Rig Veda · 3.59.2

Rig Veda 3.59.2 — Mitra

Verse 2 of 9 from Sukta 3.59 (Mitra) in Mandala 3 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 3.59.2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पर स मित्र मर्तो अस्तु परयस्वान यस्त आदित्य शिक्षति वरतेन | न हन्यते न जीयते तवोतो नैनमंहो अश्नोत्यन्तितो न दूरात

IAST Romanisation

pra sa mitra marto astu prayasvān yasta āditya śikṣati vratena | na hanyate na jīyate tvoto nainamaṃho aśnotyantito na dūrāt

English Translation (Griffith)

Foremost be he who brings thee food, O Mitra, who strives to keep thy sacred Law, Āditya. He whom thou helpest ne’er is slain or conquered, on him, from near or far, falls no affliction.

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