Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 7 — Chapter 86

RV 7 86.1

धीरा त्व् अस्य महिना जनूꣳषि वि यस् तस्तम्भ रोदसी चिद् उर्वी । प्र नाकम् ऋष्वꣳ नुनुदे बृहन्तꣳ द्विता नक्षत्रम् पप्रथच् च भूम

dhīrā tv asya mahinā janūṁṣi vi yas tastambha rodasī cid urvī | pra nākam ṛṣvaṁ nunude bṛhantaṁ dvitā nakṣatram paprathac ca bhūma

Wise indeed are his generations, through the greatness of him who propped apart even the two wide worlds. He thrust upward the lofty, high vault, and the star (as well), doubly, and spread out the earth.

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RV 7 86.2

उत स्वया तन्वा३ सꣳ वदे तत् कदा न्व् अ१न्तर् वरुणे भुवानि । किम् मे हव्यम् अहृणानो जुषेत कदा मृऴीकꣳ सुमना अभि ख्यम्

uta svayā tanvā3 saṁ vade tat kadā nv a1ntar varuṇe bhuvāni | kim me havyam ahṛṇāno juṣeta kadā mṛḻīkaṁ sumanā abhi khyam

And with my own body I take counsel about this: when shall I be within Varuṇa? What oblation of mine would he, unangered, enjoy? When, in good mind, shall I look upon (his) mercy?

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RV 7 86.3

पृच्छे तद् एनो वरुण दिदृक्षूपो एमि चिकितुषो विपृच्छम् । समानम् इन् मे कवयश् चिद् आहुर् अयꣳ ह तुभ्यꣳ वरुणो हृणीते

pṛcche tad eno varuṇa didṛkṣūpo emi cikituṣo vipṛccham | samānam in me kavayaś cid āhur ayaṁ ha tubhyaṁ varuṇo hṛṇīte

I ask about that offence, Varuṇa, desiring to see; I go to the knowing ones to enquire. The sages too tell me one and the same thing: this Varuṇa is angry with you.

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RV 7 86.4

किम् आग आस वरुण ज्येष्ठꣳ यत् स्तोतारꣳ जिघाꣳससि सखायम् । प्र तन् मे वोचो दूऴभ स्वधावो ऽव त्वानेना नमसा तुर इयाम्

kim āga āsa varuṇa jyeṣṭhaṁ yat stotāraṁ jighāṁsasi sakhāyam | pra tan me voco dūḻabha svadhāvo 'va tvānenā namasā tura iyām

What was the greatest transgression, Varuṇa, that you seek to slay the singer, your friend? Declare that to me, O hard to deceive, O self-determined one; free of offence may I come to you at once with homage.

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RV 7 86.5

अव द्रुग्धानि पित्र्या सृजा नो ऽव या वयꣳ चकृमा तनूभिः । अव राजन् पशुतृपꣳ न तायुꣳ सृजा वत्सꣳ न दाम्नो वसिष्ठम्

ava drugdhāni pitryā sṛjā no 'va yā vayaṁ cakṛmā tanūbhiḥ | ava rājan paśutṛpaṁ na tāyuṁ sṛjā vatsaṁ na dāmno vasiṣṭham

Loose from us the deceits of the fathers, and those which we have done with our own bodies. Loose Vasiṣṭha, O king, like a cattle-thieving thief, like a calf from its tether.

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RV 7 86.6

न स स्वो दक्षो वरुण ध्रुतिः सा सुरा मन्युर् विभीदको अचित्तिः । अस्ति ज्यायान् कनीयस उपारे स्वप्नश् चनेद् अनृतस्य प्रयोता

na sa svo dakṣo varuṇa dhrutiḥ sā surā manyur vibhīdako acittiḥ | asti jyāyān kanīyasa upāre svapnaś caned anṛtasya prayotā

That was not one's own will, Varuṇa; it was a stumbling: liquor, anger, dice, thoughtlessness. The elder is (present) at the younger's misstep; not even sleep keeps untruth away.

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RV 7 86.7

अरꣳ दासो न मीऴ्हुषे कराण्य् अहꣳ देवाय भूर्णये ऽनागाः । अचेतयद् अचितो देवो अर्यो गृत्सꣳ राये कवितरो जुनाति

araṁ dāso na mīḻhuṣe karāṇy ahaṁ devāya bhūrṇaye 'nāgāḥ | acetayad acito devo aryo gṛtsaṁ rāye kavitaro junāti

Like a slave, let me do service for the bountiful one, sinless for the impetuous god. The noble god made the unknowing take notice; he, the wiser, urges the shrewd one on to wealth.

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RV 7 86.8

अयꣳ सु तुभ्यꣳ वरुण स्वधावो हृदि स्तोम उपश्रितश् चिद् अस्तु । शꣳ नः क्षेमे शम् उ योगे नो अस्तु यूयम् पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः

ayaṁ su tubhyaṁ varuṇa svadhāvo hṛdi stoma upaśritaś cid astu | śaṁ naḥ kṣeme śam u yoge no astu yūyam pāta svastibhiḥ sadā naḥ

Let this praise, O self-determined Varuṇa, rest close within your heart. Let there be well-being for us in rest and well-being in enterprise. Do you protect us always with blessings.

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