Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 1 — Chapter 24

RV 1 24.1

कस्य नूनꣳ कतमस्यामृतानाम् मनामहे चारु देवस्य नाम । को नो मह्या अदितये पुनर् दात् पितरꣳ च दृशेयम् मातरꣳ च

kasya nūnaṁ katamasyāmṛtānām manāmahe cāru devasya nāma | ko no mahyā aditaye punar dāt pitaraṁ ca dṛśeyam mātaraṁ ca

Of whom now, of which of the immortals, shall we call to mind the dear name of the god? Who will give us back to great Aditi, so that I may see father and mother?

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RV 1 24.2

अग्नेर् वयम् प्रथमस्यामृतानाम् मनामहे चारु देवस्य नाम । स नो मह्या अदितये पुनर् दात् पितरꣳ च दृशेयम् मातरꣳ च

agner vayam prathamasyāmṛtānām manāmahe cāru devasya nāma | sa no mahyā aditaye punar dāt pitaraṁ ca dṛśeyam mātaraṁ ca

We call to mind the dear name of Agni, the first of the immortals, of the god. May he give us back to great Aditi, so that I may see father and mother.

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RV 1 24.3

अभि त्वा देव सवितर् ईशानꣳ वार्याणाम् । सदावन् भागम् ईमहे

abhi tvā deva savitar īśānaṁ vāryāṇām | sadāvan bhāgam īmahe

To thee, god Savitar, who art master of desirable goods, ever-helping one, we appeal for a share.

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RV 1 24.4

यश् चिद् धि त इत्था भगः शशमानः पुरा निदः । अद्वेषो हस्तयोर् दधे

yaś cid dhi ta itthā bhagaḥ śaśamānaḥ purā nidaḥ | adveṣo hastayor dadhe

For that share of thine which indeed, thus laboring (in worship) ahead of blame, free of enmity, he has placed in (his) two hands —

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RV 1 24.5

भगभक्तस्य ते वयम् उद् अशेम तवावसा । मूर्धानꣳ राय आरभे

bhagabhaktasya te vayam ud aśema tavāvasā | mūrdhānaṁ rāya ārabhe

May we, with thy help, attain to (the wealth) apportioned by thee, O Bhaga, so as to lay hold of the head of riches.

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RV 1 24.6

नहि ते क्षत्रꣳ न सहो न मन्युꣳ वयश् चनामी पतयन्त आपुः । नेमा आपो अनिमिषꣳ चरन्तीर् न ये वातस्य प्रमिनन्त्य् अभ्वम्

nahi te kṣatraṁ na saho na manyuṁ vayaś canāmī patayanta āpuḥ | nemā āpo animiṣaṁ carantīr na ye vātasya praminanty abhvam

For neither thy rule nor thy might nor thy wrath have these birds in their flight attained, nor these waters moving without blinking, nor those who check the fury of the wind.

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RV 1 24.7

अबुध्ने राजा वरुणो वनस्योर्ध्वꣳ स्तूपꣳ ददते पूतदक्षः । नीचीनाः स्थुर् उपरि बुध्न एषाम् अस्मे अन्तर् निहिताः केतवः स्युः

abudhne rājā varuṇo vanasyordhvaṁ stūpaṁ dadate pūtadakṣaḥ | nīcīnāḥ sthur upari budhna eṣām asme antar nihitāḥ ketavaḥ syuḥ

In the bottomless (space) king Varuṇa of pure resolve holds up the crown of the tree; (its branches) stand downward, their base above. May the beams (of it) be set within us.

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RV 1 24.8

उरुꣳ हि राजा वरुणश् चकार सूर्याय पन्थाम् अन्वेतवा उ । अपदे पादा प्रतिधातवे ऽकर् उतापवक्ता हृदयाविधश् चित्

uruṁ hi rājā varuṇaś cakāra sūryāya panthām anvetavā u | apade pādā pratidhātave 'kar utāpavaktā hṛdayāvidhaś cit

For king Varuṇa made a broad path for the sun to follow after; for the footless he made feet to set down; and he is also the one who speaks away (evil), even from the heart-piercer.

