Rigveda

Mandala 1, Hymn 149

Containing 5 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.

Rigveda

Mandala 1, Hymn 149, Verse 1

म॒हः स रा॒य एष॑ते॒ पति॒र्दन्नि॒न इ॒नस्य॒ वसु॑नः प॒द आ उप॒ ध्रज॑न्त॒मद्र॑यो वि॒धन्नित्

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"HITHER he hastens to give, Lord of great riches, King of the mighty, to the place of treasure. lie pressing-stones shall serve him speeding near us."

Rigveda

Mandala 1, Hymn 149, Verse 2

स यो वृषा॑ न॒रां न रोद॑स्योः॒ श्रवो॑भि॒रस्ति॑ जी॒वपी॑तसर्गः प्र यः स॑स्रा॒णः शि॑श्री॒त योनौ॑

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"As Steer of men so Steer of earth and heaven by glory, he whose streams all life hath drunken, Who hasting forward rests upon the altar."

Rigveda

Mandala 1, Hymn 149, Verse 3

आ यः पुरं॒ नार्मि॑णी॒मदी॑दे॒दत्यः॑ क॒विर्न॑भ॒न्यो॒३॒॑ नार्वा॑ सूरो॒ न रु॑रु॒क्वाञ्छ॒तात्मा॑

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"He who hath lighted up the joyous castle, wise Courser like the Steed of cloudy heaven, Bright like the Sun, with hundredfold existence."

Rigveda

Mandala 1, Hymn 149, Verse 4

अ॒भि द्वि॒जन्मा॒ त्री रो॑च॒नानि॒ विश्वा॒ रजां॑सि शुशुचा॒नो अ॑स्थात् होता॒ यजि॑ष्ठो अ॒पां स॒धस्थे॑

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"He, doubly born, hath spread in his effulgence through the three luminous realms, through all the regions, Best sacrificing Priest where waters gather."

Rigveda

Mandala 1, Hymn 149, Verse 5

अ॒यं स होता॒ यो द्वि॒जन्मा॒ विश्वा॑ द॒धे वार्या॑णि श्रव॒स्या मर्तो॒ यो अ॑स्मै सु॒तुको॑ द॒दाश॑

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"Priest doubly born, he through his love of glory hath in his keeping all things worth the choosing, The man who brings him gifts hath noble offspring."