Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 5 — Chapter 62
RV 5 62.1
ऋतेन ऋतम् अपिहितꣳ ध्रुवꣳ वाꣳ सूर्यस्य यत्र विमुचन्त्य् अश्वान् । दश शता सह तस्थुस् तद् एकꣳ देवानाꣳ श्रेष्ठꣳ वपुषाम् अपश्यम्
ṛtena ṛtam apihitaṁ dhruvaṁ vāṁ sūryasya yatra vimucanty aśvān | daśa śatā saha tasthus tad ekaṁ devānāṁ śreṣṭhaṁ vapuṣām apaśyam
By ṛta is ṛta covered, your firm (order), there where they unyoke the horses of the sun. Ten hundreds stood together — that One I saw, the finest of the wondrous forms of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
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.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 5 62.2
तत् सु वाम् मित्रावरुणा महित्वम् ईर्मा तस्थुषीर् अहभिर् दुदुह्रे । विश्वाः पिन्वथः स्वसरस्य धेना अनु वाम् एकः पविर् आ ववर्त
tat su vām mitrāvaruṇā mahitvam īrmā tasthuṣīr ahabhir duduhre | viśvāḥ pinvathaḥ svasarasya dhenā anu vām ekaḥ pavir ā vavarta
That indeed is your greatness, Mitra and Varuṇa: standing still (the cows) have been milked through the days; you swell all the milk-streams of the pasture, and your single wheel-rim has rolled round (after you).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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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.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 5 62.3
अधारयतम् पृथिवीम् उत द्याम् मित्रराजाना वरुणा महोभिः । वर्धयतम् ओषधीः पिन्वतꣳ गा अव वृष्टिꣳ सृजतꣳ जीरदानू
adhārayatam pṛthivīm uta dyām mitrarājānā varuṇā mahobhiḥ | vardhayatam oṣadhīḥ pinvataṁ gā ava vṛṣṭiṁ sṛjataṁ jīradānū
You two have upheld the earth and the sky, O King Mitra and Varuṇa, by your powers; make the plants grow, make the cows swell, release the rain downward, O you of quickening drops.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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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.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 5 62.4
आ वाम् अश्वासः सुयुजो वहन्तु यतरश्मय उप यन्त्व् अर्वाक् । घृतस्य निर्णिग् अनु वर्तते वाम् उप सिन्धवः प्रदिवि क्षरन्ति
ā vām aśvāsaḥ suyujo vahantu yataraśmaya upa yantv arvāk | ghṛtasya nirṇig anu vartate vām upa sindhavaḥ pradivi kṣaranti
Let your well-yoked horses bring you here; with reins held taut let them come near. The rinsing-garb of ghee follows after you; the rivers flow toward (you) from of old.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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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.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 5 62.5
अनु श्रुताम् अमतिꣳ वर्धद् उर्वीम् बर्हिर् इव यजुषा रक्षमाणा । नमस्वन्ता धृतदक्षाधि गर्ते मित्रासाथे वरुणेऴास्व् अन्तः
anu śrutām amatiṁ vardhad urvīm barhir iva yajuṣā rakṣamāṇā | namasvantā dhṛtadakṣādhi garte mitrāsāthe varuṇeḻāsv antaḥ
Let him (the singer) enlarge the famed, broad conception (amati), guarding it with the yajus as (one guards) the barhis. Reverent, of firm resolve, you two are seated upon the high seat, O Mitra and Varuṇa, amid the libations.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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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.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 5 62.6
अक्रविहस्ता सुकृते परस्पा यꣳ त्रासाथे वरुणेऴास्व् अन्तः । राजाना क्षत्रम् अहृणीयमाना सहस्रस्थूणम् बिभृथः सह द्वौ
akravihastā sukṛte paraspā yaṁ trāsāthe varuṇeḻāsv antaḥ | rājānā kṣatram ahṛṇīyamānā sahasrasthūṇam bibhṛthaḥ saha dvau
With hands that shed no blood, protecting from afar the man of good deeds, whom you two shield amid the libations, O Varuṇa — as kings without anger, you two together bear a thousand-pillared dominion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
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.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 5 62.7
हिरण्यनिर्णिग् अयो अस्य स्थूणा वि भ्राजते दिव्य् अ१श्वाजनीव । भद्रे क्षेत्रे निमिता तिल्विले वा सनेम मध्वो अधिगर्त्यस्य
hiraṇyanirṇig ayo asya sthūṇā vi bhrājate divy a1śvājanīva | bhadre kṣetre nimitā tilvile vā sanema madhvo adhigartyasya
Gold is its overlay, iron its pillar; it shines out in the sky like a horse-whip. Set down in a blessed field or in rich soil, may we win the sweetness of what is upon that seat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
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.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 5 62.8
हिरण्यरूपम् उषसो व्युष्टाव् अयःस्थूणम् उदिता सूर्यस्य । आ रोहथो वरुण मित्र गर्तम् अतश् चक्षाथे अदितिꣳ दितिꣳ च
hiraṇyarūpam uṣaso vyuṣṭāv ayaḥsthūṇam uditā sūryasya | ā rohatho varuṇa mitra gartam ataś cakṣāthe aditiṁ ditiṁ ca
Golden-formed at the shining-forth of the dawn, iron-pillared at the rising of the sun — onto that seat you two mount, O Varuṇa, O Mitra, and from there you look upon Aditi and Diti.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
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.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 5 62.9
यद् बꣳहिष्ठꣳ नातिविधे सुदानू अच्छिद्रꣳ शर्म भुवनस्य गोपा । तेन नो मित्रावरुणाव् अविष्टꣳ सिषासन्तो जिगीवाꣳसः स्याम
yad baṁhiṣṭhaṁ nātividhe sudānū acchidraṁ śarma bhuvanasya gopā | tena no mitrāvaruṇāv aviṣṭaṁ siṣāsanto jigīvāṁsaḥ syāma
That shelter which is thickest, not to be pierced through, O generous givers, the flawless one, O guardians of the world — with that help us, Mitra and Varuṇa; striving to win, may we be the victors.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
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.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)