Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 2 — Chapter 28

RV 2 28.1

इदꣳ कवेर् आदित्यस्य स्वराजो विश्वानि सान्त्य् अभ्य् अस्तु मह्ना । अति यो मन्द्रो यजथाय देवः सुकीर्तिम् भिक्षे वरुणस्य भूरेः

idaṁ kaver ādityasya svarājo viśvāni sānty abhy astu mahnā | ati yo mandro yajathāya devaḥ sukīrtim bhikṣe varuṇasya bhūreḥ

May this (song) of the sage, of the self-ruling Āditya, surpass all existing things by its greatness. I beg for fair renown of abundant Varuṇa, the god who is exceedingly gladdening for worship.

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RV 2 28.2

तव व्रते सुभगासः स्याम स्वाध्यो वरुण तुष्टुवाꣳसः । उपायन उषसाꣳ गोमतीनाम् अग्नयो न जरमाणा अनु द्यून्

tava vrate subhagāsaḥ syāma svādhyo varuṇa tuṣṭuvāṁsaḥ | upāyana uṣasāṁ gomatīnām agnayo na jaramāṇā anu dyūn

In your vrata may we be fortunate, well-minded, having praised you, Varuṇa, at the coming on of the cow-rich dawns, waking like fires day by day.

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RV 2 28.3

तव स्याम पुरुवीरस्य शर्मन्न् उरुशꣳसस्य वरुण प्रणेतः । यूयꣳ नः पुत्रा अदितेर् अदब्धा अभि क्षमध्वꣳ युज्याय देवाः

tava syāma puruvīrasya śarmann uruśaṁsasya varuṇa praṇetaḥ | yūyaṁ naḥ putrā aditer adabdhā abhi kṣamadhvaṁ yujyāya devāḥ

May we be in the shelter of you who have many heroes, whose word is wide, O Varuṇa, leader. You, undeceived sons of Aditi, be indulgent toward us for alliance, O gods.

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RV 2 28.4

प्र सीम् आदित्यो असृजद् विधर्ताꣳ ऋतꣳ सिन्धवो वरुणस्य यन्ति । न श्राम्यन्ति न वि मुचन्त्य् एते वयो न पप्तू रघुया परिज्मन्

pra sīm ādityo asṛjad vidhartām̐ ṛtaṁ sindhavo varuṇasya yanti | na śrāmyanti na vi mucanty ete vayo na paptū raghuyā parijman

The Āditya, the upholder, released them; the rivers go by Varuṇa's ṛta. They do not weary, they do not unharness; like birds they have flown swiftly on their circuit.

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RV 2 28.5

वि मच् छ्रथाय रशनाम् इवाग ऋध्याम ते वरुण खाम् ऋतस्य । मा तन्तुश् छेदि वयतो धियम् मे मा मात्रा शार्य् अपसः पुर ऋतोः

vi mac chrathāya raśanām ivāga ṛdhyāma te varuṇa khām ṛtasya | mā tantuś chedi vayato dhiyam me mā mātrā śāry apasaḥ pura ṛtoḥ

Loosen the offence from me like a rope; may we make prosper your spring of ṛta, Varuṇa. Let not the thread be cut while I weave my thought, nor the measure of the work be broken before its time.

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RV 2 28.6

अपो सु म्यक्ष वरुण भियसम् मत् सम्राऴ् ऋतावो ऽनु मा गृभाय । दामेव वत्साद् वि मुमुग्ध्य् अꣳहो नहि त्वद् आरे निमिषश् चनेशे

apo su myakṣa varuṇa bhiyasam mat samrāḻ ṛtāvo 'nu mā gṛbhāya | dāmeva vatsād vi mumugdhy aṁho nahi tvad āre nimiṣaś caneśe

Thrust the terror far from me, Varuṇa; take hold of me, O ṛta-possessing sovereign. Loose the distress away, as a cord from a calf; for apart from you I have no power even over the blink of an eye.

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RV 2 28.7

मा नो वधैर् वरुण ये त इष्टाव् एनः कृण्वन्तम् असुर भ्रीणन्ति । मा ज्योतिषः प्रवसथानि गन्म वि षू मृधः शिश्रथो जीवसे नः

mā no vadhair varuṇa ye ta iṣṭāv enaḥ kṛṇvantam asura bhrīṇanti | mā jyotiṣaḥ pravasathāni ganma vi ṣū mṛdhaḥ śiśratho jīvase naḥ

Not with those weapons of yours, Varuṇa, which at your pleasure crush the one who commits sin, O Asura — let us not come to dwellings away from the light; scatter the hostile ones apart, that we may live.

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RV 2 28.8

नमः पुरा ते वरुणोत नूनम् उतापरꣳ तुविजात ब्रवाम । त्वे हि कम् पर्वते न श्रितान्य् अप्रच्युतानि दूऴभ व्रतानि

namaḥ purā te varuṇota nūnam utāparaṁ tuvijāta bravāma | tve hi kam parvate na śritāny apracyutāni dūḻabha vratāni

Homage to you before, Varuṇa, and now, and hereafter let us speak it, O mightily born. For in you indeed are the vratas fixed as on a rock, unshaken, O hard-to-harm one.

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RV 2 28.9

पर ऋणा सावीर् अध मत्कृतानि माहꣳ राजन्न् अन्यकृतेन भोजम् । अव्युष्टा इन् नु भूयसीर् उषास आ नो जीवान् वरुण तासु शाधि

para ṛṇā sāvīr adha matkṛtāni māhaṁ rājann anyakṛtena bhojam | avyuṣṭā in nu bhūyasīr uṣāsa ā no jīvān varuṇa tāsu śādhi

Put away the debts made by me, and let me not, O king, enjoy by another's doing. Many dawns there are that have not yet dawned: direct us, Varuṇa, alive within them.

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RV 2 28.10

यो मे राजन् युज्यो वा सखा वा स्वप्ने भयम् भीरवे मह्यम् आह । स्तेनो वा यो दिप्सति नो वृको वा त्वꣳ तस्माद् वरुण पाह्य् अस्मान्

yo me rājan yujyo vā sakhā vā svapne bhayam bhīrave mahyam āha | steno vā yo dipsati no vṛko vā tvaṁ tasmād varuṇa pāhy asmān

Whoever, O king, whether a kinsman or a friend of mine, has told of terror to me in a dream when I was afraid, or whatever thief or wolf seeks to harm us — from that, Varuṇa, guard us.

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RV 2 28.11

माहम् मघोनो वरुण प्रियस्य भूरिदाव्न आ विदꣳ शूनम् आपेः । मा रायो राजन् सुयमाद् अव स्थाम् बृहद् वदेम विदथे सुवीराः

māham maghono varuṇa priyasya bhūridāvna ā vidaṁ śūnam āpeḥ | mā rāyo rājan suyamād ava sthām bṛhad vadema vidathe suvīrāḥ

May I not, Varuṇa, meet with the lack of a bountiful, dear, much-giving friend. May I not, O king, be left without well-controlled wealth. May we speak loftily in the assembly, with good sons.

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