Ṛgveda · Sūkta 8.25
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8.25.1
ता वां॒ विश्व॑स्य गो॒पा दे॒वा दे॒वेषु॑ य॒ज्ञिया॑ ।
ऋ॒तावा॑ना यजसे पू॒तद॑क्षसा ॥
You two, guardians of all, gods worthy of sacrifice among the gods; upholders of ṛta, of pure strength, I worship you.
8.25.2
मि॒त्रा तना॒ न र॒थ्या॑ वरु॑णो॒ यश्च॑ सु॒क्रतुः॑ ।
स॒नात्सु॑जा॒ता तन॑या धृ॒तव्र॑ता ॥
Mitra and Varuṇa, you are charioteers like a stretched cord, and Varuṇa is wise of purpose; always well-born sons, firm in their vows.
8.25.3
ता मा॒ता वि॒श्ववे॑दसा असु॒र्या॑य॒ प्रम॑हसा ।
म॒ही ज॑जा॒नादि॑तिर्ऋ॒ताव॑री ॥
Their mother, all-knowing, for Asura-power, gave birth to the two of great splendor; the great Aditi, upholder of ṛta.
8.25.4
म॒हान्ता॑ मि॒त्रावरु॑णा स॒म्राजा॑ दे॒वावसु॑रा ।
ऋ॒तावा॑नावृ॒तमा घो॑षतो बृ॒हत् ॥
Great Mitra-Varuṇa, sovereign rulers, the two gods, lords; both upholders of ṛta, here they proclaim ṛta with a mighty voice.
8.25.5
नपा॑ता॒ शव॑सो म॒हः सू॒नू दक्ष॑स्य सु॒क्रतू॑ ।
सृ॒प्रदा॑नू इ॒षो वास्त्वधि॑ क्षितः ॥
Grandsons of great strength, sons of skill, both of good purpose, bountiful givers; upon the seat of food you two dwell.
8.25.6
सं या दानू॑नि ये॒मथु॑र्दि॒व्याः पार्थि॑वी॒रिषः॑ ।
नभ॑स्वती॒रा वां॑ चरन्तु वृ॒ष्टयः॑ ॥
You two who hold together the heavenly and earthly gifts and foods; may the moisture-laden showers come toward you two.
8.25.7
अधि॒ या बृ॑ह॒तो दि॒वोऽभि यू॒थेव॒ पश्य॑तः ।
ऋ॒तावा॑ना स॒म्राजा॒ नम॑से हि॒ता ॥
The two who look down from the vast sky like a herd of cows, guardians of order, universal kings, established for homage.
8.25.8
ऋ॒तावा॑ना॒ नि षे॑दतुः॒ साम्रा॑ज्याय सु॒क्रतू॑ ।
धृ॒तव्र॑ता क्ष॒त्रिया॑ क्ष॒त्रमा॑शतुः ॥
The two keepers of order sat down for universal sovereignty; both of good purpose, firm in their vows, both warriors, they obtained dominion.
8.25.9
अ॒क्ष्णश्चि॑द्गातु॒वित्त॑रानुल्ब॒णेन॒ चक्ष॑सा ।
नि चि॑न्मि॒षन्ता॑ निचि॒रा नि चि॑क्यतुः ॥
The two finders of the path, sharper than eyes, look on with unblinking, steady gaze, not closing their eyes.
8.25.10
उ॒त नो॑ दे॒व्यदि॑तिरुरु॒ष्यतां॒ नास॑त्या ।
उ॒रु॒ष्यन्तु॑ म॒रुतो॑ वृ॒द्धश॑वसः ॥
And may the goddess Aditi protect us; may the Nāsatyas protect us; may the Maruts of great strength protect us.
8.25.11
ते नो॑ ना॒वमु॑रुष्यत॒ दिवा॒ नक्तं॑ सुदानवः ।
अरि॑ष्यन्तो॒ नि पा॒युभिः॑ सचेमहि ॥
Those bountiful givers, steer our ship by day and by night; not perishing, may we be joined with your protections.
8.25.12
अघ्न॑ते॒ विष्ण॑वे व॒यमरि॑ष्यन्तः सु॒दान॑वे ।
श्रु॒धि स्व॑यावन्त्सिन्धो पू॒र्वचि॑त्तये ॥
We who do not perish, for Vishnu the striker, for the generous one; hear, O self-powered Sindhu, for the sake of our ancient friendship.
