Rigveda 1.25

1.25.1

यच्चि॒द्धि ते॒ विशो॑ यथा॒ प्र दे॑व वरुण व्र॒तम् | मि॒नी॒मसि॒ द्यवि॑द्यवि ||

WHATEVER law of thine, O God, O Varuṇa, as we are men, Day after day we violate.

1.25.2

मा नो॑ व॒धाय॑ ह॒त्नवे॑ जिहीळा॒नस्य॑ रीरधः | मा हृ॑णा॒नस्य॑ म॒न्यवे॑ ||

give us not as a prey to death, to be destroyed by thee in wrath, To thy fierce anger when displeased.

1.25.3

वि मृ॑ळी॒काय॑ ते॒ मनो॑ र॒थीरश्वं॒ न संदि॑तम् | गी॒र्भिर्व॑रुण सीमहि ||

To gain thy mercy, Varuṇa, with hymns we bind thy heart, as binds The charioteer his tethered horse.

1.25.4

परा॒ हि मे॒ विम॑न्यव॒: पत॑न्ति॒ वस्य॑इष्टये | वयो॒ न व॑स॒तीरुप॑ ||

They flee from me dispirited, bent only on obtaining wealth, As to their nests the birds of air.

1.25.5

क॒दा क्ष॑त्र॒श्रियं॒ नर॒मा वरु॑णं करामहे | मृ॒ळी॒कायो॑रु॒चक्ष॑सम् ||

When shall we bring, to be appeased, the Hero, Lord of warrior might, Him, the far-seeing Varuṇa?

1.25.6

तदित् स॑मा॒नमा॑शाते॒ वेन॑न्ता॒ न प्र यु॑च्छतः | धृ॒तव्र॑ताय दा॒शुषे॑ ||

This, this with joy they both accept in common: never do they fail The ever-faithful worshipper.

1.25.7

वेदा॒ यो वी॒नां प॒दम॒न्तरि॑क्षेण॒ पत॑ताम् | वेद॑ ना॒वः स॑मु॒द्रिय॑: ||

He knows the path of birds that fly through heaven, and, Sovran of the sea, He knows the ships that are thereon.

1.25.8

वेद॑ मा॒सो धृ॒तव्र॑तो॒ द्वाद॑श प्र॒जाव॑तः | वेदा॒ य उ॑प॒जाय॑ते ||

True to his holy law, he knows the twelve moons with their progeny: He knows the moon of later birth.

1.25.9

वेद॒ वात॑स्य वर्त॒निमु॒रोॠ॒ष्वस्य॑ बृह॒तः | वेदा॒ ये अ॒ध्यास॑ते ||

He knows the pathway of the wind, the spreading, high, and mighty wind: He knows the Gods who dwell above.

1.25.10

नि ष॑साद धृ॒तव्र॑तो॒ वरु॑णः प॒स्त्या॒३स्वा | साम्रा॑ज्याय सु॒क्रतु॑: ||

Varuṇa, true to holy law, sits down among his people; he, Most wise, sits there to govern all.

1.25.11

अतो॒ विश्वा॒न्यद्भु॑ता चिकि॒त्वाँ अ॒भि प॑श्यति | कृ॒तानि॒ या च॒ कर्त्वा॑ ||

From thence perceiving he beholds all wondrous things, both what hath been, And what hereafter will be done.

1.25.12

स नो॑ वि॒श्वाहा॑ सु॒क्रतु॑रादि॒त्यः सु॒पथा॑ करत् | प्र ण॒ आयूं॑षि तारिषत् ||

May that Āditya, very wise, make fair paths for us all our days: May he prolong our lives for us.

1.25.13

बिभ्र॑द् द्र॒पिं हि॑र॒ण्ययं॒ वरु॑णो वस्त नि॒र्णिज॑म् | परि॒ स्पशो॒ नि षे॑दिरे ||

Varuṇa, wearing golden mail, hath clad him in a shining robe. His spies are seated found about.

1.25.14

न यं दिप्स॑न्ति दि॒प्सवो॒ न द्रुह्वा॑णो॒ जना॑नाम् | न दे॒वम॒भिमा॑तयः ||

The God whom enemies threaten not, nor those who tyrannize o’er men, Nor those whose minds are bent on wrong.

1.25.15

उ॒त यो मानु॑षे॒ष्वा यश॑श्च॒क्रे असा॒म्या | अ॒स्माक॑मु॒दरे॒ष्वा ||

He who gives glory to mankind, not glory that is incomplete, To our own bodies giving it.

1.25.16

परा॑ मे यन्ति धी॒तयो॒ गावो॒ न गव्यू॑ती॒रनु॑ | इ॒च्छन्ती॑रुरु॒चक्ष॑सम् ||

Yearning for the wide-seeing One, my thoughts move onward unto him, As kine unto their pastures move.

1.25.17

सं नु वो॑चावहै॒ पुन॒र्यतो॑ मे॒ मध्वाभृ॑तम् | होते॑व॒ क्षद॑से प्रि॒यम् ||

Once more together let us speak, because my meath is brought: priest-like Thou eatest what is dear to thee.

1.25.18

दर्शं॒ नु वि॒श्वद॑र्शतं॒ दर्शं॒ रथ॒मधि॒ क्षमि॑ | ए॒ता जु॑षत मे॒ गिर॑: ||

Now saw I him whom all may see, I saw his car above the earth: He hath accepted these my songs.

1.25.19

इ॒मं मे॑ वरुण श्रुधी॒ हव॑म॒द्या च॑ मृळय | त्वाम॑व॒स्युरा च॑के ||

Varuṇa, hear this call of mine: be gracious unto us this day Longing for help I cried to thee.

1.25.20

त्वं विश्व॑स्यू मेधिर दि॒वश्च॒ ग्मश्च॑ राजसि | स याम॑नि॒ प्रति॑ श्रुधि ||

Thou, O wise God, art Lord of all, thou art the King of earth and heaven Hear, as thou goest on thy way.

1.25.21

उदु॑त्त॒मं मु॑मुग्धि नो॒ वि पाशं॑ मध्य॒मं चृ॑त | अवा॑ध॒मानि॑ जी॒वसे॑ ||

Release us from the upper bond, untie the bond between, and loose The bonds below, that I may live.