Rigveda 5.059.03
Rigveda · Mandala 5, Sukta 59 · Verse 5.59.3
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
गवा॑मिव श्रि॒यसे॒ शृङ्ग॑मुत्त॒मं सूर्यो॒ न चक्षू॒ रज॑सो वि॒सर्ज॑ने । अत्या॑ इव सु॒भ्व१॒॑श्चार॑वः स्थन॒ मर्या॑ इव श्रि॒यसे॑ चेतथा नरः
gavāmiva śriyase śaṛṅgamuttamaṃ sūryo na cakṣū rajaso visarjane atyā iva subhva1ścāravaḥ sthana maryā iva śriyase cetathā naraḥ
Like cows you cherish the highest horn; the sun does not withhold the beam of light. As if exceeding, noble herds flourish; so a man cherishes prosperity like a breast of abundance.
You bear, for your decoration, an excellent (diadem) like the horn of cattle; as the sun, the eye (of day, dispenses light), so (are you diligent) in the distribution of the rains; graceful are you, and rapid as horses, and like (pious) mortals, you, leaders (of rites), consider (holy ceremonies) for their glory.
As the exalted horn of bulls for splendid might, as the Sun's eye set in the firmament's expanse, Like vigorous horses ye are beauteous to behold, and for your glory show like bridegrooms, O ye Men.
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