Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·5·5.61
के ष्ठा नरः श्रेष्ठतमा य एक-एक आयय । परमस्याः परावतः ॥
ke ṣṭhā naraḥ śreṣṭhatamā ya eka-eka āyaya | paramasyāḥ parāvataḥ ||
O HEROES lordliest of all, who are ye that have singly come Forth from a region most remote?
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
क्व वो ऽश्वाः क्वाभीशवः कथं शेक कथा यय । पृष्ठे सदो नसोर् यमः ॥
kva vo 'śvāḥ kvābhīśavaḥ kathaṃ śeka kathā yaya | pṛṣṭhe sado nasor yamaḥ ||
Where are your horses, where the reins? How came ye? how had ye the power? Rein was on nose and seat on back.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
जघने चोद एषां वि सक्थानि नरो यमुः । पुत्रकृथे न जनयः ॥
jaghane coda eṣāṃ vi sakthāni naro yamuḥ | putrakṛthe na janayaḥ ||
The whip is laid upon the flank. The heroes stretch their thighs apart, Like women when the babe is born.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
परा वीरास एतन मर्यासो भद्रजानयः । अग्नितपो यथासथ ॥
parā vīrāsa etana maryāso bhadrajānayaḥ | agnitapo yathāsatha ||
Go ye, O Heroes, far away, ye bridegrooms with a lovely Spouse That ye may warm you at the fire.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सनत् साश्व्यम् पशुम् उत गव्यं शतावयम् । श्यावाश्वस्तुताय या दोर् वीरायोपबर्बृहत् ॥
sanat sāśvyam paśum uta gavyaṃ śatāvayam | śyāvāśvastutāya yā dor vīrāyopabarbṛhat ||
May she gain cattle for her meed, hundreds of sheep and steeds and kine, Who threw embracing arms around the hero whom Gyavaiva praised.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उत त्वा स्त्री शशीयसी पुंसो भवति वस्यसी । अदेवत्राद् अराधसः ॥
uta tvā strī śaśīyasī puṃso bhavati vasyasī | adevatrād arādhasaḥ ||
Yea, many a woman is more firm and better than the man who turns Away from Gods, and offers not.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
वि या जानाति जसुरिं वि तृष्यन्तं वि कामिनम् । देवत्रा कृणुते मनः ॥
vi yā jānāti jasuriṃ vi tṛṣyantaṃ vi kāminam | devatrā kṛṇute manaḥ ||
She who discerns the weak and worn, the man who thirsts and is in want She sets her mind upon the Gods.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उत घा नेमो अस्तुतः पुमां इति ब्रुवे पणिः । स वैरदेय इत् समः ॥
uta ghā nemo astutaḥ pumāṃ iti bruve paṇiḥ | sa vairadeya it samaḥ ||
And yet full many a one, unpraised, mean niggard, is entitled man: Only in were gild is he such.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उत मे ऽरपद् युवतिर् ममन्दुषी प्रति श्यावाय वर्तनिम् । वि रोहिता पुरुमीळ्हाय येमतुर् विप्राय दीर्घयशसे ॥
uta me 'rapad yuvatir mamanduṣī prati śyāvāya vartanim | vi rohitā purumīḷhāya yematur viprāya dīrghayaśase ||
And she, the young, the joyous-spirited, divulged the path to Syava, yea, to me. Two red steeds carried me to Purumilha's side, that sage of far-extended fame,
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यो मे धेनूनां शतं वैददश्विर् यथा ददत् । तरन्त इव मंहना ॥
yo me dhenūnāṃ śataṃ vaidadaśvir yathā dadat | taranta iva maṃhanā ||
Him who, like Vaidadasvi, like Taranta, hath bestowed on me A hundred cows in liberal gift.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
य ईं वहन्त आशुभिः पिबन्तो मदिरम् मधु । अत्र श्रवांसि दधिरे ॥
ya īṃ vahanta āśubhiḥ pibanto madiram madhu | atra śravāṃsi dadhire ||
They who are borne by rapid steeds, drinking the meath that gives delight, They have attained high glories here.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
येषां श्रियाधि रोदसी विभ्राजन्ते रथेष्व् आ । दिवि रुक्म इवोपरि ॥
yeṣāṃ śriyādhi rodasī vibhrājante ratheṣv ā | divi rukma ivopari ||
They by whose splendour both the worlds are over-spread they shine on cars As the gold gleams above in heaven.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
युवा स मारुतो गणस् त्वेषरथो अनेद्यः । शुभंयावाप्रतिष्कुतः ॥
yuvā sa māruto gaṇas tveṣaratho anedyaḥ | śubhaṃyāvāpratiṣkutaḥ ||
That Marut band is ever young, borne on bright cars, unblamable, Moving to victory, checked by none.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
को वेद नूनम् एषां यत्रा मदन्ति धूतयः । ऋतजाता अरेपसः ॥
ko veda nūnam eṣāṃ yatrā madanti dhūtayaḥ | ṛtajātā arepasaḥ ||
Who knoweth, verily, of these where the All-shakers take delight, Born, spotless, after sacred Law?
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यूयम् मर्तं विपन्यवः प्रणेतार इत्था धिया । श्रोतारो यामहूतिषु ॥
yūyam martaṃ vipanyavaḥ praṇetāra itthā dhiyā | śrotāro yāmahūtiṣu ||
Guides are ye, lovers of the song to mortal man through holy hymn, And hearers when he cries for help.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ते नो वसूनि काम्या पुरुश्चन्द्रा रिशादसः । आ यज्ञियासो ववृत्तन ॥
te no vasūni kāmyā puruścandrā riśādasaḥ | ā yajñiyāso vavṛttana ||
Do ye, destroyers of the foe, worshipful and exceeding bright, Send down the treasures that we crave.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
एतम् मे स्तोमम् ऊर्म्ये दार्भ्याय परा वह । गिरो देवि रथीर् इव ॥
etam me stomam ūrmye dārbhyāya parā vaha | giro devi rathīr iva ||
OUrmya, bear thou far away to Darbhya this my hymn of praise, Songs, Goddess, as if chariot-borne.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उत मे वोचताद् इति सुतसोमे रथवीतौ । न कामो अप वेति मे ॥
uta me vocatād iti sutasome rathavītau | na kāmo apa veti me ||
From me to Rathaviti say, when he hath pressed the Soma juice, The wish I had departeth not.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
एष क्षेति रथवीतिर् मघवा गोमतीर् अनु । पर्वतेष्व् अपश्रितः ॥
eṣa kṣeti rathavītir maghavā gomatīr anu | parvateṣv apaśritaḥ ||
This wealthy Rathaviti dwells among the people rich in kine, Among the mountains, far withdrawn.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)