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RV 1 24.9

शतꣳ ते राजन् भिषजः सहस्रम् उर्वी गभीरा सुमतिष् टे अस्तु । बाधस्व दूरे निरृतिम् पराचैः कृतꣳ चिद् एनः प्र मुमुग्ध्य् अस्मत्

śataṁ te rājan bhiṣajaḥ sahasram urvī gabhīrā sumatiṣ ṭe astu | bādhasva dūre nirṛtim parācaiḥ kṛtaṁ cid enaḥ pra mumugdhy asmat

A hundred, a thousand physicians are thine, O king; let thy good favour be wide and deep. Drive Nirṛti far off into the distances; release from us even the guilt we have committed.

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RV 1 24.10

अमी य ऋक्षा निहितास उच्चा नक्तꣳ ददृश्रे कुह चिद् दिवेयुः । अदब्धानि वरुणस्य व्रतानि विचाकशच् चन्द्रमा नक्तम् एति

amī ya ṛkṣā nihitāsa uccā naktaṁ dadṛśre kuha cid diveyuḥ | adabdhāni varuṇasya vratāni vicākaśac candramā naktam eti

Those Bears, set on high, which have appeared by night — where have they gone by day? Unassailable are Varuṇa's ordinances: surveying (all), the moon moves by night.

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RV 1 24.11

तत् त्वा यामि ब्रह्मणा वन्दमानस् तद् आ शास्ते यजमानो हविर्भिः । अहेऴमानो वरुणेह बोध्य् उरुशꣳस मा न आयुः प्र मोषीः

tat tvā yāmi brahmaṇā vandamānas tad ā śāste yajamāno havirbhiḥ | aheḻamāno varuṇeha bodhy uruśaṁsa mā na āyuḥ pra moṣīḥ

For that I come to thee, praising (thee) with sacred speech; for that the sacrificer entreats with oblations. Without anger, Varuṇa, be attentive here; wide-ruling one, do not steal away our life.

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RV 1 24.12

तद् इन् नक्तꣳ तद् दिवा मह्यम् आहुस् तद् अयꣳ केतो हृद आ वि चष्टे । शुनःशेपो यम् अह्वद् गृभीतः सो अस्मान् राजा वरुणो मुमोक्तु

tad in naktaṁ tad divā mahyam āhus tad ayaṁ keto hṛda ā vi caṣṭe | śunaḥśepo yam ahvad gṛbhītaḥ so asmān rājā varuṇo mumoktu

That they tell me by night, that by day; that this perception declares out of the heart. He whom Śunaḥśepa, when seized, called upon — may he, king Varuṇa, set us free.

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RV 1 24.13

शुनःशेपो ह्य् अह्वद् गृभीतस् त्रिष्व् आदित्यꣳ द्रुपदेषु बद्धः । अवैनꣳ राजा वरुणः ससृज्याद् विद्वाꣳ अदब्धो वि मुमोक्तु पाशान्

śunaḥśepo hy ahvad gṛbhītas triṣv ādityaṁ drupadeṣu baddhaḥ | avainaṁ rājā varuṇaḥ sasṛjyād vidvām̐ adabdho vi mumoktu pāśān

For Śunaḥśepa, when seized, bound to three posts, called upon the Āditya. May king Varuṇa let him loose; knowing and undeceived, may he untie the fetters.

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RV 1 24.14

अव ते हेऴो वरुण नमोभिर् अव यज्ञेभिर् ईमहे हविर्भिः । क्षयन्न् अस्मभ्यम् असुर प्रचेता राजन्न् एनाꣳसि शिश्रथः कृतानि

ava te heḻo varuṇa namobhir ava yajñebhir īmahe havirbhiḥ | kṣayann asmabhyam asura pracetā rājann enāṁsi śiśrathaḥ kṛtāni

We beg away thy wrath, Varuṇa, with obeisances, away with sacrifices, with oblations. Ruling (over us), O Asura of far-reaching mind, O king, slacken the sins we have committed.

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RV 1 24.15

उद् उत्तमꣳ वरुण पाशम् अस्मद् अवाधमꣳ वि मध्यमꣳ श्रथाय । अथा वयम् आदित्य व्रते तवानागसो अदितये स्याम

ud uttamaṁ varuṇa pāśam asmad avādhamaṁ vi madhyamaṁ śrathāya | athā vayam āditya vrate tavānāgaso aditaye syāma

Loosen from us the uppermost fetter, Varuṇa, the lowest downward, the middle one away; then may we, O Āditya, under thy ordinance, be sinless before Aditi.

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