Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 5 — Chapter 66

RV 5 66.1

आ चिकितान सुक्रतू देवौ मर्त रिशादसा । वरुणाय ऋतपेशसे दधीत प्रयसे महे

ā cikitāna sukratū devau marta riśādasā | varuṇāya ṛtapeśase dadhīta prayase mahe

O mortal, (direct your thought) to the two attentive gods of good resolve, the destroyers of foes; let (a man) set (it) upon Varuṇa, whose form is ṛta, for great refreshment.

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

RV 5 66.2

ता हि क्षत्रम् अविह्रुतꣳ सम्यग् असुर्य१म् आशाते । अध व्रतेव मानुषꣳ स्व१र् ण धायि दर्शतम्

tā hi kṣatram avihrutaṁ samyag asurya1m āśāte | adha vrateva mānuṣaṁ sva1r 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.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896) (public domain)

RV 5 66.3

ता वाम् एषे रथानाम् उर्वीꣳ गव्यूतिम् एषाम् । रातहव्यस्य सुष्टुतिꣳ दधृक् स्तोमैर् मनामहे

tā vām eṣe rathānām urvīṁ gavyūtim eṣām | rātahavyasya suṣṭutiṁ dadhṛk stomair manāmahe

You two I seek, for a wide pasture-range for these chariots (of ours); boldly, with our praise-songs, we devise the fair praise of Rātahavya.

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

RV 5 66.4

अधा हि काव्या युवꣳ दक्षस्य पूर्भिर् अद्भुता । नि केतुना जनानाꣳ चिकेथे पूतदक्षसा

adhā hi kāvyā yuvaṁ dakṣasya pūrbhir adbhutā | ni ketunā janānāṁ 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.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896) (public domain)

RV 5 66.5

तद् ऋतम् पृथिवि बृहच् छ्रवएष ऋषीणाम् । ज्रयसानाव् अरम् पृथ्व् अति क्षरन्ति यामभिः

tad ṛtam pṛthivi bṛhac chravaeṣa ṛṣīṇām | jrayasānāv aram pṛthv ati kṣaranti yāmabhiḥ

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

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896) (public domain)

RV 5 66.6

आ यद् वाम् ईयचक्षसा मित्र वयꣳ च सूरयः । व्यचिष्ठे बहुपाय्ये यतेमहि स्वराज्ये

ā yad vām īyacakṣasā mitra vayaṁ ca sūrayaḥ | vyaciṣṭhe bahupāyye yatemahi svarājye

When (we turn) to you two, O far-gazing Mitra (and Varuṇa) — we and (our) patrons — may we strive within the widest, much-protecting self-rule.

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