Rigveda 5.020.04
Rigveda · Mandala 5, Sukta 20 · Verse 5.20.4
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
इ॒त्था यथा॑ त ऊ॒तये॒ सह॑सावन्दि॒वेदि॑वे । रा॒य ऋ॒ताय॑ सुक्रतो॒ गोभिः॑ ष्याम सध॒मादो॑ वी॒रैः स्या॑म सध॒मादः॑
itthā yathā ta ūtaye sahasāvandivedive rāya ṛtāya sukrato gobhiḥ ṣyāma sadhamādo vīraiḥ syāma sadhamādaḥ
Thus as he who hears offers a thousandfold he will praise. O king, let us be righteous by righteousness; with cows and heroes, let us be of the true assembly.
Possessor of strength, day by day so (provide) that we may enjoy your protection; doer of good deeds, may we (be deserving) of wealth through sacrifice, and may we be happy with cattle, happy with male descendants.
Here as is needful for thine aid we toil, O Conqueror, day by day, For wealth, for Law. May we rejoice, Most Wise One! at the feast, with kine, rejoice, with heroes, at the feast.