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Rigveda 5.066.02

Rigveda · Mandala 5, Sukta 66 · Verse 5.66.2

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Rishi (Seer)
Devatā (Deity)
Chandas (Meter)
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Sanskrit Original

ता हि क्ष॒त्रमवि॑ह्रुतं स॒म्यग॑सु॒र्य१॒॑माशा॑ते । अध॑ व्र॒तेव॒ मानु॑षं॒ स्व१॒॑र्ण धा॑यि दर्श॒तम्

tā hi kṣatramavihrutaṃ samyagasurya1māśāte adha vrateva mānuṣaṃ sva1rṇa dhāyi darśatam

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🤖 AI GeneratedAI Generated

They cherished the unshaken dominion and rightly hoped for the sun; behold they established for men a golden-suggested law and showed it clearly.

📖 Book ReferenceWisdomLibRig Veda English TranslationSource ↗

Inasmuch as you two are possessed of irresistible and asura-subduing strength, therefore has holy sacrifice been established among men, as the sun (has been plural ced) in the sky.

📖 Book ReferenceRalph T.H. GriffithThe Rig Veda, 1896Source ↗

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.