Rigveda – Mandala 1, Sukta – 69 & 70

We shall discuss the hymns, Sukta wise & Mandala wise. Our focus is on the implicit meaning of the various hymns instead of literal translations of the hymns. These purported meanings are based primarily on the English translations by Swami Dharmanand Saraswati of the works done by Swami Dayanand Saraswati.
 
Highlights –
The hymn wise, purported explanations –
One gains wisdom only by learning meticulously from learned & truthful person and after gaining the wisdom only he enjoys happiness. Such persons are benevolent to all. 7. All men should behave as a learned person true in mind, word and deed perform benevolent acts without prejudice or partiality.
 
A man being master of his senses should worship God who pervades or possesses all pure attributes and acts. He should also respect a man who is endowed with good attributes and actions. Without this, a man cannot make his birth as human being fruitful.
 
Men should know that there is nothing that is not. pervaded by the conscious Supreme Being or God. The soul cannot remain even for a moment without doing an act or getting its fruit. Therefore, a man should always engage himself in doing righteous deeds by giving up all evils.
 
Men should adore only that God who being the universal Spirit pervading all and through the Vedas gives instructions to all and they should have communion with Him.
 
Mandala 1 – Sukta – 69

1. No one becomes learned without being a good student. None can enjoy great happiness without the knowledge and practical application of the science of electricity and other substances.
2. That man should be served by all who like the lustre of the sun, the Dawn's lover or extinguisher is pure, virile, splendid, bright and illuminator of all by his knowledge. Being himself full of wisdom, he fills the earth and the heaven with the light of knowledge. He being endowed with intelligence and the power of action although the son or disciple of a highly learned truthful person becomes their teacher revered as illustrious father.
3. As the udder of the cows and a learned wiseman are benevolent to all, in the same manner, the President of the assembly sitting in the assembly etc. and others should give joy and happiness to all.
4. That man should be always served or respected by all who being wise, humble and discriminating is well-versed in all sciences, is Illuminator of all knowledge like the fire, is like the udder of the cows which gives sweetness to the milk, eater of nourishing food who diffuses happiness like a benevolent person, amongst mankind. He like a bliss-giver to be invited by men, sits gracious in the middle of the house or an assembly like Agni or leader.
5. Men should know that they cannot enjoy all happiness without right knowledge and association with learned persons.
6. O man, you should also serve and respect a leader who diffuses happiness in a dwelling like a delightful lovely son who overcomes adversaries like a pleasing strong steed in the battlefield and takes men across all misery, who living among men makes them divine.
7. All men should behave as God or a learned person true in mind, word and deed perform benevolent acts without prejudice or partiality.
8. O learned person, none can violate or break these holy vows and laws when you men and utters good words of instruction and advice. This is thy most admirable action that with the cooperation of thy comrades, you smite down all wicked foes.
9. Men should always enjoy happiness in all true dealings by giving up all evils and taking shelter in God and a man who is illuminator of all sciences like the sun, burner of all misery like the fire.
10. (1) In the case of God.... God is Refulgent like the sun, Omniscient and Omnipresent. All men should get His knowledge. He is the Giver of Knowledge to the soul. Learned persons enjoying happiness in their souls should drive away all evils and should glorify the Charming God. (2) In the case of a learned person. A learned person should be full of splendour like the sun, the destroyer of misery. He should know the feelings or conditions of all subjects. The people should bow before such a great person who is worth-seeing obeying his commands. They should open their doors to welcome him.

 
Mandala 1 – Sukta – 70

1. A man being master of his senses should worship God who pervades or possesses all pure attributes and acts. He should also respect a man who is endowed with good attributes and actions. Without this, a man cannot make his birth as human being fruitful.
2. (1) In case of God. We meditate upon God who is Refulgent and being the Lord of the world is Omniscient. By His wisdom, He knows all the subjects whether old or new, all the divine cows and acts which regulate the birth of the human race. (2) We serve and honour a learned person who is full of the light of wisdom and knows all the subjects whether old or new, all divine vows and acts which regulate the birth of the human race.
3. Men should know that there is nothing that is not. pervaded by the conscious Supreme Being or God. The soul cannot remain even for a moment without doing an act or getting its fruit. Therefore, a man should always engage himself in doing righteous deeds by giving up all evils.
4. Let us worship God who is adorable and within the waters and Pranas, within forests and rays of the sun and the moon, within all movable and immovable things within the mountains and within the mansions being Omnipresent. He is perfect, Immortal Lord of the subjects, performing always noble deeds like the creation and preservation of the world and Omniscient. He is the controller of all objects.
5. Men should adore only that God who being the universal Spirit pervading all and through the Vedas gives instructions to all and they should have communion with Him.
6. (1) God, who is at the Giver of knowledge to all through these hymns is the Destroyer of the night of ignorance as fire is of the dark night. His gives much wealth to His devotees. O God! protect all these many creatures on earth as you being Omniscient, Know the origin of the divine virtues and enlightened persons and ordinary men. (2) O wise learned man, you also give instructions to all through these Vedic hymns and destroy the night of nescience. Knowing the nature of all divine virtues and enlightened and ordinary mort.ls, you should protect all.
7. Men should always worship God who is the Creator of the whole world, without whom, the world cannot come into being They should also know the nature of the soul without whose exertion, happiness cannot be attained. Only such person should be served who is true in mind, word and deed.
8. God who is adored by power are manifested by the dawns and nights, trees and all other objects of the beautiful world, born out of the eternal Primordial Matter, is ever established in Bliss, is the Giver of happiness. It is He who performs all True acts of creation, sustenance and dissolution.
9. O men, you must serve and adore God with your mind, body and wealth (by obeying His commands to do good to all beings) who has created all non-eternal objects or effects from the eternal cause-Primordial Matter and has established in them touch and other attributes, in whose creation all souls are heirs as the sons of their father, and who is the Giver of all happiness to all.
10. O God Supporter and Nourisher of the world, you who art protector and giver of all things, confers preserving power in the cattle and the earth etc. You create the sun and establish excellence in the rays. In this way, you uphold and preserves us. Therefore, all leaders worship and serve you as the sons serve their father from whom they get knowledge and wealth.
11. You should know that there is no king except God or a righteous learned president of the Assembly who is destroyer of enemies, punisher of the evil-doers and augmenter of happiness. Knowing this, you should always multiply noble deeds done for the good of others.