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...
bring deeds eat exercise food good intelligence naturally performed regularly shall sound virtuous
One should eat nutritious food and exercise regularly to have sound health. Virtuous deeds performed with intelligence shall naturally bring good wealth.
brings helps hurts speak speech
One should be cautions not to speak anything that hurts others. Such kind of speech never helps but always brings destruction.
avoid bring change contrary emulate forced people stay strictly strive stupid
One should strictly avoid stupid people and if one is forced to stay in their company, one should not emulate them, on the contrary one should strive to bring a change in them.
bring desire
We desire what is not but then try to bring it about that it is.
brings friend gains greatness himself
A person who brings out the greatness of his friend himself gains importance.
attain bring cannot exchange external forces harmony means people progress rapidly thoughts together unite
All good, intellectual people come together at one place and try to bring harmony by means of exchange of thoughts and ideas. When all of them unite they progress rapidly and attain their aims. The external forces cannot harm them in any way.
considered scholar
The scholar who contemplates intelligently is considered great.
actions good perform scholar therefore
The scholar should, therefore always perform good actions and deeds.
federation strength unity
The strength of unity and federation are unquestionable.
abhor energy gain good performing strength wicked
The wicked abhor good things. One can gain more strength and energy by performing good deeds.
efforts intelligence-and-intellectuals learned using
During emergencies learned ones make efforts using their intelligence.
avoid citizen engage inspire path ready responsibility strive truth valiant waiting war welfare
During times of war it is the responsibility of every citizen to inspire the valiant to engage them in war. One should avoid waiting for invitation. One should always be ready to strive for welfare of others. This is the path of truth itself.
actions desires few fulfil great hard means perform work
Even if a person has few means he can perform great actions and can fulfil all his desires through hard work and diligence.
blesses god
Even God blesses only those who are contemplative, intelligent and the protectors of the weak.