DharmaPragya

DharmaPragya

Rigveda

Mandala 5, Hymn 66

Containing 6 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.

Rigveda

Mandala 5, Hymn 66, Verse 1

Verse 1 of 6

SANSKRIT TEXT

आ चि॑कितान सु॒क्रतू॑ दे॒वौ म॑र्त रि॒शाद॑सा वरु॑णाय ऋ॒तपे॑शसे दधी॒त प्रय॑से म॒हे

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"O SAPIENT man, call the Two Gods, the very wise, who slay the foe. For Varuṇa, whose form is Law, place offerings for his great delight."

Rigveda

Mandala 5, Hymn 66, Verse 2

Verse 2 of 6

SANSKRIT TEXT

ता हि क्ष॒त्रमवि॑ह्रुतं स॒म्यग॑सु॒र्य१॒॑माशा॑ते अध॑ व्र॒तेव॒ मानु॑षं॒ स्व१॒॑र्ण धा॑यि दर्श॒तम्

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"For they have won unbroken sway in full perfection, power divine. And, like high laws, the world of man hath been made beautiful as light."

Rigveda

Mandala 5, Hymn 66, Verse 3

Verse 3 of 6

SANSKRIT TEXT

ता वा॒मेषे॒ रथा॑नामु॒र्वीं गव्यू॑तिमेषाम् रा॒तह॑व्यस्य सुष्टु॒तिं द॒धृक्स्तोमै॑र्मनामहे

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"Therefore we praise you that your cars may travel far in front of ours- You who accept the eulogy of Râtahavya with his hymns."

Rigveda

Mandala 5, Hymn 66, Verse 4

Verse 4 of 6

SANSKRIT TEXT

अधा॒ हि काव्या॑ यु॒वं दक्ष॑स्य पू॒र्भिर॑द्भुता नि के॒तुना॒ जना॑नां चि॒केथे॑ पूतदक्षसा

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"And ye show wMom, Wondrous Gods with fulness of intellIgence. By men's discernment are Ve marked, O ye whose might is purified."

Rigveda

Mandala 5, Hymn 66, Verse 5

Verse 5 of 6

SANSKRIT TEXT

तदृ॒तं पृ॑थिवि बृ॒हच्छ्र॑वए॒ष ऋषी॑णाम् ज्र॒य॒सा॒नावरं॑ पृ॒थ्वति॑ क्षरन्ति॒ याम॑भिः

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"This is the Law sublime, O Earth: to aid the R̥ishis' toil for fame The Two, wide-spreading, are prepared. They come with ample overflow."

Rigveda

Mandala 5, Hymn 66, Verse 6

Verse 6 of 6

SANSKRIT TEXT

आ यद्वा॑मीयचक्षसा॒ मित्र॑ व॒यं च॑ सू॒रयः॑ व्यचि॑ष्ठे बहु॒पाय्ये॒ यते॑महि स्व॒राज्ये॑

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"Mitra, ye Gods with wandering eyes, would that the worshippers and we Might strive to reach the realm ye rule, most spacious and protected well,"