Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 5 — Chapter 63

RV 5 63.1

ऋतस्य गोपाव् अधि तिष्ठथो रथꣳ सत्यधर्माणा परमे व्योमनि । यम् अत्र मित्रावरुणावथो युवꣳ तस्मै वृष्टिर् मधुमत् पिन्वते दिवः

ṛtasya gopāv adhi tiṣṭhatho rathaṁ satyadharmāṇā parame vyomani | yam atra mitrāvaruṇāvatho yuvaṁ tasmai vṛṣṭir madhumat pinvate divaḥ

O guardians of ṛta, you mount the chariot, you whose ordinances are true, in the highest vault. Whomever you two favour here, Mitra and Varuṇa, for him the honeyed rain swells out of the sky.

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RV 5 63.2

सम्राजाव् अस्य भुवनस्य राजथो मित्रावरुणा विदथे स्वर्दृशा । वृष्टिꣳ वाꣳ राधो अमृतत्वम् ईमहे द्यावापृथिवी वि चरन्ति तन्यवः

samrājāv asya bhuvanasya rājatho mitrāvaruṇā vidathe svardṛśā | vṛṣṭiṁ vāṁ rādho amṛtatvam īmahe dyāvāpṛthivī vi caranti tanyavaḥ

As sovereign kings you rule over this world, Mitra and Varuṇa, at the vidatha, you two who behold the sun. We beg of you rain, liberality, immortality; the thunder-peals roam abroad over heaven and earth.

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RV 5 63.3

सम्राजा उग्रा वृषभा दिवस् पती पृथिव्या मित्रावरुणा विचर्षणी । चित्रेभिर् अभ्रैर् उप तिष्ठथो रवꣳ द्याꣳ वर्षयथो असुरस्य मायया

samrājā ugrā vṛṣabhā divas patī pṛthivyā mitrāvaruṇā vicarṣaṇī | citrebhir abhrair upa tiṣṭhatho ravaṁ dyāṁ varṣayatho asurasya māyayā

Sovereign kings, powerful, bulls, lords of heaven and of earth, Mitra and Varuṇa, ranging widely: with gleaming clouds you approach the roar, you make the sky rain by the māyā of the Asura.

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RV 5 63.4

माया वाम् मित्रावरुणा दिवि श्रिता सूर्यो ज्योतिश् चरति चित्रम् आयुधम् । तम् अभ्रेण वृष्ट्या गूहथो दिवि पर्जन्य द्रप्सा मधुमन्त ईरते

māyā vām mitrāvaruṇā divi śritā sūryo jyotiś carati citram āyudham | tam abhreṇa vṛṣṭyā gūhatho divi parjanya drapsā madhumanta īrate

Your māyā, Mitra and Varuṇa, is fixed in heaven: the sun goes as light, a gleaming weapon; him you hide with cloud and with rain — in heaven, O Parjanya, honeyed drops are set in motion.

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RV 5 63.5

रथꣳ युञ्जते मरुतः शुभे सुखꣳ शूरो न मित्रावरुणा गविष्टिषु । रजाꣳसि चित्रा वि चरन्ति तन्यवो दिवः सम्राजा पयसा न उक्षतम्

rathaṁ yuñjate marutaḥ śubhe sukhaṁ śūro na mitrāvaruṇā gaviṣṭiṣu | rajāṁsi citrā vi caranti tanyavo divaḥ samrājā payasā na ukṣatam

The Maruts yoke their easy-running chariot for splendour, as a hero (does), O Mitra and Varuṇa, in the quests for cattle; the gleaming thunder-peals range through the airy spaces — O sovereign kings, sprinkle us with the milk of heaven.

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RV 5 63.6

वाचꣳ सु मित्रावरुणाव् इरावतीम् पर्जन्यश् चित्राꣳ वदति त्विषीमतीम् । अभ्रा वसत मरुतः सु मायया द्याꣳ वर्षयतम् अरुणाम् अरेपसम्

vācaṁ su mitrāvaruṇāv irāvatīm parjanyaś citrāṁ vadati tviṣīmatīm | abhrā vasata marutaḥ su māyayā dyāṁ varṣayatam aruṇām arepasam

Parjanya speaks out a speech, O Mitra and Varuṇa, rich in nourishment, gleaming, full of vehemence; the Maruts have clothed themselves in the clouds by māyā — make the sky rain, the ruddy, the spotless.

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RV 5 63.7

धर्मणा मित्रावरुणा विपश्चिता व्रता रक्षेथे असुरस्य मायया । ऋतेन विश्वम् भुवनꣳ वि राजथः सूर्यम् आ धत्थो दिवि चित्र्यꣳ रथम्

dharmaṇā mitrāvaruṇā vipaścitā vratā rakṣethe asurasya māyayā | ṛtena viśvam bhuvanaṁ vi rājathaḥ sūryam ā dhattho divi citryaṁ ratham

By ordinance, O Mitra and Varuṇa, you two, discerning in insight, guard the vratas by the māyā of the Asura; by ṛta you rule over the whole world; you set the sun in heaven as a gleaming chariot.

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