Rig Veda · 5.85.8
Rig Veda 5.85.8 — Varuṇa
Verse 8 of 8 from Sukta 5.85 (Varuṇa) in Mandala 5 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 5.85.8
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
कितवासो यद रिरिपुर न दीवि यद वा घा सत्यम उत यन न विद्म | सर्वा ता वि षय शिथिरेव देवाधा ते सयाम वरुण परियासः
IAST Romanisation
kitavāso yad riripur na dīvi yad vā ghā satyam uta yan na vidma | sarvā tā vi ṣya śithireva devādhā te syāma varuṇa priyāsaḥ
English Translation (Griffith)
If we, as gamesters cheat at play, have cheated, done wrong unwittingly or sinned of purpose, Cast all these sins away like loosened fetters, and, Varuṇa let us be thine own beloved.
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