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...
happiness life
The real happiness of life is in doing 'karma'.
falter ignorant path people righteous
People on the righteous path always progress, while people who are ignorant always falter and regress.
acquire adhere ego gets people proud result
People who are proud do not adhere or acquire anything and as a result of which the ego gets destroyed.
benefits good keeps lives people
One should make good people their friends. One, who keeps good friends, benefits and lives in peace.
critics-and-criticism people praise praises successful tolerate wicked
Praises make the wicked deaf(they can't tolerate criticism) while people who praise become successful because of their humility.
harmony nature people prevails similar
Harmony prevails if people of similar nature meet.
acts deception devoid indulge people
People who indulge in the acts of deception and debauchery are devoid of success.
accept good karma knowledge leader people radiant
People accept only that person as their leader who is radiant with good knowledge and karma (deeds).
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.
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.
avoid bad company good people
Good people avoid the company of bad people.
benefit exchange learned meet mutual people pleased scholars scope
Scholars are pleased to meet people who are learned because there is a scope for mutual benefit by exchange of views.
god humanity hurdles people preach rewards virtues
They preach humanity the virtues of virtuosity and religiousness. God rewards such people by removing all the hurdles from their path.
action deeds good indulge learned people
The learned people indulge in good action and deeds for their own pleasure.