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Rigveda 5.66

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 5.66

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Sanskrit

5.66.1

ā ci̍kitāna su̱kratū̍ de̱vau ma̍rta ri̱śāda̍sā |
varu̍ṇāya ṛ̱tape̍śase dadhī̱ta praya̍se ma̱he ||

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.

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

5.66.2

tā hi kṣa̱tram avi̍hrutaṁ sa̱myag a̍su̱rya1̱̍m āśā̍te |
adha̍ vra̱teva̱ mānu̍ṣa̱ṁ sva1̱̍r ṇa dhā̍yi darśa̱tam ||

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.

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

5.66.3

tā vā̱m eṣe̱ rathā̍nām u̱rvīṁ gavyū̍tim eṣām |
rā̱taha̍vyasya suṣṭu̱tiṁ da̱dhṛk stomai̍r manāmahe ||

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

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

5.66.4

adhā̱ hi kāvyā̍ yu̱vaṁ dakṣa̍sya pū̱rbhir a̍dbhutā |
ni ke̱tunā̱ janā̍nāṁ ci̱kethe̍ pūtadakṣasā ||

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

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

5.66.5

tad ṛ̱tam pṛ̍thivi bṛ̱hac chra̍vae̱ṣa ṛṣī̍ṇām |
jra̱ya̱sā̱nāv ara̍m pṛ̱thv ati̍ kṣaranti̱ yāma̍bhiḥ ||

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

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

5.66.6

ā yad vā̍m īyacakṣasā̱ mitra̍ va̱yaṁ ca̍ sū̱raya̍ḥ |
vyaci̍ṣṭhe bahu̱pāyye̱ yate̍mahi sva̱rājye̍ ||

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,

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

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