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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 7 — Chapter 66

RV 7 66.1

प्र मित्रयोर् वरुणयोः स्तोमो न एतु शूष्यः । नमस्वान् तुविजातयोः

pra mitrayor varuṇayoḥ stomo na etu śūṣyaḥ | namasvān tuvijātayoḥ

Let our praise, full of strength and of reverence, go forth to Mitra and Varuṇa, the two mightily born.

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LET our strong hymn of praise go forth, the laud of Mitra-Varuṇa, With homage to that high-born Pair;

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 66.2

या धारयन्त देवाः सुदक्षा दक्षपितरा । असुर्याय प्रमहसा

yā dhārayanta devāḥ sudakṣā dakṣapitarā | asuryāya pramahasā

The two who, as gods of good skill, having Dakṣa for father, upheld (it) for lordship, they of surpassing greatness;

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

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The Two exceeding wise, the Sons of Daksha, whom the gods ordained For lordship, excellently great.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 66.3

ता नः स्तिपा तनूपा वरुण जरितॄणाम् । मित्र साधयतꣳ धियः

tā naḥ stipā tanūpā varuṇa jaritṝṇām | mitra sādhayataṁ dhiyaḥ

You two, guardians of possessions, guardians of the body — Varuṇa, Mitra — bring the thoughts of the singers to fulfilment.

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Such, Guardians of our homes and us, O Mitra-Varuṇa, fulfil The thoughts of those who sing your praise.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 66.4

यद् अद्य सूर उदिते ऽनागा मित्रो अर्यमा । सुवाति सविता भगः

yad adya sūra udite 'nāgā mitro aryamā | suvāti savitā bhagaḥ

When today, at the rising of the sun, the sinless Mitro, Aryaman, Savitṛ, Bhaga shall impel (us),

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

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So when the Sun hath risen to-day, may sinless Mitra, Aryaman, Bhaga, and Savitar sendus forth.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 66.5

सुप्रावीर् अस्तु स क्षयः प्र नु यामन् सुदानवः । ये नो अꣳहो ऽतिपिप्रति

suprāvīr astu sa kṣayaḥ pra nu yāman sudānavaḥ | ye no aṁho 'tipiprati

let that dwelling be well protected. Forth now upon (your) course, O bounteous ones, you who carry us across distress.

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May this our home be guarded well forward, ye Bounteous, on the way, Who bear us safely o'er distress.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 66.6

उत स्वराजो अदितिर् अदब्धस्य व्रतस्य ये । महो राजान ईशते

uta svarājo aditir adabdhasya vratasya ye | maho rājāna īśate

And the self-ruling ones, and Aditi, they who (are) of the undeceived commandment — the kings have power over (what is) great.

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And those Self-reigning, Aditi, whose statute is inviolate, The Kings who rule a vast domain.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 66.7

प्रति वाꣳ सूर उदिते मित्रꣳ गृणीषे वरुणम् । अर्यमणꣳ रिशादसम्

prati vāṁ sūra udite mitraṁ gṛṇīṣe varuṇam | aryamaṇaṁ riśādasam

At the rising of the sun I sing in response to you two, to Mitra and Varuṇa, and to Aryaman who destroys foes.

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Soon as the Sun hath risen, to you, to Mitra-Varuṇa, I sing, And Aryaman who slays the foe.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 66.8

राया हिरण्यया मतिर् इयम् अवृकाय शवसे । इयꣳ विप्रा मेधसातये

rāyā hiraṇyayā matir iyam avṛkāya śavase | iyaṁ viprā medhasātaye

This thought (goes) with golden wealth, for power free of wolves; this one, O inspired ones, for the winning of the prize.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

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With wealth of gold may this my song bring unmolested power and might, And, Brahmans, gain the sacrifice.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 66.9

ते स्याम देव वरुण ते मित्र सूरिभिः सह । इषꣳ स्वश् च धीमहि

te syāma deva varuṇa te mitra sūribhiḥ saha | iṣaṁ svaś ca dhīmahi

May we be yours, god Varuṇa, yours, Mitra, together with the patrons; may we obtain nourishment and the light of heaven.

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May we be thine, God Varuṇa, and with our princes, Mitra, thine. Food and Heaven's light will we obtain.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 66.10

बहवः सूरचक्षसो ऽग्निजिह्वा ऋतावृधः । त्रीणि ये येमुर् विदथानि धीतिभिर् विश्वानि परिभूतिभिः

bahavaḥ sūracakṣaso 'gnijihvā ṛtāvṛdhaḥ | trīṇi ye yemur vidathāni dhītibhir viśvāni paribhūtibhiḥ

Many are they, sun-eyed, Agni-tongued, increasers of ṛta, who have held in rein the three assemblies, all of them, by their insights and their encompassing powers.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

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Many are they who strengthen Law, Sun-eyed, with Agni for their tongue, They who direct the three great gatherings with their thoughts, yea, all things with surpassing might.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 66.11

वि ये दधुः शरदम् मासम् आद् अहर् यज्ञम् अक्तुꣳ चाद् ऋचम् । अनाप्यꣳ वरुणो मित्रो अर्यमा क्षत्रꣳ राजान आशत

vi ye dadhuḥ śaradam māsam ād ahar yajñam aktuṁ cād ṛcam | anāpyaṁ varuṇo mitro aryamā kṣatraṁ rājāna āśata

They who apportioned the autumn, the month, then the day, the sacrifice, the night, and then the verse — Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman, the kings, have attained unattainable dominion.

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They who have stablished year and month and then the day, night, sacrifice and holy verse, Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman, the Kings, have won dominion which none else may gain.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 66.12

तद् वो अद्य मनामहे सूक्तैः सूर उदिते । यद् ओहते वरुणो मित्रो अर्यमा यूयम् ऋतस्य रथ्यः

tad vo adya manāmahe sūktaiḥ sūra udite | yad ohate varuṇo mitro aryamā yūyam ṛtasya rathyaḥ

That of yours we bear in mind today with well-made hymns, at the rising of the sun — what Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman declare: you are the charioteers of ṛta.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

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So at the rising of the Sun we think of you with hymns to-day, Even as Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman deserve: ye are the charioteers of Law.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 66.13

ऋतावान ऋतजाता ऋतावृधो घोरासो अनृतद्विषः । तेषाꣳ वः सुम्ने सुच्छर्दिष्टमे नरः स्याम ये च सूरयः

ṛtāvāna ṛtajātā ṛtāvṛdho ghorāso anṛtadviṣaḥ | teṣāṁ vaḥ sumne succhardiṣṭame naraḥ syāma ye ca sūrayaḥ

Possessing ṛta, born of ṛta, increasers of ṛta, awesome, hating untruth — in that favour of yours, most sheltering, may we men be, and those who are our patrons.

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True to Law, born in Law the strengtheners of Law, terrible, haters of the false, In their felicity which gives the best defence may we men and our princes dwell.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 66.14

उद् उ त्यद् दर्शतꣳ वपुर् दिव एति प्रतिह्वरे । यद् ईम् आशुर् वहति देव एतशो विश्वस्मै चक्षसे अरम्

ud u tyad darśataṁ vapur diva eti pratihvare | yad īm āśur vahati deva etaśo viśvasmai cakṣase aram

Up goes that fair form of heaven at (its) turning, when the swift divine Etaśa carries it, ready for every eye to see.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

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Uprises, on the slope of heaven, that marvel that attracts die sight As swift celestial Etaṣa bears it away, prepared for every eye to see.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 66.15

शीर्ष्णः-शीर्ष्णो जगतस् तस्थुषस् पतिꣳ समया विश्वम् आ रजः । सप्त स्वसारः सुविताय सूर्यꣳ वहन्ति हरितो रथे

śīrṣṇaḥ-śīrṣṇo jagatas tasthuṣas patiṁ samayā viśvam ā rajaḥ | sapta svasāraḥ suvitāya sūryaṁ vahanti harito rathe

The lord of what moves and what stands, head by head, through the whole midspace — the seven sisters, the tawny mares, carry Sūrya on his chariot for a good journey.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

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Lord of each single head, of fixt and moving things, equally through the whole expanse, The Seven sister Bays bear Sûrya on his car, to bring us wealth and happiness.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 66.16

तच् चक्षुर् देवहितꣳ शुक्रम् उच्चरत् । पश्येम शरदः शतꣳ जीवेम शरदः शतम्

tac cakṣur devahitaṁ śukram uccarat | paśyema śaradaḥ śataṁ jīvema śaradaḥ śatam

That eye, set (there) by the gods, bright, rising up — may we see a hundred autumns, may we live a hundred autumns.

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A hundred autumns may we see that bright Eye, God-ordained, arise A hundred autumns may we live.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 66.17

काव्येभिर् अदाभ्या यातꣳ वरुण द्युमत् । मित्रश् च सोमपीतये

kāvyebhir adābhyā yātaṁ varuṇa dyumat | mitraś ca somapītaye

With poetic powers, you undeceivable ones, come brilliantly, Varuṇa and Mitra, to the soma-drinking.

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Infallible through your wisdom, come hither, resplendent Varuṇa, And Mitra, to the Soma draught.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 66.18

दिवो धामभिर् वरुण मित्रश् चा यातम् अद्रुहा । पिबतꣳ सोमम् आतुजी

divo dhāmabhir varuṇa mitraś cā yātam adruhā | pibataṁ somam ātujī

By the abodes of heaven, Varuṇa and Mitra, come, you guileless ones; drink the soma, you swift-moving ones.

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Come as the laws of Heaven ordain, Varuṇa, Mitra, void of guile: Press near and drink the Soma juice.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 66.19

आ यातम् मित्रावरुणा जुषाणाव् आहुतिꣳ नरा । पातꣳ सोमम् ऋतावृधा

ā yātam mitrāvaruṇā juṣāṇāv āhutiṁ narā | pātaṁ somam ṛtāvṛdhā

Come, Mitra-Varuṇa, enjoying the oblation, O men; drink the soma, you increasers of ṛta.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Come, Mitra, Varuṇa, accept, Heroes, our sacrificial gift: Drink Soma, ye who strengthen Law.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)