Rig Veda · Mandala 5 · Sukta 62
Rig Veda 5.62 — Mitra-Varuṇa
Deity: Mitra-Varuṇa. Rishi family (Mandala 5): Atri and the Atreya line. This Sukta contains 9 verses presented below in Devanagari Sanskrit, IAST romanisation, and Ralph T. H. Griffith's English translation. Click any verse to read a fuller explanation.
Verses
Rig Veda 5.62.1
रतेन रतम अपिहितं धरुवं वां सूर्यस्य यत्र विमुचन्त्य अश्वान | दश शता सह तस्थुस तद एकं देवानां शरेष्ठं वपुषाम अपश्यम
ṛtena ṛtam apihitaṃ dhruvaṃ vāṃ sūryasya yatra vimucanty aśvān | daśa śatā saha tasthus tad ekaṃ devānāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ vapuṣām apaśyam
Rig Veda 5.62.2
तत सु वाम मित्रावरुणा महित्वम ईर्मा तस्थुषीर अहभिर दुदुह्रे | विश्वाः पिन्वथः सवसरस्य धेना अनु वाम एकः पविर आ ववर्त
tat su vām mitrāvaruṇā mahitvam īrmā tasthuṣīr ahabhir duduhre | viśvāḥ pinvathaḥ svasarasya dhenā anu vām ekaḥ pavir ā vavarta
This, Mitra-Varuṇa, is your special greatness: floods that stood there they with the days attracted. Ye cause to flow all voices of the cowpen: your single chariotfelly hath rolled hither.
Rig Veda 5.62.3
अधारयतम पर्थिवीम उत दयाम मित्रराजाना वरुणा महोभिः | वर्धयतम ओषधीः पिन्वतं गा अव वर्ष्टिं सर्जतं जीरदानू
adhārayatam pṛthivīm uta dyām mitrarājānā varuṇā mahobhiḥ | vardhayatam oṣadhīḥ pinvataṃ ghā ava vṛṣṭiṃ sṛjataṃ jīradānū
O Mitra-Varuṇa, ye by your greatness, both Kings, have firmly stablished earth and heaven, Ye caused the cows to stream, the plants to flourish, and, scattering swift drops, sent down the rain-flood.
Rig Veda 5.62.4
आ वाम अश्वासः सुयुजो वहन्तु यतरश्मय उप यन्त्व अर्वाक | घर्तस्य निर्णिग अनु वर्तते वाम उप सिन्धवः परदिवि कषरन्ति
ā vām aśvāsaḥ suyujo vahantu yataraśmaya upa yantv arvāk | ghṛtasya nirṇigh anu vartate vām upa sindhavaḥ pradivi kṣaranti
Let your well-harnessed horses bear you hither: hitherward let them come with reins drawn tightly. A covering cloud of sacred oil attends you, and your streams flow to us from days aforetime.
Rig Veda 5.62.5
अनु शरुताम अमतिं वर्धद उर्वीम बर्हिर इव यजुषा रक्षमाणा | नमस्वन्ता धर्तदक्षाधि गर्ते मित्रासाथे वरुणेळास्व अन्तः
anu śrutām amatiṃ vardhad urvīm barhir iva yajuṣā rakṣamāṇā | namasvantā dhṛtadakṣādhi gharte mitrāsāthe varuṇeḷāsv antaḥ
To make the lustre wider and more famous, guarding the sacred grass with veneration, Ye, Mitra-Varuṇa, firm, strong, awe-inspiring, are seated on a throne amid oblations.
Rig Veda 5.62.6
अक्रविहस्ता सुक्र्ते परस्पा यं तरासाथे वरुणेळास्व अन्तः | राजाना कषत्रम अह्र्णीयमाना सहस्रस्थूणम बिभ्र्थः सह दवौ
akravihastā sukṛte paraspā yaṃ trāsāthe varuṇeḷāsv antaḥ | rājānā kṣatram ahṛṇīyamānā sahasrasthūṇam bibhṛthaḥ saha dvau
With hands that shed no blood, guarding the pious, whom, Varuni3, ye save amid oblations. Ye Twain, together, Kings of willing spirit, uphold dominion based on thousand pillars.
Rig Veda 5.62.7
हिरण्यनिर्णिग अयो अस्य सथूणा वि भराजते दिव्य अश्वाजनीव | भद्रे कषेत्रे निमिता तिल्विले वा सनेम मध्वो अधिगर्त्यस्य
hiraṇyanirṇigh ayo asya sthūṇā vi bhrājate divy aśvājanīva | bhadre kṣetre nimitā tilvile vā sanema madhvo adhighartyasya
Adorned with gold, its columns are of iron. in heaven it glitters like a whip for horses; Or stablished on a field deep-spoiled and fruitful. So may we share the meath that loads your car-seat.
Rig Veda 5.62.8
हिरण्यरूपम उषसो वयुष्टाव अयस्थूणम उदिता सूर्यस्य | आ रोहथो वरुण मित्र गर्तम अतश चक्षाथे अदितिं दितिं च
hiraṇyarūpam uṣaso vyuṣṭāv ayasthūṇam uditā sūryasya | ā rohatho varuṇa mitra ghartam ataś cakṣāthe aditiṃ ditiṃ ca
Ye mount your car gold-hued at break of morning, and iron-pillared when the Sun is setting, And from that place, O Varuṇa and Mitra, behold infinity and limit~tion.
Rig Veda 5.62.9
यद बंहिष्ठं नातिविधे सुदानू अछिद्रं शर्म भुवनस्य गोपा | तेन नो मित्रावरुणाव अविष्टं सिषासन्तो जिगीवांसः सयाम
yad baṃhiṣṭhaṃ nātividhe sudānū achidraṃ śarma bhuvanasya ghopā | tena no mitrāvaruṇāv aviṣṭaṃ siṣāsanto jighīvāṃsaḥ syāma
Bountiful guardians of the world! the shelter that is impenetrable, strongest, flawless, Aid us with that, O Varuṇa and Mitra, and when we long to win may we be victors.
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