Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 1 — Chapter 66

RV 1 66.1

रयिर् न चित्रा सूरो न सꣳदृग् आयुर् न प्राणो नित्यो न सूनुः

rayir na citrā sūro na saṁdṛg āyur na prāṇo nityo na sūnuḥ

Bright like wealth, like the sun to look upon; like the breath that is life, like a son of one's own.

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RV 1 66.2

तक्वा न भूर्णिर् वना सिषक्ति पयो न धेनुः शुचिर् विभावा

takvā na bhūrṇir vanā siṣakti payo na dhenuḥ śucir vibhāvā

Hurrying like a swift bird, he attends upon the woods; pure and wide‑shining, like a cow with her milk.

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RV 1 66.3

दाधार क्षेमम् ओको न रण्वो यवो न पक्वो जेता जनानाम्

dādhāra kṣemam oko na raṇvo yavo na pakvo jetā janānām

He has upheld secure abiding, delightful like a home; like ripened barley, a conqueror of peoples.

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RV 1 66.4

ऋषिर् न स्तुभ्वा विक्षु प्रशस्तो वाजी न प्रीतो वयो दधाति

ṛṣir na stubhvā vikṣu praśasto vājī na prīto vayo dadhāti

Like a ṛṣi who chants, he is extolled among the clans; like a well‑pleased racehorse, he bestows vigour.

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RV 1 66.5

दुरोकशोचिः क्रतुर् न नित्यो जायेव योनाव् अरꣳ विश्वस्मै

durokaśociḥ kratur na nityo jāyeva yonāv araṁ viśvasmai

His flame hard to dwell beside, like constant resolve; like a wife on the couch, fit for everyone.

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RV 1 66.6

चित्रो यद् अभ्राट् छ्वेतो न विक्षु रथो न रुक्मी त्वेषः समत्सु

citro yad abhrāṭ chveto na vikṣu ratho na rukmī tveṣaḥ samatsu

When, gleaming, he has blazed forth, white among the clans, like a gold‑decked chariot, dazzling in battles.

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RV 1 66.7

सेनेव सृष्टामꣳ दधात्य् अस्तुर् न दिद्युत् त्वेषप्रतीका

seneva sṛṣṭāmaṁ dadhāty astur na didyut tveṣapratīkā

Like an army let loose he instils terror; like the missile of an archer, with dazzling face.

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RV 1 66.8

यमो ह जातो यमो जनित्वꣳ जारः कनीनाम् पतिर् जनीनाम्

yamo ha jāto yamo janitvaṁ jāraḥ kanīnām patir janīnām

Yama indeed once born, Yama (still) to be born; lover of the maidens, husband of the wives.

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RV 1 66.9

तꣳ वश् चराथा वयꣳ वसत्यास्तꣳ न गावो नक्षन्त इद्धम्

taṁ vaś carāthā vayaṁ vasatyāstaṁ na gāvo nakṣanta iddham

To him, we (approach) with what moves and with what dwells; like cows reaching the homestead they come to him when kindled.

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RV 1 66.10

सिन्धुर् न क्षोदः प्र नीचीर् ऐनोन् नवन्त गावः स्व१र् दृशीके

sindhur na kṣodaḥ pra nīcīr ainon navanta gāvaḥ sva1r dṛśīke

Like a river its flood, he sped forward the downward‑streaming ones; the cows bellowed at the sight of the sun.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain