Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 5 — Chapter 85

RV 5 85.1

प्र सम्राजे बृहद् अर्चा गभीरम् ब्रह्म प्रियꣳ वरुणाय श्रुताय । वि यो जघान शमितेव चर्मोपस्तिरे पृथिवीꣳ सूर्याय

pra samrāje bṛhad arcā gabhīram brahma priyaṁ varuṇāya śrutāya | vi yo jaghāna śamiteva carmopastire pṛthivīṁ sūryāya

Sing forth a lofty, deep, dear formulation to the universal king, to famed Varuṇa — who split (the sky) apart as a butcher a hide, to spread out the earth for the sun.

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RV 5 85.2

वनेषु व्य् अ१न्तरिक्षꣳ ततान वाजम् अर्वत्सु पय उस्रियासु । हृत्सु क्रतुꣳ वरुणो अप्स्व् अ१ग्निꣳ दिवि सूर्यम् अदधात् सोमम् अद्रौ

vaneṣu vy a1ntarikṣaṁ tatāna vājam arvatsu paya usriyāsu | hṛtsu kratuṁ varuṇo apsv a1gniṁ divi sūryam adadhāt somam adrau

He stretched out the midspace over the woods, the prize in the racehorses, the milk in the ruddy cows; Varuṇa set resolve (kratu) in hearts, Agni in the waters, the sun in heaven, soma on the rock.

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RV 5 85.3

नीचीनबारꣳ वरुणः कवन्धम् प्र ससर्ज रोदसी अन्तरिक्षम् । तेन विश्वस्य भुवनस्य राजा यवꣳ न वृष्टिर् व्य् उनत्ति भूम

nīcīnabāraṁ varuṇaḥ kavandham pra sasarja rodasī antarikṣam | tena viśvasya bhuvanasya rājā yavaṁ na vṛṣṭir vy unatti bhūma

Varuṇa has let loose the cask with its mouth turned downward over the two world-halves and the midspace; with it the king of the whole world soaks the ground, as rain soaks barley.

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RV 5 85.4

उनत्ति भूमिम् पृथिवीम् उत द्याꣳ यदा दुग्धꣳ वरुणो वष्ट्य् आद् इत् । सम् अभ्रेण वसत पर्वतासस् तविषीयन्तः श्रथयन्त वीराः

unatti bhūmim pṛthivīm uta dyāṁ yadā dugdhaṁ varuṇo vaṣṭy ād it | sam abhreṇa vasata parvatāsas taviṣīyantaḥ śrathayanta vīrāḥ

He soaks the soil, the earth, and the heaven too; whenever Varuṇa wants it milked, then at once the mountains clothe themselves in cloud, and the heroes, showing their strength, let it loose.

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RV 5 85.5

इमाम् ऊ ष्व् आसुरस्य श्रुतस्य महीम् मायाꣳ वरुणस्य प्र वोचम् । मानेनेव तस्थिवाꣳ अन्तरिक्षे वि यो ममे पृथिवीꣳ सूर्येण

imām ū ṣv āsurasya śrutasya mahīm māyāṁ varuṇasya pra vocam | māneneva tasthivām̐ antarikṣe vi yo mame pṛthivīṁ sūryeṇa

This great magic art (māyā) of the famed Asura Varuṇa I have proclaimed — who, standing in the midspace as with a measuring rod, measured out the earth with the sun.

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RV 5 85.6

इमाम् ऊ नु कवितमस्य मायाम् महीꣳ देवस्य नकिर् आ दधर्ष । एकꣳ यद् उद्ना न पृणन्त्य् एनीर् आसिञ्चन्तीर् अवनयः समुद्रम्

imām ū nu kavitamasya māyām mahīṁ devasya nakir ā dadharṣa | ekaṁ yad udnā na pṛṇanty enīr āsiñcantīr avanayaḥ samudram

This great magic art of the most inspired god no one has yet assailed: that the gleaming rivers, pouring in, do not fill the one sea with their water.

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RV 5 85.7

अर्यम्यꣳ वरुण मित्र्यꣳ वा सखायꣳ वा सदम् इद् भ्रातरꣳ वा । वेशꣳ वा नित्यꣳ वरुणारणꣳ वा यत् सीम् आगश् चकृमा शिश्रथस् तत्

aryamyaṁ varuṇa mitryaṁ vā sakhāyaṁ vā sadam id bhrātaraṁ vā | veśaṁ vā nityaṁ varuṇāraṇaṁ vā yat sīm āgaś cakṛmā śiśrathas tat

Whatever offence we have committed against a comrade of Aryaman or of Mitra, or against a friend, or ever against a brother, or against a settled neighbour or a stranger, O Varuṇa — loosen that.

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RV 5 85.8

कितवासो यद् रिरिपुर् न दीवि यद् वा घा सत्यम् उत यन् न विद्म । सर्वा ता वि ष्य शिथिरेव देवाधा ते स्याम वरुण प्रियासः

kitavāso yad riripur na dīvi yad vā ghā satyam uta yan na vidma | sarvā tā vi ṣya śithireva devādhā te syāma varuṇa priyāsaḥ

What we, like gamblers, have transgressed at play, or what indeed is real, and what we do not know — untie all that, O god, as if it were slack; then, Varuṇa, may we be dear to you.

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