Rigveda

Mandala 5, Hymn 50

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

Rigveda

Mandala 5, Hymn 50, Verse 1

विश्वो॑ दे॒वस्य॑ ने॒तुर्मर्तो॑ वुरीत स॒ख्यम् विश्वो॑ रा॒य इ॑षुध्यति द्यु॒म्नं वृ॑णीत पु॒ष्यसे॑

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"LET every mortal man elect the friendship of the guiding God. Each one solicits him for wealth and seeks renown to prosper him."

Rigveda

Mandala 5, Hymn 50, Verse 2

ते ते॑ देव नेत॒र्ये चे॒माँ अ॑नु॒शसे॑ ते रा॒या ते ह्या॒३॒॑पृचे॒ सचे॑महि सच॒थ्यैः॑

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"These, leading God, are thine, and these here ready to speak after us. As such may we attain to wealth and wait with services on thee."

Rigveda

Mandala 5, Hymn 50, Verse 3

अतो॑ न॒ आ नॄनति॑थी॒नतः॒ पत्नी॑र्दशस्यत आ॒रे विश्वं॑ पथे॒ष्ठां द्वि॒षो यु॑योतु॒ यूयु॑विः

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"So further honour as our guests the Hero Gods and then the Dames. May he remove and keep afar our foes and all who block our path."

Rigveda

Mandala 5, Hymn 50, Verse 4

यत्र॒ वह्नि॑र॒भिहि॑तो दु॒द्रव॒द्द्रोण्यः॑ प॒शुः नृ॒मणा॑ वी॒रप॒स्त्योऽर्णा॒ धीरे॑व॒ सनि॑ता

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"Where fire is set, and swiftly runs the victim dwelling in the trough, He wins, with heroes in his home, friendly to man, like constant streams."

Rigveda

Mandala 5, Hymn 50, Verse 5

ए॒ष ते॑ देव नेता॒ रथ॒स्पतिः॒ शं र॒यिः शं रा॒ये शं स्व॒स्तय॑ इषः॒स्तुतो॑ मनामहे देव॒स्तुतो॑ मनामहे

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"May these thy riches, Leader God! that rule the car, be blest to us, Yea, blest to us for wealth and weal. This will we ponder praising strength, this ponder as we praise the God."