{
  "id": "rigveda/5.12.2",
  "url": "https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.12.2/",
  "work": {
    "key": "rigveda",
    "title": "Ṛgveda Saṃhitā"
  },
  "ref": "5.12.2",
  "speaker": "Addressed to Agni",
  "sanskrit": {
    "text": "ऋ॒तं चि॑कित्व ऋ॒तमिच्चि॑किद्धि ऋ॒तस्य॒ धारा॒ अनु॑ तृन्धि पू॒र्वीः ।\nनाहं या॒तुं सह॑सा॒ न द्व॒येन॑ ऋ॒तं स॑पाम्यरु॒षस्य॒ वृष्णः॑ ॥",
    "script": "Deva",
    "accented": true
  },
  "transliteration": {
    "text": "ṛtáṃ cikitva ṛtám íc cikiddhi ṛtásya dhā́rā ánu tṛndhi pūrvī́ḥ |\nnā́háṃ yātúṃ sáhasā ná dvayéna ṛtáṃ sapāmy aruṣásya vŕ̥ṣṇaḥ ||",
    "scheme": "IAST"
  },
  "words": [
    {
      "word": "ṛtam",
      "meaning": "the cosmic order",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "cikitvaḥ",
      "meaning": "knowing one",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "ṛtam",
      "meaning": "the cosmic order",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "it",
      "meaning": "indeed",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "cikiddhi",
      "meaning": "make known, consider",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "ṛtasya",
      "meaning": "of the cosmic order",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "dhārāḥ",
      "meaning": "streams",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "anu",
      "meaning": "along",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "tṛndhi",
      "meaning": "set in motion, let flow",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "pūrvīḥ",
      "meaning": "ancient, many",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "na",
      "meaning": "not",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "aham",
      "meaning": "I",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "yātum",
      "meaning": "path, course",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "sahasā",
      "meaning": "by force",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "na",
      "meaning": "not",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "dvayena",
      "meaning": "by duplicity",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "ṛtam",
      "meaning": "the cosmic order",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "sapāmi",
      "meaning": "I serve, honor",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "aruṣasya",
      "meaning": "of the ruddy one",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "vṛṣṇaḥ",
      "meaning": "of the bull",
      "lang": "en"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "hi",
      "text": "हे ज्ञानी, ऋत को जानो, सचमुच ऋत को ही समझो; ऋत की प्राचीन धाराओं को आगे बढ़ने दो। न मैं बल से, न छल से किसी मार्ग (यातु) का पालन करता हूँ; मैं तो ऋत का ही सेवन करता हूँ, लाल और वृषभ (अग्नि) के ऋत का।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ta",
      "text": "அறிந்தவனே, ரிதத்தை அறி, உண்மையாக ரிதத்தையே உணர்; ரிதத்தின் பண்டைய ஓட்டங்களை முன்னோக்கிப் பாயவிடு. நான் வலிமையாலும் இரட்டைமனத்தாலும் தீய வழியைப் பின்பற்றுவதில்லை; சிவந்த காளையின் ரிதத்தையே நான் பின்பற்றுகிறேன்.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "te",
      "text": "జ్ఞానీ, ఋతాన్ని తెలుసుకో, నిజంగా ఋతాన్నే గ్రహించు; ఋతం యొక్క పురాతన ప్రవాహాలను ముందుకు సాగనివ్వు. నేను బలంతోనూ, కపటంతోనూ దుర్మార్గపు మార్గాన్ని అనుసరించను; ఎర్రనైన వృషభుని ఋతాన్నే నేను సేవిస్తాను.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "kn",
      "text": "ಜ್ಞಾನಿಯೇ, ಋತವನ್ನು ತಿಳಿ, ನಿಜವಾಗಿ ಋತವನ್ನೇ ಗ್ರಹಿಸು; ಋತದ ಪ್ರಾಚೀನ ಧಾರೆಗಳನ್ನು ಮುಂದೆ ಹರಿಯಲು ಬಿಡು. ನಾನು ಬಲದಿಂದಾಗಲೀ ಕಪಟದಿಂದಾಗಲೀ ದುರ್ಮಾರ್ಗವನ್ನು ಅನುಸರಿಸುವುದಿಲ್ಲ; ಕೆಂಪು ವೃಷಭನ ಋತವನ್ನೇ ನಾನು ಸೇವಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ml",
      "text": "അറിവുള്ളവനേ, ഋതത്തെ അറിയൂ, യഥാർത്ഥത്തിൽ ഋതത്തെത്തന്നെ ഗ്രഹിക്കൂ; ഋതത്തിന്റെ പുരാതനധാരകൾ മുന്നോട്ടൊഴുകട്ടെ. ഞാൻ ബലംകൊണ്ടോ കപടംകൊണ്ടോ ദുർമാർഗം പിന്തുടരുന്നില്ല; ചുവന്ന വൃഷഭന്റെ ഋതമാണ് ഞാൻ സേവിക്കുന്നത്.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "bn",
      "text": "হে জ্ঞানী, ঋতকে জানো, সত্যিই ঋতকেই উপলব্ধি করো; ঋতের প্রাচীন ধারাগুলিকে এগিয়ে যেতে দাও। আমি বলে বা ছলে কুপথ অনুসরণ করি না; আমি আরক্ত বৃষভের ঋতেরই সেবা করি।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "mr",
