DharmaPragya
Mandala 8, Hymn 56
Containing 5 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
Mandala 8, Hymn 56, Verse 1
Verse 1 of 5
SANSKRIT TEXT
प्रति॑ ते दस्यवे वृक॒ राधो॑ अद॒र्श्यह्र॑यम् द्यौर्न प्र॑थि॒ना शवः॑
"THY bounty, Dasyave-vr̥ika, exhaustless hath displayed itself: Its fulness is as broad as heaven."
Mandala 8, Hymn 56, Verse 2
Verse 2 of 5
SANSKRIT TEXT
दश॒ मह्यं॑ पौतक्र॒तः स॒हस्रा॒ दस्य॑वे॒ वृकः॑ नित्या॑द्रा॒यो अ॑मंहत
"Ten thousand Dasyave-vr̥ika, the son of Pûtakratu, hath From his own wealth bestowed on me."
Mandala 8, Hymn 56, Verse 3
Verse 3 of 5
SANSKRIT TEXT
श॒तं मे॑ गर्द॒भानां॑ श॒तमूर्णा॑वतीनाम् श॒तं दा॒साँ अति॒ स्रजः॑
"A hundred asses hath he given, a hundred head of fleecy sheep, A hundred slaves, and wreaths besides."
Mandala 8, Hymn 56, Verse 4
Verse 4 of 5
SANSKRIT TEXT
तत्रो॒ अपि॒ प्राणी॑यत पू॒तक्र॑तायै॒ व्य॑क्ता अश्वा॑ना॒मिन्न यू॒थ्या॑म्
"There also was a mare led forth, picked out for Putakrata's sake, Not of the horses of the herd."
Mandala 8, Hymn 56, Verse 5
Verse 5 of 5
SANSKRIT TEXT
अचे॑त्य॒ग्निश्चि॑कि॒तुर्ह॑व्य॒वाट् स सु॒मद्र॑थः अ॒ग्निः शु॒क्रेण॑ शो॒चिषा॑ बृ॒हत्सूरो॑ अरोचत दि॒वि सूर्यो॑ अरोचत
"Observant Agni hath appeared, oblation-bearer with his car. Agni with his resplendent flame hath shone on high as shines the Sun, hath shone like Sûrya in the heavens."