Rig Veda · Mandala 7 · Sukta 65
Rig Veda 7.65 — Mitra-Varuṇa
Deity: Mitra-Varuṇa. Rishi family (Mandala 7): Vasishtha and his lineage. This Sukta contains 5 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 7.65.1
परति वां सूर उदिते सूक्तैर्मित्रं हुवे वरुणं पूतदक्षम | ययोरसुर्यमक्षितं जयेष्ठं विश्वस्य यामन्नाचिता जिगत्नु
prati vāṃ sūra udite sūktairmitraṃ huve varuṇaṃ pūtadakṣam | yayorasuryamakṣitaṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ viśvasya yāmannācitā jighatnu
Rig Veda 7.65.2
ता हि देवानामसुरा तावर्या ता नः कषितीः करतमूर्जयन्तीः | अश्याम मित्रावरुणा वयं वां दयावा च यत्र पीपयन्नहा च
tā hi devānāmasurā tāvaryā tā naḥ kṣitīḥ karatamūrjayantīḥ | aśyāma mitrāvaruṇā vayaṃ vāṃ dyāvā ca yatra pīpayannahā ca
For they are Asuras of Gods, the friendly make, both of you, our lands exceeding fruitful. May we obtain you, Varuṇa and Mitra, wherever Heaven and Earth and days may bless us.
Rig Veda 7.65.3
ता भूरिपाशावन्र्तस्य सेतू दुरत्येतू रिपवे मर्त्याय | रतस्य मित्रावरुणा पथा वामपो न नावा दुरिता तरेम
tā bhūripāśāvanṛtasya setū duratyetū ripave martyāya | ṛtasya mitrāvaruṇā pathā vāmapo na nāvā duritā tarema
Bonds of the sinner, they bear many nooses: the wicked mortal hardly may escape them. Varuṇa-Mitra, may your path of Order bear us o’er trouble as a boat o’er waters.
Rig Veda 7.65.4
आ नो मित्रावरुणा हव्यजुष्टिं घर्तैर्गव्यूतिमुक्षतमिळाभिः | परति वामत्र वरमा जनाय पर्णीतमुद्नो दिव्यस्य चारोः
ā no mitrāvaruṇā havyajuṣṭiṃ ghṛtairghavyūtimukṣatamiḷābhiḥ | prati vāmatra varamā janāya pṛṇītamudno divyasya cāroḥ
Come, taste our offering, Varuṇa and Mitra: bedew our pasture wil sweet food and fatness. Pour down in plenty here upon the people the choicest of your fair celestial water.
Rig Veda 7.65.5
एष सतोमो वरुण मित्र ...
eṣa stomo varuṇa mitra ...
To you this laud, O Varuṇa and Mitra, is offered, like bright Soma juice to Vāyu. Favour our songs of praise, wake thought and spirit. Preserve us evermore, ye Gods, with blessings.
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