      "text": "हे ज्ञानी, ऋत जाण, खरोखर ऋतच जाणून घे; ऋताच्या प्राचीन धारा पुढे वाहू दे. मी बळाने किंवा कपटाने वाईट मार्ग धरत नाही; मी तांबड्या वृषभाच्या ऋताचीच सेवा करतो.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "gu",
      "text": "હે જ્ઞાની, ઋતને જાણ, ખરેખર ઋતને જ સમજ; ઋતની પ્રાચીન ધારાઓને આગળ વહેવા દે. હું બળથી કે કપટથી દુર્માર્ગ અનુસરતો નથી; હું લાલ વૃષભના ઋતની જ સેવા કરું છું.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "pa",
      "text": "ਹੇ ਗਿਆਨੀ, ਰਿਤ ਨੂੰ ਜਾਣ, ਸੱਚਮੁੱਚ ਰਿਤ ਨੂੰ ਹੀ ਸਮਝ; ਰਿਤ ਦੀਆਂ ਪ੍ਰਾਚੀਨ ਧਾਰਾਵਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਅੱਗੇ ਵਹਿਣ ਦੇ। ਮੈਂ ਬਲ ਨਾਲ ਜਾਂ ਛਲ ਨਾਲ ਕੁਰਾਹੇ ਨਹੀਂ ਤੁਰਦਾ; ਮੈਂ ਤਾਂ ਲਾਲ ਵ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਭ ਦੇ ਰਿਤ ਦੀ ਹੀ ਸੇਵਾ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "or",
      "text": "ହେ ଜ୍ଞାନୀ, ଋତକୁ ଜାଣ, ସତରେ ଋତକୁ ହିଁ ବୁଝ; ଋତର ପ୍ରାଚୀନ ଧାରାମାନଙ୍କୁ ଆଗକୁ ବହିବାକୁ ଦିଅ। ମୁଁ ବଳରେ କିମ୍ବା ଛଳରେ କୁପଥ ଅନୁସରଣ କରେ ନାହିଁ; ମୁଁ ରକ୍ତବର୍ଣ୍ଣ ବୃଷଭର ଋତକୁ ହିଁ ସେବା କରେ।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ur",
      "text": "اے دانا، ऋت کو جان، سچ مچ ऋت ہی کو پہچان؛ ऋत کی قدیم دھاروں کو آگے بہنے دے۔ میں نہ زور سے نہ فریب سے برے راستے پر چلتا ہوں؛ میں تو سرخ وِرشَبھ کے ऋत ہی کی خدمت کرتا ہوں۔",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "text": "O knowing one, know the cosmic order, indeed consider only the cosmic order; let its ancient streams flow onward. I do not follow a crooked path by force or by duplicity; I serve only the cosmic order of the ruddy bull.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "text": "Oh sabio, conoce el orden cósmico (ṛta), considera verdaderamente solo el ṛta; deja que sus antiguas corrientes fluyan hacia adelante. No sigo un camino torcido ni por la fuerza ni por la duplicidad; sirvo solo al ṛta del toro rojizo.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "fr",
      "text": "Ô sage, connais l'ordre cosmique (ṛta), considère vraiment le seul ṛta ; laisse ses anciens courants s'écouler en avant. Je ne suis pas une voie tortueuse ni par la force ni par la duplicité ; je ne sers que le ṛta du taureau rougeâtre.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "de",
      "text": "O Wissender, erkenne die kosmische Ordnung (ṛta), betrachte wahrlich nur das ṛta; laß seine alten Ströme vorwärtsfließen. Ich folge keinem krummen Pfad, weder durch Gewalt noch durch Falschheit; ich diene nur dem ṛta des rötlichen Stieres.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "pt",
      "text": "Ó sábio, conhece a ordem cósmica (ṛta), considera verdadeiramente só o ṛta; deixa suas antigas correntes fluírem adiante. Não sigo caminho tortuoso nem pela força nem pela duplicidade; sirvo apenas ao ṛta do touro rubro.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ru",
      "text": "О мудрый, познай ṛta, поистине вникни в ṛta; пусть его древние потоки текут вперёд. Я не следую кривым путём ни силой, ни коварством; я служу лишь ṛta рыжего быка.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "zh",
      "text": "智者啊，你要认识宇宙秩序（ṛta），真正地领会这秩序；让它古老的河流向前奔流。我不以强力或欺诈走弯路；我只侍奉那赤色公牛的秩序（ṛta）。",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ja",
      "text": "智者よ、宇宙秩序（ṛta）を知れ、まことに宇宙秩序を思え；その古き流れを前へ流れさせよ。私は力によっても偽りによっても曲がった道を行かない；私は赤き雄牛の宇宙秩序（ṛta）にのみ仕える。",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ar",
      "text": "أيها العالِم، اعرف النظام الكوني (رتا)، وتأمّل حقًا في الرتا وحده؛ دع تياراته القديمة تجري إلى الأمام. لا أتبع طريقًا معوجًا بالقوة ولا بالخداع؛ إنما أخدم رتا الثور المحمرّ وحده.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "id",
      "text": "Wahai yang berpengetahuan, kenali tatanan kosmis (ṛta), sungguh pertimbangkanlah ṛta semata; biarkan arus-arusnya yang purba mengalir ke depan. Aku tidak menempuh jalan bengkok dengan kekerasan maupun tipu daya; aku hanya melayani ṛta sang banteng kemerahan.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    }
  ],
  "commentary": [],
  "source": {
    "edition": "Ṛgveda Saṃhitā, accented text and word analysis of the University of Zurich, via VedaWeb (University of Cologne)",
    "license": "CC BY 4.0"
  },
  "topics": [
    "truth-order",
    "agni",
    "cosmic-law"
  ],
  "citation": "Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.12.2. Vedyatra, https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.12.2/"
}