Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 5 — Chapter 69
RV 5 69.1
त्री रोचना वरुण त्रीꣳर् उत द्यून् त्रीणि मित्र धारयथो रजाꣳसि । वावृधानाव् अमतिꣳ क्षत्रियस्यानु व्रतꣳ रक्षमाणाव् अजुर्यम्
trī rocanā varuṇa trīm̐r uta dyūn trīṇi mitra dhārayatho rajāṁsi | vāvṛdhānāv amatiṁ kṣatriyasyānu vrataṁ rakṣamāṇāv ajuryam
Three bright realms, Varuṇa, and three heavens, and three airy spaces, Mitra, you two uphold, strengthening the splendour of the ruler, guarding the unaging ordinance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
THREE spheres of light, O Varuṇa, three heavens, three firmaments ye comprehend, O Mitra: Waxed strong, ye keep the splendour of dominion, guarding the Ordinance that lasts for ever.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 5 69.2
इरावतीर् वरुण धेनवो वाम् मधुमद् वाꣳ सिन्धवो मित्र दुह्रे । त्रयस् तस्थुर् वृषभासस् तिसृणाꣳ धिषणानाꣳ रेतोधा वि द्युमन्तः
irāvatīr varuṇa dhenavo vām madhumad vāṁ sindhavo mitra duhre | trayas tasthur vṛṣabhāsas tisṛṇāṁ dhiṣaṇānāṁ retodhā vi dyumantaḥ
Refreshment-bearing are your milch-cows, Varuṇa; sweetness do the rivers yield for you, Mitra. The three bulls stood apart, radiant, placers of the seed of the three Dhiṣaṇās.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Ye, Varuṇa, have kine who yield refreshment; Mitra, your floods pour water full of sweetness. There stand the Three Steers, splendid in their brightness, who fill the three world-bowls with genial moisture.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 5 69.3
प्रातर् देवीम् अदितिꣳ जोहवीमि मध्यꣳदिन उदिता सूर्यस्य । राये मित्रावरुणा सर्वतातेऴे तोकाय तनयाय शꣳ योः
prātar devīm aditiṁ johavīmi madhyaṁdina uditā sūryasya | rāye mitrāvaruṇā sarvatāteḻe tokāya tanayāya śaṁ yoḥ
At dawn I call again and again upon the goddess Aditi, at midday and at the rising of the sun. For wealth, Mitra-Varuṇa, I implore (you) in full, for offspring and descendants, for weal and safety.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
I call at dawn on Aditi the Goddess, I call at noon and when the Sun is setting. I pray, O Mitra-Varuṇa, for safety, for wealth and progeny, in rest and trouble.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 5 69.4
या धर्तारा रजसो रोचनस्योतादित्या दिव्या पार्थिवस्य । न वाꣳ देवा अमृता आ मिनन्ति व्रतानि मित्रावरुणा ध्रुवाणि
yā dhartārā rajaso rocanasyotādityā divyā pārthivasya | na vāṁ devā amṛtā ā minanti vratāni mitrāvaruṇā dhruvāṇi
You two who are the upholders of the airy space and of the shining realm, and Ādityas, heavenly (upholders) of the earthly—the immortal gods do not impair your fixed ordinances, Mitra-Varuṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Ye who uphold the region, sphere of brightness, ye who support earth's realm Divine Âdityas, The Immortal Gods, O Varuṇa and Mitra, never impair your everlasting statutes.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)