Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 5 — Chapter 61

RV 5 61.1

के ष्ठा नरः श्रेष्ठतमा य एक-एक आयय । परमस्याः परावतः

ke ṣṭhā naraḥ śreṣṭhatamā ya eka-eka āyaya | paramasyāḥ parāvataḥ

Who are you, men, most excellent, who have come one by one from the furthest distance?

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RV 5 61.2

क्व१ वो ऽश्वाः क्वा३भीशवः कथꣳ शेक कथा यय । पृष्ठे सदो नसोर् यमः

kva1 vo 'śvāḥ kvā3bhīśavaḥ kathaṁ śeka kathā yaya | pṛṣṭhe sado nasor yamaḥ

Where are your horses, where the reins? How were you able, how did you drive? The saddle was on the back, the bridle on the nostrils.

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RV 5 61.3

जघने चोद एषाꣳ वि सक्थानि नरो यमुः । पुत्रकृथे न जनयः

jaghane coda eṣāṁ vi sakthāni naro yamuḥ | putrakṛthe na janayaḥ

The goad is on their haunch; the men have spread their thighs apart, like women in childbearing.

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RV 5 61.4

परा वीरास एतन मर्यासो भद्रजानयः । अग्नितपो यथासथ

parā vīrāsa etana maryāso bhadrajānayaḥ | agnitapo yathāsatha

Go forth, you heroes, you young men with auspicious wives, so that you may be heated by the fire.

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RV 5 61.5

सनत् साश्व्यम् पशुम् उत गव्यꣳ शतावयम् । श्यावाश्वस्तुताय या दोर् वीरायोपबर्बृहत्

sanat sāśvyam paśum uta gavyaṁ śatāvayam | śyāvāśvastutāya yā dor vīrāyopabarbṛhat

May he win wealth in horses and in cattle, with a hundred sheep — for the man praised by Śyāvāśva, she who presses close with her arm to the hero.

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RV 5 61.6

उत त्वा स्त्री शशीयसी पुꣳसो भवति वस्यसी । अदेवत्राद् अराधसः

uta tvā strī śaśīyasī puṁso bhavati vasyasī | adevatrād arādhasaḥ

And a woman may indeed be the stronger, the better, than a man — than one who is not god-minded and gives no gifts.

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RV 5 61.7

वि या जानाति जसुरिꣳ वि तृष्यन्तꣳ वि कामिनम् । देवत्रा कृणुते मनः

vi yā jānāti jasuriṁ vi tṛṣyantaṁ vi kāminam | devatrā kṛṇute manaḥ

She who discerns the exhausted one, the thirsting one, the one in want, turns her mind toward the gods.

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RV 5 61.8

उत घा नेमो अस्तुतः पुमाꣳ इति ब्रुवे पणिः । स वैरदेय इत् समः

uta ghā nemo astutaḥ pumām̐ iti bruve paṇiḥ | sa vairadeya it samaḥ

And indeed many an unpraised one, the Paṇi, says, 'I am a man'; yet he is equal only when the blood-price is paid.

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RV 5 61.9

उत मे ऽरपद् युवतिर् ममन्दुषी प्रति श्यावाय वर्तनिम् । वि रोहिता पुरुमीऴ्हाय येमतुर् विप्राय दीर्घयशसे

uta me 'rapad yuvatir mamanduṣī prati śyāvāya vartanim | vi rohitā purumīḻhāya yematur viprāya dīrghayaśase

And the young woman, exhilarated, spoke to me, (pointing) the track toward Śyāva; the two ruddy ones drove apart for Purumīḷha, the inspired one of long-lasting fame.

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RV 5 61.10

यो मे धेनूनाꣳ शतꣳ वैददश्विर् यथा ददत् । तरन्त इव मꣳहना

yo me dhenūnāṁ śataṁ vaidadaśvir yathā dadat | taranta iva maṁhanā

He who, son of Vidadaśva, would give me a hundred milch cows, as the Tarantas do in their bounty —

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RV 5 61.11

य ईꣳ वहन्त आशुभिः पिबन्तो मदिरम् मधु । अत्र श्रवाꣳसि दधिरे

ya īṁ vahanta āśubhiḥ pibanto madiram madhu | atra śravāṁsi dadhire

They who carry him with swift (steeds), drinking the intoxicating honey — here they have won renown.

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RV 5 61.12

येषाꣳ श्रियाधि रोदसी विभ्राजन्ते रथेष्व् आ । दिवि रुक्म इवोपरि

yeṣāṁ śriyādhi rodasī vibhrājante ratheṣv ā | divi rukma ivopari

By whose splendour the two worlds (are lit up), they shine forth upon their chariots, like a gold ornament above in heaven.

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RV 5 61.13

युवा स मारुतो गणस् त्वेषरथो अनेद्यः । शुभꣳयावाप्रतिष्कुतः

yuvā sa māruto gaṇas tveṣaratho anedyaḥ | śubhaṁyāvāpratiṣkutaḥ

Youthful is that Marut troop, with glittering chariot, blameless, moving in beauty, not to be thrust back.

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RV 5 61.14

को वेद नूनम् एषाꣳ यत्रा मदन्ति धूतयः । ऋतजाता अरेपसः

ko veda nūnam eṣāṁ yatrā madanti dhūtayaḥ | ṛtajātā arepasaḥ

Who now knows of these, where they revel, the shakers, born of ṛta, without stain?

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RV 5 61.15

यूयम् मर्तꣳ विपन्यवः प्रणेतार इत्था धिया । श्रोतारो यामहूतिषु

yūyam martaṁ vipanyavaḥ praṇetāra itthā dhiyā | śrotāro yāmahūtiṣu

You, eager for song, are leaders of the mortal who is thus minded, hearers at the calls in your courses.

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RV 5 61.16

ते नो वसूनि काम्या पुरुश्चन्द्रा रिशादसः । आ यज्ञियासो ववृत्तन

te no vasūni kāmyā puruścandrā riśādasaḥ | ā yajñiyāso vavṛttana

Turn hither to us, you of many lights, you destroyers of foes, worthy of sacrifice, the desirable goods.

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RV 5 61.17

एतम् मे स्तोमम् ऊर्म्ये दार्भ्याय परा वह । गिरो देवि रथीर् इव

etam me stomam ūrmye dārbhyāya parā vaha | giro devi rathīr iva

Carry this praise of mine away to Dārbhya, O Ūrmyā; (carry) the songs, goddess, like a charioteer.

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RV 5 61.18

उत मे वोचताद् इति सुतसोमे रथवीतौ । न कामो अप वेति मे

uta me vocatād iti sutasome rathavītau | na kāmo apa veti me

And say this for me to Rathavīti who has pressed the soma: my desire does not turn away.

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RV 5 61.19

एष क्षेति रथवीतिर् मघवा गोमतीर् अनु । पर्वतेष्व् अपश्रितः

eṣa kṣeti rathavītir maghavā gomatīr anu | parvateṣv apaśritaḥ

This Rathavīti, the bountiful, dwells along the Gomatī (waters), withdrawn among the mountains.

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