Rigveda 5.66

HYMN LXVI. MITRA-VARUṆA. · ६ रातहव्य आत्रेयः। मित्रावरुणौ। अनुष्टुप्।

5.66.1

आ चि॑कितान सु॒क्रतू॑ दे॒वौ म॑र्त रि॒शाद॑सा | वरु॑णाय ऋ॒तपे॑शसे दधी॒त प्रय॑से म॒हे ||

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5.66.1

O SAPIENT man, call the Two Gods, the very wise, who slay the foe. For Varuṇa, whose form is Law, place offerings for his great delight.

5.66.2

ता हि क्ष॒त्रमवि॑ह्रुतं स॒म्यग॑सु॒र्य१माशा॑ते | अध॑ व्र॒तेव॒ मानु॑षं॒ स्व१र्ण धा॑यि दर्श॒तम् ||

For they have won unbroken sway in full perfection, power divine. And, like high laws, the world of man hath been made beautiful as light.

5.66.3

ता वा॒मेषे॒ रथा॑नामु॒र्वीं गव्यू॑तिमेषाम् | रा॒तह॑व्यस्य सुष्टु॒तिं द॒धृक् स्तोमै॑र्मनामहे ||

Therefore we praise you that your cars may travel far in front of ours- You who accept the eulogy of Ratahavya with his hymns.

5.66.4

अधा॒ हि काव्या॑ यु॒वं दक्ष॑स्य पू॒र्भिर॑द्भुता | नि के॒तुना॒ जना॑नां चि॒केथे॑ पूतदक्षसा ||

And ye show wMom, Wondrous Gods with fulness of intellIgence. By men's discernment are Ve marked, O ye whose might is purified.

5.66.5

तदृ॒तं पृ॑थिवि बृ॒हच्छ्र॑वए॒ष ऋषी॑णाम् | ज्र॒य॒सा॒नावरं॑ पृ॒थ्वति॑ क्षरन्ति॒ याम॑भिः ||

This is the Law sublime, O Earth: to aid the Ṛṣis’ toil for fame The Two, wide-spreading, are prepared. They come with ample overflow.

5.66.6

आ यद् वा॑मीयचक्षसा॒ मित्र॑ व॒यं च॑ सू॒रय॑: | व्यचि॑ष्ठे बहु॒पाय्ये॒ यते॑महि स्व॒राज्ये॑ ||

Mitra, ye Gods with wandering eyes, would that the worshippers and we Might strive to reach the realm ye rule, most spacious and protected well,