8.25.13
तद्वार्यं॑ वृणीमहे॒ वरि॑ष्ठं गोप॒यत्य॑म् ।
मि॒त्रो यत्पान्ति॒ वरु॑णो॒ यद॑र्य॒मा ॥
We choose that most excellent wealth, which protects the herds, when Mitra protects, and when Varuṇa and Aryaman protect.
8.25.14
उ॒त नः॒ सिन्धु॑र॒पां तन्म॒रुत॒स्तद॒श्विना॑ ।
इन्द्रो॒ विष्णु॑र्मी॒ढ्वांसः॑ स॒जोष॑सः ॥
And may the Sindhu and that of the waters be ours; may the Maruts, those Aśvins, Indra and Viṣṇu be bountiful and of one accord.
8.25.15
ते हि ष्मा॑ व॒नुषो॒ नरो॑ अ॒भिमा॑तिं॒ कय॑स्य चित् ।
ति॒ग्मं न क्षोदः॑ प्रति॒घ्नन्ति॒ भूर्ण॑यः ॥
They, the conquering men, indeed drive back even the attack of the wicked one, like a sharp goad strikes back; they are the ardent ones.
8.25.16
अ॒यमेक॑ इ॒त्था पु॒रूरु च॑ष्टे॒ वि वि॒श्पतिः॑ ।
तस्य॑ व्र॒तान्यनु॑ वश्चरामसि ॥
This one alone, lord of all beings, thus sees far and wide; following his ordinances, we walk after you.
8.25.17
अनु॒ पूर्वा॑ण्यो॒क्या॑ साम्रा॒ज्यस्य॑ सश्चिम ।
मि॒त्रस्य॑ व्र॒ता वरु॑णस्य दीर्घ॒श्रुत् ॥
We have followed the ancient ordinances of sovereignty; the vows of Mitra and of Varuṇa, far-famed.
8.25.18
परि॒ यो र॒श्मिना॑ दि॒वो अन्ता॑न्म॒मे पृ॑थि॒व्याः ।
उ॒भे आ प॑प्रौ॒ रोद॑सी महि॒त्वा ॥
He who measures around the ends of the sky and of the earth with his rays; by his greatness he has filled both worlds, heaven and earth.
8.25.19
उदु॒ ष्य श॑र॒णे दि॒वो ज्योति॑रयंस्त॒ सूर्यः॑ ।
अ॒ग्निर्न शु॒क्रः स॑मिधा॒न आहु॑तः ॥
In the refuge of the sky the sun has raised up its light, like a bright fire kindled and offered into.
8.25.20
वचो॑ दी॒र्घप्र॑सद्म॒नीशे॒ वाज॑स्य॒ गोम॑तः ।
ईशे॒ हि पि॒त्वो॑ऽवि॒षस्य॑ दा॒वने॑ ॥
In the abode of long duration my speech is supreme; I am lord of the giving of cow-rich strength, for indeed I hold sway over the bounty of the one who is not niggardly.
8.25.21
तत्सूर्यं॒ रोद॑सी उ॒भे दो॒षा वस्तो॒रुप॑ ब्रुवे ।
भो॒जेष्व॒स्माँ अ॒भ्युच्च॑रा॒ सदा॑ ॥
That Sun, both heaven and earth, together with night and dawn, I invoke; among the feasters, raise us up always.
8.25.22
ऋ॒ज्रमु॑क्ष॒ण्याय॑ने रज॒तं हर॑याणे ।
रथं॑ यु॒क्तम॑सनाम सु॒षाम॑णि ॥
In the place of golden movement, we have yoked and prepared the silver-hued chariot with golden-hued horses, in the good praise-song.
8.25.23
ता मे॒ अश्व्या॑नां॒ हरी॑णां नि॒तोश॑ना ।
उ॒तो नु कृत्व्या॑नां नृ॒वाह॑सा ॥
Those two are the leaders of my horses and of the bay horses; and indeed, now, those two bear up the ritual-makers, the carriers of men.
8.25.24
स्मद॑भीशू॒ कशा॑वन्ता॒ विप्रा॒ नवि॑ष्ठया म॒ती ।
म॒हो वा॒जिना॒वर्व॑न्ता॒ सचा॑सनम् ॥
O inspired ones, the two strong, swift, whip-bearing ones, with the newest thought, from the great, I have seated together.