DharmaPragya

DharmaPragya

Rigveda

Mandala 1, Hymn 66

Containing 10 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.

Rigveda

Mandala 1, Hymn 66, Verse 1

Verse 1 of 10

SANSKRIT TEXT

र॒यिर्न चि॒त्रा सूरो॒ न सं॒दृगायु॒र्न प्रा॒णो नित्यो॒ न सू॒नुः

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"LIKE the Sun's glance, like wealth of varied sort, like breath which is the life, like one's own son, "

Rigveda

Mandala 1, Hymn 66, Verse 2

Verse 2 of 10

SANSKRIT TEXT

तक्वा॒ न भूर्णि॒र्वना॑ सिषक्ति॒ पयो॒ न धे॒नुः शुचि॑र्वि॒भावा॑

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"Like a swift bird, a cow who yields her milk, pure and refulgent to the wood he speeds."

Rigveda

Mandala 1, Hymn 66, Verse 3

Verse 3 of 10

SANSKRIT TEXT

दा॒धार॒ क्षेम॒मोको॒ न र॒ण्वो यवो॒ न प॒क्वो जेता॒ जना॑नाम्

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"He offers safety like a pleasant home, like ripened corn, the Conqueror of men. "

Rigveda

Mandala 1, Hymn 66, Verse 4

Verse 4 of 10

SANSKRIT TEXT

ऋषि॒र्न स्तुभ्वा॑ वि॒क्षु प्र॑श॒स्तो वा॒जी न प्री॒तो वयो॑ दधाति

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"Like a Seer lauding, famed among the folk; like a steed friendly he vouchsafes us power."

Rigveda

Mandala 1, Hymn 66, Verse 5

Verse 5 of 10

SANSKRIT TEXT

दु॒रोक॑शोचिः॒ क्रतु॒र्न नित्यो॑ जा॒येव॒ योना॒वरं॒ विश्व॑स्मै

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"With flame insatiate, like eternal might; caring for each one like a dame at home; "

Rigveda

Mandala 1, Hymn 66, Verse 6

Verse 6 of 10

SANSKRIT TEXT

चि॒त्रो यदभ्रा॑ट् छ्वे॒तो न वि॒क्षु रथो॒ न रु॒क्मी त्वे॒षः स॒मत्सु॑

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"Bright when he shines forth, whitish mid the folk, like a car, gold-decked, thundering to the fight."

Rigveda

Mandala 1, Hymn 66, Verse 7

Verse 7 of 10

SANSKRIT TEXT

सेने॑व सृ॒ष्टामं॑ दधा॒त्यस्तु॒र्न दि॒द्युत्त्वे॒षप्र॑तीका

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"He strikes with terror like a dart shot forth, e'en like an archer's arrow tipped with flame; "

Rigveda

Mandala 1, Hymn 66, Verse 8

Verse 8 of 10

SANSKRIT TEXT

य॒मो ह॑ जा॒तो य॒मो जनि॑त्वं जा॒रः क॒नीनां॒ पति॒र्जनी॑नाम्

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"Master of present and of future life, the maidens' lover and the matrons' Lord."

Rigveda

Mandala 1, Hymn 66, Verse 9

Verse 9 of 10

SANSKRIT TEXT

तं व॑श्च॒राथा॑ व॒यं व॑स॒त्यास्तं॒ न गावो॒ नक्ष॑न्त इ॒द्धम्

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"To him lead all your ways: may we attain the kindled God as cows their home at eve. "

Rigveda

Mandala 1, Hymn 66, Verse 10

Verse 10 of 10

SANSKRIT TEXT

सिन्धु॒र्न क्षोदः॒ प्र नीची॑रैनो॒न्नव॑न्त॒ गावः॒ स्व१॒॑र्दृशी॑के

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"He drives the flames below as floods their swell: the rays rise up to the fair place of heaven."