Rig Veda · Mandala 5 · Sukta 66
Rig Veda 5.66 — Mitra-Varuṇa
Deity: Mitra-Varuṇa. Rishi family (Mandala 5): Atri and the Atreya line. This Sukta contains 6 verses presented below in Devanagari Sanskrit, IAST romanisation, and Ralph T. H. Griffith's English translation. Click any verse to read a fuller explanation.
Verses
Rig Veda 5.66.1
आ चिकितान सुक्रतू देवौ मर्त रिशादसा | वरुणाय रतपेशसे दधीत परयसे महे
ā cikitāna sukratū devau marta riśādasā | varuṇāya ṛtapeśase dadhīta prayase mahe
Rig Veda 5.66.2
ता हि कषत्रम अविह्रुतं सम्यग असुर्यम आशाते | अध वरतेव मानुषं सवर ण धायि दर्शतम
tā hi kṣatram avihrutaṃ samyagh asuryam āśāte | adha vrateva mānuṣaṃ svar ṇa dhāyi darśatam
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.
Rig Veda 5.66.3
ता वाम एषे रथानाम उर्वीं गव्यूतिम एषाम | रातहव्यस्य सुष्टुतिं दध्र्क सतोमैर मनामहे
tā vām eṣe rathānām urvīṃ ghavyūtim eṣām | rātahavyasya suṣṭutiṃ dadhṛk stomair manāmahe
Therefore we praise you that your cars may travel far in front of ours- You who accept the eulogy of Ratahavya with his hymns.
Rig Veda 5.66.4
अधा हि काव्या युवं दक्षस्य पूर्भिर अद्भुता | नि केतुना जनानां चिकेथे पूतदक्षसा
adhā hi kāvyā yuvaṃ dakṣasya pūrbhir adbhutā | ni ketunā janānāṃ cikethe pūtadakṣasā
And ye show wMom, Wondrous Gods with fulness of intellIgence. By men's discernment are Ve marked, O ye whose might is purified.
Rig Veda 5.66.5
तद रतम पर्थिवि बर्हच छरवेष रषीणाम | जरयसानाव अरम पर्थ्व अति कषरन्ति यामभिः
tad ṛtam pṛthivi bṛhac chravaeṣa ṛṣīṇām | jrayasānāv aram pṛthv ati kṣaranti yāmabhiḥ
This is the Law sublime, O Earth: to aid the Ṛṣis’ toil for fame The Two, wide-spreading, are prepared. They come with ample overflow.
Rig Veda 5.66.6
आ यद वाम ईयचक्षसा मित्र वयं च सूरयः | वयचिष्ठे बहुपाय्ये यतेमहि सवराज्ये
ā yad vām īyacakṣasā mitra vayaṃ ca sūrayaḥ | vyaciṣṭhe bahupāyye yatemahi svarājye
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,
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