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Rigveda 5.62

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 5.62

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5.62.1

ṛ̱tena̍ ṛ̱tam api̍hitaṁ dhru̱vaṁ vā̱ṁ sūrya̍sya̱ yatra̍ vimu̱canty aśvā̍n |
daśa̍ śa̱tā sa̱ha ta̍sthu̱s tad eka̍ṁ de̱vānā̱ṁ śreṣṭha̱ṁ vapu̍ṣām apaśyam ||

BY your high Law firm order is established there where they loose for travel Sûrya's horses. Ten hundred stood together: there I looked on this the most marvellous Deities' one chief glory.

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

5.62.2

tat su vā̍m mitrāvaruṇā mahi̱tvam ī̱rmā ta̱sthuṣī̱r aha̍bhir duduhre |
viśvā̍ḥ pinvatha̱ḥ svasa̍rasya̱ dhenā̱ anu̍ vā̱m eka̍ḥ pa̱vir ā va̍varta ||

This, Mitra-Varuṇa, is your special greatness: floods that stood there they with the days attracted. Ye cause to flow all voices of the cowpen: your single chariotfelly hath rolled hither.

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

5.62.3

adhā̍rayatam pṛthi̱vīm u̱ta dyām mitra̍rājānā varuṇā̱ maho̍bhiḥ |
va̱rdhaya̍ta̱m oṣa̍dhī̱ḥ pinva̍ta̱ṁ gā ava̍ vṛ̱ṣṭiṁ sṛ̍jataṁ jīradānū ||

O Mitra-Varuṇa, ye by your greatness, both Kings, have firmly stablished earth and heaven, Ye caused the cows to stream, the plants to flourish, and, scattering swift drops, sent down the rainflood.

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

5.62.4

ā vā̱m aśvā̍saḥ su̱yujo̍ vahantu ya̱tara̍śmaya̱ upa̍ yantv a̱rvāk |
ghṛ̱tasya̍ ni̱rṇig anu̍ vartate vā̱m upa̱ sindha̍vaḥ pra̱divi̍ kṣaranti ||

Let your well-harnessed horses bear you hither: hitherward let them come with reins drawn tightly. A covering cloud of sacred oil attends you, and your streams flow to us from days aforetime.

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

5.62.5

anu̍ śru̱tām a̱mati̱ṁ vardha̍d u̱rvīm ba̱rhir i̍va̱ yaju̍ṣā̱ rakṣa̍māṇā |
nama̍svantā dhṛtada̱kṣādhi̱ garte̱ mitrāsā̍the varu̱ṇeḻā̍sv a̱ntaḥ ||

To make the lustre wider and more famous, guarding the sacred grass with veneration, Ye, Mitra-Varuṇa, firm, strong, awe-inspiring, are seated on a throne amid oblations.

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

5.62.6

akra̍vihastā su̱kṛte̍ para̱spā yaṁ trāsā̍the varu̱ṇeḻā̍sv a̱ntaḥ |
rājā̍nā kṣa̱tram ahṛ̍ṇīyamānā sa̱hasra̍sthūṇam bibhṛthaḥ sa̱ha dvau ||

With hands that shed no blood, guarding the pious, whom, Varuni3, ye save amid oblations. Ye Twain, together, Kings of willing spirit, uphold dominion based on thousand pillars.

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

5.62.7

hira̍ṇyanirṇi̱g ayo̍ asya̱ sthūṇā̱ vi bhrā̍jate di̱vy a1̱̍śvāja̍nīva |
bha̱dre kṣetre̱ nimi̍tā̱ tilvi̍le vā sa̱nema̱ madhvo̱ adhi̍gartyasya ||

Adorned with gold, its columns are of iron. in heaven it glitters like a whip for horses; Or stablished on a field deep-spoiled and fruitful. So may we share the meath that loads your carseat.

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

5.62.8

hira̍ṇyarūpam u̱ṣaso̱ vyu̍ṣṭā̱v aya̍ḥsthūṇa̱m udi̍tā̱ sūrya̍sya |
ā ro̍hatho varuṇa mitra̱ garta̱m ata̍ś cakṣāthe̱ adi̍ti̱ṁ diti̍ṁ ca ||

Ye mount your car gold-hued at break of morning, and iron-pillared when the Sun is setting, And from that place, O Varuṇa and Mitra, behold infinity and limit~tion.

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

5.62.9

yad baṁhi̍ṣṭha̱ṁ nāti̱vidhe̍ sudānū̱ acchi̍dra̱ṁ śarma̍ bhuvanasya gopā |
tena̍ no mitrāvaruṇāv aviṣṭa̱ṁ siṣā̍santo jigī̱vāṁsa̍ḥ syāma ||

Bountiful guardians of the world! the shelter that is impenetrable, strongest, flawless, Aid us with that, O Varuṇa and Mitra, and when we long to win may we be victors.

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

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