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Mandala 5

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The fifth Mandala of the Rigveda has 87 hymns. Most hymns in this book are attributed to the Atri family. The mandala is one of the "family books" (mandalas 2-7), the oldest core of the Rigveda.

The hymns are dedicated mainly to Agni and Indra, the Visvadevas, the Maruts, the twin-deity Mitra-Varuna and the Asvins. Two hymns each are dedicated to Ushas (the dawn) and to Savitar, one each to the Apris, Parjanya (rain), Prthivi (the Earth) and Varuna. 5.40 addresses Surya and Atri besides Indra.

List of incipits

The dedication as given by Griffith is in square brackets

5.1 (355) [Agni.] ábodhi agníḥ samídhā jánānām5.2 (356) [Agni.] kumārám mātâ yuvatíḥ sámubdhaṃ5.3 (357) [Agni.] tuvám agne váruṇo jâyase yát5.4 (358) [Agni.] tuvâm agne vásupatiṃ vásūnām5.5 (359) [Apris.] súsamiddhāya śocíṣe5.6 (360) [Agni.] agníṃ tám manye yó vásur5.7 (361) [Agni.] sákhāyaḥ sáṃ vaḥ samyáñcam5.8 (362) [Agni.] tuvâm agna ṛtāyávaḥ sám īdhire5.9 (363) [Agni.] tuvâm agne havíṣmanto5.10 (364) [Agni.] ágna ójiṣṭham â bhara5.11 (365) [Agni.] jánasya gopâ ajaniṣṭa jâgṛvir5.12 (366) [Agni.] prá agnáye bṛhaté yajñíyāya5.13 (367) [Agni.] árcantas tvā havāmahe 5.14 (368) [Agni.] agníṃ stómena bodhaya5.15 (369) [Agni.] prá vedháse kaváye védiyāya 5.16 (370) [Agni.] bṛhád váyo hí bhānáve5.17 (371) [Agni.] â yajñaír deva mártiya 5.18 (372) [Agni.] prātár agníḥ purupriyó5.19 (373) [Agni.] abhy àvasthâḥ prá jāyante5.20 (374) [Agni.] yám agne vājasātama 5.21 (375) [Agni.] manuṣvát tvā ní dhīmahi5.22 (376) [Agni.] prá viśvasāman atrivád 5.23 (377) [Agni.] ágne sáhantam â bhara 5.24 (378) [Agni.] ágne tuváṃ no ántama5.25 (379) [Agni.] áchā vo agním ávase 5.26 (380) [Agni.] ágne pavāka rocíṣā5.27 (381) [Agni.] ánasvantā sátpatir māmahe me 5.28 (382) [Agni.] sámiddho agnír diví śocír aśret 5.29 (383) [Agni.] trí aryamâ mánuṣo devátātā5.30 (384) [Indra.] kúva syá vīráḥ kó apaśyad índraṃ5.31 (385) [Indra.] índro ráthāya pravátaṃ kṛṇoti5.32 (386) [Indra.] ádardar útsam ásṛjo ví khâni5.33 (387) [Indra.] máhi mahé taváse dīdhiye nřn 5.34 (388) [Indra.] ájātaśatrum ajárā súvarvatī 5.35 (389) [Indra.] yás te sâdhiṣṭho ávasa5.36 (390) [Indra.] sá â gamad índaro yó vásūnāṃ5.37 (391) [Indra.] sám bhānúnā yatate sûriyasya 5.38 (392) [Indra.] uróṣ ṭa indra râdhaso5.39 (393) [Indra.] yád indra citra mehánā 5.40 (394) [Indra. Surya. Atri.] â yāhi ádribhiḥ sutáṃ5.41 (395) [Visvedevas.] kó nú vām mitrāvaruṇāv ṛtāyán5.42 (396) [Visvedevas.] prá śáṃtamā váruṇaṃ dîdhitī gîr5.43 (397) [Visvedevas.] â dhenávaḥ páyasā tûrṇiarthā5.44 (398) [Visvedevas.] tám pratnáthā pūrváthā viśváthemáthā 5.45 (399) [Visvedevas.] vidâ divó viṣiyánn ádrim ukthaír5.46 (400) [Visvedevas.] háyo ná vidvâṁ ayuji svayáṃ dhurí5.47 (401) [Visvedevas.] prayuñjatî divá eti bruvāṇâ5.48 (402) [Visvedevas.] kád u priyâya dhâmane manāmahe 5.49 (403) [Visvedevas.] deváṃ vo adyá savitâram éṣe5.50 (404) [Visvedevas.] víśvo devásya nayitúr 5.51 (405) [Visvedevas.] ágne sutásya pītáye 5.52 (406) [Maruts.] prá śyāvāśva dhṛṣṇuyâ5.53 (407) [Maruts.] kó veda jânam eṣ~āṃ5.54 (408) [Maruts.] prá śárdhāya mârutāya svábhānava 5.55 (409) [Maruts.] práyajyavo marúto bhrâjadṛṣṭayo5.56 (410) [Maruts.] ágne śárdhantam â gaṇám5.57 (411) [Maruts.] â rudrāsa índravantaḥ sajóṣaso5.58 (412) [Maruts.] tám u nūnáṃ táviṣīmantam eṣāṃ5.59 (413) [Maruts.] prá va spáḷ akran suvitâya dāváne5.60 (414) [Maruts.] îḷe agníṃ suávasaṃ námobhir5.61 (415) [Maruts.] ké ṣṭhā naraḥ śréṣṭhatamā5.62 (416) [Mitra-Varuna.] ṛténa rtám ápihitaṃ dhruváṃ vāṃ5.63 (417) [Mitra-Varuna.] ŕtasya gopāv ádhi tiṣṭhatho ráthaṃ5.64 (418) [Mitra-Varuna.] váruṇaṃ vo riśâdasam5.65 (419) [Mitra-Varuna.] yáś cikéta sá sukrátur 5.66 (420) [Mitra-Varuna.] â cikitāna sukrátū 5.67 (421) [Mitra-Varuna.] báḷ itthâ deva niṣkṛtám5.68 (422) [Mitra-Varuna.] prá vo mitrâya gāyata 5.69 (423) [Mitra-Varuna.] trî rocanâ varuṇa trîṁr utá dyûn5.70 (424) [Mitra-Varuna.] purūrúṇā cid dhí ásti5.71 (425) [Mitra-Varuna.] â no gantaṃ riśādasā5.72 (426) [Mitra-Varuna.] â mitré váruṇe vayáṃ5.73 (427) [Asvins.] yád adyá stháḥ parāváti5.74 (428) [Asvins.] k~úṣṭho devāv aśvinā5.75 (429) [Asvins.] práti priyátamaṃ ráthaṃ5.76 (430) [Asvins.] â bhāti agnír uṣásām ánīkam5.77 (431) [Asvins.] prātaryâvāṇā prathamâ yajadhvam5.78 (432) [Asvins.] áśvināv éhá gachataṃ5.79 (433) [Dawn.] mahé no adyá bodhaya 5.80 (434) [Dawn.] dyutádyāmānam bṛhatîm ṛténa5.81 (435) [Savitar.] yuñjáte mána utá yuñjate dhíyo 5.82 (436) [Savitar.] tát savitúr vṛṇīmahe5.83 (437) [Parjanya.] áchā vada tavásaṃ gīrbhír ābhíḥ5.84 (438) [Prthivi.] báḷ itthâ párvatān~āṃ5.85 (439) [Varuna.] prá samrâje bṛhád arcā gabhīrám5.86 (440) [Indra-Agni.] índrāgnī yám ávatha 5.87 (441) [Maruts.] prá vo mahé matáyo yantu víṣṇave

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