
- Water libation and simple grains (as household prosperity tokens)
Frequently Asked Questions
It primarily prays for successful progeny (prajā), especially the blessing of a son in a putrakāma context, along with prosperity (rayi) and life-continuity.
Rather than a single named god like Indra or Agni, the hymn addresses a tapas-born generative Power—an immanent creative presence that brings conception and birth and is described as present within all worlds.
It portrays fertility as a cosmic, life-pervading process: the creative Power ‘places the embryo in the plants,’ linking healing, vitality, and reproduction as one continuous force in nature.
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