Rig Veda
Rig Veda
The Rigvedais an ancient Indian collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns. It is one of the four canonical sacred textsof Hinduism known as the Vedas. The text is a collection of 1,028 hymns and 10,600 verses, organized into ten books. A good deal of the language is still obscure and many hymns as a consequence seem unintelligible...
acts deception devoid indulge people
People who indulge in the acts of deception and debauchery are devoid of success.
falter ignorant path people righteous
People on the righteous path always progress, while people who are ignorant always falter and regress.
attracts becomes friend god good influences positive thoughts traits
O God! You are the friend of all because of your merits. A good person embellished with good thoughts becomes the friend or benefactor of all. Such a person influences others, because of his positive personality traits and attracts them and as a result, he befriends all.
cannot hide though truth
Even though we may try to hide the truth,it cannot be concealed.
avoid efforts lazy learned people
Even the learned ones avoid people who are lazy because they know their efforts will go futile.
assigned best efforts enhance help hence incessant job knowledge scholar supreme
The supreme scholar is assigned the best job hence one should make incessant efforts to enhance his knowledge by the help of self-study.
aware definitely everybody hence intellect intelligence power shall uses
Everybody is aware of the power of intelligence and hence the person, who uses his intellect properly, shall definitely prosper.
drought god greeks jupiter zeus
As the counterpart of Zeus for the Greeks or Jupiter for the Romans, Indra is the god of the thunderstorm, who vanquishes drought and darkness.
direction gives knowledge leads
Contemplation gives direction to our knowledge and leads to realization.
guardian love mutual
There should be mutual love and co-operation between the guardian and the recipient.
universe
You are embellished in this Universe because of truth.
creation declare gods knows
Who knows truly? Who here will declare whence it arose, whence this creation? The gods are subsequent to the creation of this. Who, then, knows whence it has come into being?
daily god night rises showing sun works
We invoke the Sun God who incessantly works day and night and rises daily without showing any kind of lethargy.
against dependent donor expected humans love nurture people wishes
It is expected from humans that they nurture all the people dependent on them with love and affection, and it is expected from the recipient that he does not do anything against the wishes of the donor or guardian.