Rig Veda · Mandala 7 · Sukta 89
Rig Veda 7.89 — HYMN LXXXIX 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 7.89.1
मो षु वरुण मर्न्मयं गर्हं राजन्नहं गमम | मर्ळा सुक्षत्र मर्ळय
mo ṣu varuṇa mṛnmayaṃ ghṛhaṃ rājannahaṃ ghamam | mṛḷā sukṣatra mṛḷaya
Rig Veda 7.89.2
यदेमि परस्फुरन्निव दर्तिर्न धमातो अद्रिवः | मर्ळा स. म.
yademi prasphuranniva dṛtirna dhmāto adrivaḥ | mṛḷā s. m.
When, Thunderer! I move along tremulous like a wind-blown skin, Have mercy, spare me, Mighty Lord.
Rig Veda 7.89.3
करत्वः समह दीनता परतीपं जगमा शुचे | मर्ळा स. म.
kratvaḥ samaha dīnatā pratīpaṃ jaghamā śuce | mṛḷā s. m.
O Bright and Powerful God, through want of strength I erred and went astray Have mercy, spare me, Mighty Lord.
Rig Veda 7.89.4
अपां मध्ये तस्थिवांसं तर्ष्णाविदज्जरितारम | मर्ळा स. म.
apāṃ madhye tasthivāṃsaṃ tṛṣṇāvidajjaritāram | mṛḷā s. m.
Thirst found thy worshipper though he stood in the midst of water-fijods: Have mercy, spare me, Mighty Lord.
Rig Veda 7.89.5
यत किं चेदं वरुण दैव्ये जने.अभिद्रोहं मनुष्याश्चरामसि | अचित्ती यत तव धर्मा युयोपिम मा नस्तस्मादेनसो देव रीरिषः
yat kiṃ cedaṃ varuṇa daivye jane.abhidrohaṃ manuṣyāścarāmasi | acittī yat tava dharmā yuyopima mā nastasmādenaso deva rīriṣaḥ
O Varuṇa, whatever the offence may be which we as men commit against the heavenly host, When through our want of thought we violate thy laws, punish us not, O God, for that iniquity.
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