Rigveda 5.65
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 5.65
- Language
- Sanskrit
5.65.1
yaś ci̱keta̱ sa su̱kratu̍r deva̱trā sa bra̍vītu naḥ |
varu̍ṇo̱ yasya̍ darśa̱to mi̱tro vā̱ vana̍te̱ gira̍ḥ ||
FULL wise is he who hath discerned: let him speak to us of the Gods,– The man whose praise-songs Varuṇa the beautiful, or Mitra, loves.
5.65.2
tā hi śreṣṭha̍varcasā̱ rājā̍nā dīrgha̱śrutta̍mā |
tā satpa̍tī ṛtā̱vṛdha̍ ṛ̱tāvā̍nā̱ jane̍-jane ||
For they are Kings of noblest might, of glorious fame most widely spread; Lords of the brave, who strengthen Law, the Holy Ones with every race.
5.65.3
tā vā̍m iyā̱no 'va̍se̱ pūrvā̱ upa̍ bruve̱ sacā̍ |
svaśvā̍sa̱ḥ su ce̱tunā̱ vājā̍m̐ a̱bhi pra dā̱vane̍ ||
Approaching you with prayer for aid, together I address you first We who have good steeds call on you, Most Sage, to give us strength besides.
5.65.4
mi̱tro a̱ṁhoś ci̱d ād u̱ru kṣayā̍ya gā̱tuṁ va̍nate |
mi̱trasya̱ hi pra̱tūrva̍taḥ suma̱tir asti̍ vidha̱taḥ ||
E'en out of misery Mitra gives a way to dwelling at our case, For he who worships hath the grace of Mitra, fighter in the van. '
5.65.5
va̱yam mi̱trasyāva̍si̱ syāma̍ sa̱pratha̍stame |
a̱ne̱hasa̱s tvota̍yaḥ sa̱trā varu̍ṇaśeṣasaḥ ||
In Mitra's shelter that extends to utmost distance may we dwell, Unmenaced, guarded by the care, ever as sons of Varuṇa.
5.65.6
yu̱vam mi̍tre̱maṁ jana̱ṁ yata̍tha̱ḥ saṁ ca̍ nayathaḥ |
mā ma̱ghona̱ḥ pari̍ khyata̱m mo a̱smāka̱m ṛṣī̍ṇāṁ gopī̱the na̍ uruṣyatam ||
Ye, Mitra, urge this people on, and to one end direct their ways. Neglect not ye the wealthy chiefs, neglect not us the Ṛishis: be our guardians when ye quaff the milk.
Translations (6)
- The Hymns of the Rigveda — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, English
- Der Rig-Veda aus dem Sanskrit ins Deutsche übersetzt (HOS 33–35) — Karl Friedrich Geldner 1951, German
- Ригведа — Tatyana Yakovlevna Elizarenkova 1989, Russian
- Études védiques et pāṇinéennes (traductions) — Louis Renou 1955, French
- Rig-Veda Sanhitá — Horace Hayman Wilson 1850, English
- Rig-Veda, übersetzt und mit kritischen und erläuternden Anmerkungen versehen — Hermann Grassmann 1876, German
Commentaries (10)
- Vedārthaprakāśa (Ṛgvedabhāṣya) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedapadapāṭha — Śākalya, Sanskrit
- Ṛgarthadīpikā — Veṅkaṭamādhava, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Skandasvāmin) — Skandasvāmin, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Udgītha) — Udgītha, Sanskrit
- Ṛgbhāṣya (Madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitāvyākhyā — Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Udgīthācārya, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasūktanirukta — Mādhava, Sanskrit
- Bhāṣya — Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
Linked texts (10)
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- History of Indian Medicine, containing Notices, Biographical and Bibliographical, of the Āyurvedic Physicians and their Works on Medicine — Girindranath Mukhopadhyaya, English
- Saṃhitāpadapāṭha — Sanskrit
- The Great Epic of India: Its Character and Origin — E. W. Hopkins, English
- The Religions of India — Edward Washburn Hopkins, English