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Rigveda 1.24

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 1.24

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Sanskrit

1.24.1

kasya̍ nū̱naṁ ka̍ta̱masyā̱mṛtā̍nā̱m manā̍mahe̱ cāru̍ de̱vasya̱ nāma̍ |
ko no̍ ma̱hyā adi̍taye̱ puna̍r dāt pi̱tara̍ṁ ca dṛ̱śeya̍m mā̱tara̍ṁ ca ||

WHO now is he, what God among Immortals, of whose auspicious name we may bethink us? Who shall to mighty Aditi restore us, that I may see my Father and my Mother?

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

1.24.2

a̱gner va̱yam pra̍tha̱masyā̱mṛtā̍nā̱m manā̍mahe̱ cāru̍ de̱vasya̱ nāma̍ |
sa no̍ ma̱hyā adi̍taye̱ puna̍r dāt pi̱tara̍ṁ ca dṛ̱śeya̍m mā̱tara̍ṁ ca ||

Agni the God the first among the Immortals, – of his auspicious name let us bethink us. He shall to mighty Aditi restore us, that I may see my Father and my Mother.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

1.24.3

a̱bhi tvā̍ deva savita̱r īśā̍na̱ṁ vāryā̍ṇām |
sadā̍van bhā̱gam ī̍mahe ||

To thee, O Savitar, the Lord of precious things, who helpest us Continually, for our share we come-

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

1.24.4

yaś ci̱d dhi ta̍ i̱tthā bhaga̍ḥ śaśamā̱naḥ pu̱rā ni̱daḥ |
a̱dve̱ṣo hasta̍yor da̱dhe ||

Wealth, highly lauded ere reproach hath fallen on it, which is laid, Free from all hatred, in thy hands

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

1.24.5

bhaga̍bhaktasya te va̱yam ud a̍śema̱ tavāva̍sā |
mū̱rdhāna̍ṁ rā̱ya ā̱rabhe̍ ||

Through thy protection may we come to even the height of affluence Which Bhaga hath dealt out to us.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

1.24.6

na̱hi te̍ kṣa̱traṁ na saho̱ na ma̱nyuṁ vaya̍ś ca̱nāmī pa̱taya̍nta ā̱puḥ |
nemā āpo̍ animi̱ṣaṁ cara̍ntī̱r na ye vāta̍sya prami̱nanty abhva̍m ||

Ne'er have those birds that fly through air attained to thy high dominion or thy might or spirit; Nor these the waters that flow on for ever, nor hills, abaters of the wind's wild fury.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

1.24.7

a̱bu̱dhne rājā̱ varu̍ṇo̱ vana̍syo̱rdhvaṁ stūpa̍ṁ dadate pū̱tada̍kṣaḥ |
nī̱cīnā̍ḥ sthur u̱pari̍ bu̱dhna e̍ṣām a̱sme a̱ntar nihi̍tāḥ ke̱tava̍ḥ syuḥ ||

Varuṇa, King, of hallowed might, sustaineth erect the Tree's stem in the baseless region. Its rays, whose root is high above, stream downward. Deep may they sink within us, and be hidden.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

1.24.8

u̱ruṁ hi rājā̱ varu̍ṇaś ca̱kāra̱ sūryā̍ya̱ panthā̱m anve̍ta̱vā u̍ |
a̱pade̱ pādā̱ prati̍dhātave 'kar u̱tāpa̍va̱ktā hṛ̍dayā̱vidha̍ś cit ||

King Varuṇa hath made a spacious pathway, a pathway for the Sun wherein to travel. Where no way was he made him set his footstep, and warned afar whate'er afflicts the spirit.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

1.24.9

śa̱taṁ te̍ rājan bhi̱ṣaja̍ḥ sa̱hasra̍m u̱rvī ga̍bhī̱rā su̍ma̱tiṣ ṭe̍ astu |
bādha̍sva dū̱re nirṛ̍tim parā̱caiḥ kṛ̱taṁ ci̱d ena̱ḥ pra mu̍mugdhy a̱smat ||

A hundred balms are thine, O King, a thousand; deep and wide-reaching also be thy favours. Far from us, far away drive thou Destruction. Put from us e'en the sin we have committed.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

1.24.10

a̱mī ya ṛkṣā̱ nihi̍tāsa u̱ccā nakta̱ṁ dadṛ̍śre̱ kuha̍ ci̱d dive̍yuḥ |
ada̍bdhāni̱ varu̍ṇasya vra̱tāni̍ vi̱cāka̍śac ca̱ndramā̱ nakta̍m eti ||

Whither by day depart the constellations that shine at night, set high in heaven above us? Varuṇa's holy laws remain unweakened, and through the night the Moon moves on in splendor

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

1.24.11

tat tvā̍ yāmi̱ brahma̍ṇā̱ vanda̍māna̱s tad ā śā̍ste̱ yaja̍māno ha̱virbhi̍ḥ |
ahe̍ḻamāno varuṇe̱ha bo̱dhy uru̍śaṁsa̱ mā na̱ āyu̱ḥ pra mo̍ṣīḥ ||

I ask this of thee with my prayer adoring; thy worshipper craves this with his oblation. Varuṇa, stay thou here and be not angry; steal not our life from us, O thou Wide-Ruler.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

1.24.12

tad in nakta̱ṁ tad divā̱ mahya̍m āhu̱s tad a̱yaṁ keto̍ hṛ̱da ā vi ca̍ṣṭe |
śuna̱ḥśepo̱ yam ahva̍d gṛbhī̱taḥ so a̱smān rājā̱ varu̍ṇo mumoktu ||

Nightly and daily this one thing they tell me, this too the thought of mine own heart repeateth. May he to whom prayed fettered Ṣunaḥṣepa, may he the Sovran Varuṇa release us.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

1.24.13

śuna̱ḥśepo̱ hy ahva̍d gṛbhī̱tas tri̱ṣv ā̍di̱tyaṁ dru̍pa̱deṣu̍ ba̱ddhaḥ |
avai̍na̱ṁ rājā̱ varu̍ṇaḥ sasṛjyād vi̱dvām̐ ada̍bdho̱ vi mu̍moktu̱ pāśā̍n ||

Bound to three pillars captured Ṣunaḥṣepa thus to the Âditya made his supplication. Him may the Sovran Varuṇa deliver, wise, ne'er deccived, loosen the bonds that bind him.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

1.24.14

ava̍ te̱ heḻo̍ varuṇa̱ namo̍bhi̱r ava̍ ya̱jñebhi̍r īmahe ha̱virbhi̍ḥ |
kṣaya̍nn a̱smabhya̍m asura pracetā̱ rāja̱nn enā̍ṁsi śiśrathaḥ kṛ̱tāni̍ ||

With bending down, oblations, sacrifices, O Varuṇa, we deprecate thine anger: Wise Asura, thou King of wide dominion, loosen the bonds of sins by us committed.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

1.24.15

ud u̍tta̱maṁ va̍ruṇa̱ pāśa̍m a̱smad avā̍dha̱maṁ vi ma̍dhya̱maṁ śra̍thāya |
athā̍ va̱yam ā̍ditya vra̱te tavānā̍gaso̱ adi̍taye syāma ||

Loosen the bonds, O Varuṇa, that hold me, loosen the bonds above, between, and under. So in thy holy law may we made sinless belong to Aditi, O thou Âditya.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

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