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", the oldest core of the Rigveda, which were composed in early vedic period. The hymns are dedicated mainly to Agni and Indra, the Visvadevas, the Maruts, the twin-deity Mitra-Varuna and the Asvins.
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Quotes
[edit]- O Maruts, you raise up rain from the samudra [and] cause-to-rain.
- Rigveda V 55, 5 : quoted in Kazanas, N. (2009). Indo-Aryan origins and other Vedic issues. Aditya Prakashan. ch. 5 Samudra in the Rgveda
- And let the patrons of our rites subdue all regions of the earth.
- RV V.10.6
- Do adore with salutations the deva asura[Rudra].
- Rigveda V, 42, 11.
- As the wind, as the wood, as the sea stirs
- Rigveda V 78, 8: quoted in Kazanas, N. (2009). Indo-Aryan origins and other Vedic issues. Aditya Prakashan. ch. 5 Samudra in the Rgveda
- Agni born shone out slaying the Dasyus, the darkness by the light, he found the Cows, the Waters, Swar.
- Rigveda 5.14.4, as translated and quoted by Sri Aurobindo (The Secret of the Veda)
- That is the great magic power of this divine greatest seer, Varuna, that no one can challenge, when the diverse flowing streams cannot fill the one ocean with their water.
- Rigveda V.85.6
- Quoted in Frawley, David. The Rig Veda and the History of India. (2001). Quoted from Frawley, D. The Hindu, 25th June 2002. WITZEL’S VANISHING OCEAN – HOW TO READ VEDIC TEXTS ANY WAY YOU LIKE. A Reply to Michael Witzel’s article “A Maritime Rigveda? How not to read the Ancient Texts”.
