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Rigveda 5.61

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 5.61

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Sanskrit

5.61.1

ke ṣṭhā̍ nara̱ḥ śreṣṭha̍tamā̱ ya eka̍-eka āya̱ya |
pa̱ra̱masyā̍ḥ parā̱vata̍ḥ ||

O HEROES lordliest of all, who are ye that have singly come Forth from a region most remote?

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

5.61.2

kva1̱̍ vo 'śvā̱ḥ kvā̱3̱̍bhīśa̍vaḥ ka̱thaṁ śe̍ka ka̱thā ya̍ya |
pṛ̱ṣṭhe sado̍ na̱sor yama̍ḥ ||

Where are your horses, where the reins? How came ye? how had ye the power? Rein was on nose and seat on back.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

5.61.3

ja̱ghane̱ coda̍ eṣā̱ṁ vi sa̱kthāni̱ naro̍ yamuḥ |
pu̱tra̱kṛ̱the na jana̍yaḥ ||

The whip is laid upon the flank. The heroes stretch their thighs apart, Like women when the babe is born.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

5.61.4

parā̍ vīrāsa etana̱ maryā̍so̱ bhadra̍jānayaḥ |
a̱gni̱tapo̱ yathāsa̍tha ||

Go ye, O Heroes, far away, ye bridegrooms with a lovely Spouse That ye may warm you at the fire.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

5.61.5

sana̱t sāśvya̍m pa̱śum u̱ta gavya̍ṁ śa̱tāva̍yam |
śyā̱vāśva̍stutāya̱ yā dor vī̱rāyo̍pa̱barbṛ̍hat ||

May she gain cattle for her meed, hundreds of sheep and steeds and kine, Who threw embracing arms around the hero whom gyavaiva praised.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

5.61.6

u̱ta tvā̱ strī śaśī̍yasī pu̱ṁso bha̍vati̱ vasya̍sī |
ade̍vatrād arā̱dhasa̍ḥ ||

Yea, many a woman is more firm and better than the man who turns Away from Gods, andoffers not.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

5.61.7

vi yā jā̱nāti̱ jasu̍ri̱ṁ vi tṛṣya̍nta̱ṁ vi kā̱mina̍m |
de̱va̱trā kṛ̍ṇu̱te mana̍ḥ ||

She who discerns the weak and worn, the man who thirsts and is in want She sets her mind upon the Gods.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

5.61.8

u̱ta ghā̱ nemo̱ astu̍ta̱ḥ pumā̱m̐ iti̍ bruve pa̱ṇiḥ |
sa vaira̍deya̱ it sa̱maḥ ||

And yet full many a one, unpraised, mean niggard, is entitled man: Only in weregild is he such.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

5.61.9

u̱ta me̍ 'rapad yuva̱tir ma̍ma̱nduṣī̱ prati̍ śyā̱vāya̍ varta̱nim |
vi rohi̍tā purumī̱ḻhāya̍ yematu̱r viprā̍ya dī̱rghaya̍śase ||

And she, the young, the joyous-spirited, divulged the path to Ṣyâva, yea, to me. Two red steeds carried me to Purumîḷha's side, that sage of far-extended fame,

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

5.61.10

yo me̍ dhenū̱nāṁ śa̱taṁ vaida̍daśvi̱r yathā̱ dada̍t |
ta̱ra̱nta i̍va ma̱ṁhanā̍ ||

Him who, like Vaidadaṣvi, like Taranta, hath bestowed on me A hundred cows in liberal gift.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

5.61.11

ya ī̱ṁ vaha̍nta ā̱śubhi̱ḥ piba̍nto madi̱ram madhu̍ |
atra̱ śravā̍ṁsi dadhire ||

They who are borne by rapid steeds, drinking the meath that gives delight, They have attained high glories here.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

5.61.12

yeṣā̍ṁ śri̱yādhi̱ roda̍sī vi̱bhrāja̍nte̱ rathe̱ṣv ā |
di̱vi ru̱kma i̍vo̱pari̍ ||

They by whose splendour both the worlds are over-spread they shine on cars As the gold gleams above in heaven.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

5.61.13

yuvā̱ sa māru̍to ga̱ṇas tve̱ṣara̍tho̱ ane̍dyaḥ |
śu̱bha̱ṁyāvāpra̍tiṣkutaḥ ||

That Marut band is ever young, borne on bright cars, unblamable, Moving to victory, checked by none.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

5.61.14

ko ve̍da nū̱nam e̍ṣā̱ṁ yatrā̱ mada̍nti̱ dhūta̍yaḥ |
ṛ̱tajā̍tā are̱pasa̍ḥ ||

Who knoweth, verily, of these where the All-shakers take delight, Born, spotless, after sacred Law?

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

5.61.15

yū̱yam marta̍ṁ vipanyavaḥ praṇe̱tāra̍ i̱tthā dhi̱yā |
śrotā̍ro̱ yāma̍hūtiṣu ||

Guides are ye, lovers of the song to mortal man through holy hymn, And hearers when he cries for help.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

5.61.16

te no̱ vasū̍ni̱ kāmyā̍ puruśca̱ndrā ri̍śādasaḥ |
ā ya̍jñiyāso vavṛttana ||

Do ye, destroyers of the foe, worshipful and exceeding bright, Send down the treasures that we crave.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

5.61.17

e̱tam me̱ stoma̍m ūrmye dā̱rbhyāya̱ parā̍ vaha |
giro̍ devi ra̱thīr i̍va ||

OUrmya, bear thou far away to Dârbhya this my hymn of praise, Songs, Goddess, as if chariot-borne.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

5.61.18

u̱ta me̍ vocatā̱d iti̍ su̱taso̍me̱ ratha̍vītau |
na kāmo̱ apa̍ veti me ||

From me to Rathavîti say, when he hath pressed the Soma juice, The wish I had departeth not.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

5.61.19

e̱ṣa kṣe̍ti̱ ratha̍vītir ma̱ghavā̱ goma̍tī̱r anu̍ |
parva̍te̱ṣv apa̍śritaḥ ||

This wealthy Rathavîti dwells among the people rich in kine, Among the mountains, far withdrawn.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

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