Mandala 5

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.

Quotes

 * Agni born shone out slaying the Dasyus, the darkness by the Light; he found the Cows, the Waters, Swar.
 * 14, 4, as translated by Sri Aurobindo, "The Secret of the Veda", Arya, no. 2 (15 August 1915), p. 618


 * O Maruts, you raise up rain from the [and] cause-to-rain.
 * 55, 5, as quoted by N. Kazanas, Indo-Aryan Origins and other Vedic Issues (2009), Ch. 5: Samudra in the Rgveda


 * As the wind, as the wood, as the sea stirs.
 * 78, 8, as quoted by N. Kazanas, Indo-Aryan Origins and other Vedic Issues (2009), Ch. 5: Samudra in the Rgveda


 * 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.
 * 85, 6, as quoted by David Frawley, Gods, Sages, and Kings: Vedic Secrets of Ancient Civilization (1991), p. 59

Unsourced translations

 * And let the patrons of our rites subdue all regions of the earth.
 * 10, 6


 * Do adore with salutations the deva asura[Rudra].
 * 42, 11