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Rigveda 5.63

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 5.63

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5.63.1

ṛta̍sya gopā̱v adhi̍ tiṣṭhatho̱ ratha̱ṁ satya̍dharmāṇā para̱me vyo̍mani |
yam atra̍ mitrāvaru̱ṇāva̍tho yu̱vaṁ tasmai̍ vṛ̱ṣṭir madhu̍mat pinvate di̱vaḥ ||

GUARDIANS of Order, ye whose Laws are ever true, in the sublimest heaven your chariot ye ascend. O Mitra-Varuṇa whomsoe'er ye: favour, here, to him the rain with sweetness streameth down from heaven.

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

5.63.2

sa̱mrājā̍v a̱sya bhuva̍nasya rājatho̱ mitrā̍varuṇā vi̱dathe̍ sva̱rdṛśā̍ |
vṛ̱ṣṭiṁ vā̱ṁ rādho̍ amṛta̱tvam ī̍mahe̱ dyāvā̍pṛthi̱vī vi ca̍ranti ta̱nyava̍ḥ ||

This world's imperial Kings, O Mitra-Varuṇa, ye rule in holy synod, looking on the light. We pray for rain, your boon, and immortality. Through heaven and over earth the thunderers take their way.

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

5.63.3

sa̱mrājā̍ u̱grā vṛ̍ṣa̱bhā di̱vas patī̍ pṛthi̱vyā mi̱trāvaru̍ṇā̱ vica̍rṣaṇī |
ci̱trebhi̍r a̱bhrair upa̍ tiṣṭhatho̱ rava̱ṁ dyāṁ va̍rṣayatho̱ asu̍rasya mā̱yayā̍ ||

Imperial Kings, strong, Heroes, Lords of earth and heaven, Mitra and Varuṇa, ye ever active Ones, Ye wait on thunder with the many-tinted clouds, and by the Asura's magic power cause Heaven to rain.

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

5.63.4

mā̱yā vā̍m mitrāvaruṇā di̱vi śri̱tā sūryo̱ jyoti̍ś carati ci̱tram āyu̍dham |
tam a̱bhreṇa̍ vṛ̱ṣṭyā gū̍hatho di̱vi parja̍nya dra̱psā madhu̍manta īrate ||

Your magic, Mitra-Varuṇa, resteth in the heaven. The Sun, the wondrous weapon, cometh forth as light. Ye hide him in the sky with cloud and flood of rain, and water-drops, Parjanya! full of sweetness flow.

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

5.63.5

ratha̍ṁ yuñjate ma̱ruta̍ḥ śu̱bhe su̱khaṁ śūro̱ na mi̍trāvaruṇā̱ gavi̍ṣṭiṣu |
rajā̍ṁsi ci̱trā vi ca̍ranti ta̱nyavo̍ di̱vaḥ sa̍mrājā̱ paya̍sā na ukṣatam ||

The Maruts yoke their easy car for victory, O Mitra-Varuṇa, as a hero in the wars. The thunderers roam through regions varied in their hues. Imperial Kings, bedew us with the milk of heaven.

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

5.63.6

vāca̱ṁ su mi̍trāvaruṇā̱v irā̍vatīm pa̱rjanya̍ś ci̱trāṁ va̍dati̱ tviṣī̍matīm |
a̱bhrā va̍sata ma̱ruta̱ḥ su mā̱yayā̱ dyāṁ va̍rṣayatam aru̱ṇām a̍re̱pasa̍m ||

Refreshing is your voice, O Mitra-Varuṇa: Parjanya sendeth out a wondrous mighty voice. With magic power the Maruts clothe them with the clouds. Ye Two cause Heaven to rain, the red, the spotless One.

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

5.63.7

dharma̍ṇā mitrāvaruṇā vipaścitā vra̱tā ra̍kṣethe̱ asu̍rasya mā̱yayā̍ |
ṛ̱tena̱ viśva̱m bhuva̍na̱ṁ vi rā̍jatha̱ḥ sūrya̱m ā dha̍ttho di̱vi citrya̱ṁ ratha̍m ||

Wise, with your Law and through the Asura's magic power ye guard the ordinances, Mitra-Varuṇa. Ye by eternal Order govern all the world. Ye set the Sun in heaven as a refulgent car.

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

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