Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 7 — Chapter 87

RV 7 87.1

रदत् पथो वरुणः सूर्याय प्रार्णाꣳसि समुद्रिया नदीनाम् । सर्गो न सृष्टो अर्वतीर् ऋतायञ् चकार महीर् अवनीर् अहभ्यः

radat patho varuṇaḥ sūryāya prārṇāṁsi samudriyā nadīnām | sargo na sṛṣṭo arvatīr ṛtāyañ cakāra mahīr avanīr ahabhyaḥ

Varuṇa cut out paths for the sun; he sent forth the sea-going floods of the rivers. Like a released charge, (like) mares, following ṛta he made the great streams for the days.

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

RV 7 87.2

आत्मा ते वातो रज आ नवीनोत् पशुर् न भूर्णिर् यवसे ससवान् । अन्तर् मही बृहती रोदसीमे विश्वा ते धाम वरुण प्रियाणि

ātmā te vāto raja ā navīnot paśur na bhūrṇir yavase sasavān | antar mahī bṛhatī rodasīme viśvā te dhāma varuṇa priyāṇi

Your breath, the wind, has roared through the airspace, like an eager beast that has won its pasture. Between these two, the great and lofty world-halves, are all your dear abodes, Varuṇa.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 7 87.3

परि स्पशो वरुणस्य स्मदिष्टा उभे पश्यन्ति रोदसी सुमेके । ऋतावानः कवयो यज्ञधीराः प्रचेतसो य इषयन्त मन्म

pari spaśo varuṇasya smadiṣṭā ubhe paśyanti rodasī sumeke | ṛtāvānaḥ kavayo yajñadhīrāḥ pracetaso ya iṣayanta manma

Varuṇa's spies, sent out together, look upon both well-propped worlds — possessors of ṛta, seers wise in sacrifice, the discerning who set the thought in motion.

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

RV 7 87.4

उवाच मे वरुणो मेधिराय त्रिः सप्त नामाघ्न्या बिभर्ति । विद्वान् पदस्य गुह्या न वोचद् युगाय विप्र उपराय शिक्षन्

uvāca me varuṇo medhirāya triḥ sapta nāmāghnyā bibharti | vidvān padasya guhyā na vocad yugāya vipra uparāya śikṣan

Varuṇa said to me, the wise one: 'Thrice seven names the cow bears.' Knowing, he would tell the hidden things of the track, as an inspired one helping the later generation.

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

RV 7 87.5

तिस्रो द्यावो निहिता अन्तर् अस्मिन् तिस्रो भूमीर् उपराः षड्विधानाः । गृत्सो राजा वरुणश् चक्र एतꣳ दिवि प्रेङ्खꣳ हिरण्ययꣳ शुभे कम्

tisro dyāvo nihitā antar asmin tisro bhūmīr uparāḥ ṣaḍvidhānāḥ | gṛtso rājā varuṇaś cakra etaṁ divi preṅkhaṁ hiraṇyayaṁ śubhe kam

Three heavens are set within him, three earths below, arranged sixfold. The clever king Varuṇa made for himself this golden swing in heaven, for splendour.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 7 87.6

अव सिन्धुꣳ वरुणो द्यौर् इव स्थाद् द्रप्सो न श्वेतो मृगस् तुविष्मान् । गम्भीरशꣳसो रजसो विमानः सुपारक्षत्रः सतो अस्य राजा

ava sindhuṁ varuṇo dyaur iva sthād drapso na śveto mṛgas tuviṣmān | gambhīraśaṁso rajaso vimānaḥ supārakṣatraḥ sato asya rājā

Varuṇa has come down upon the stream like heaven, like a white drop, a powerful beast. Of deep utterance, the measurer-out of the airspace, of dominion that carries well across, the king of this that is.

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

RV 7 87.7

यो मृऴयाति चक्रुषे चिद् आगो वयꣳ स्याम वरुणे अनागाः । अनु व्रतान्य् अदितेर् ऋधन्तो यूयम् पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः

yo mṛḻayāti cakruṣe cid āgo vayaṁ syāma varuṇe anāgāḥ | anu vratāny aditer ṛdhanto yūyam pāta svastibhiḥ sadā naḥ

He who shows mercy even to the one who has committed an offence — may we be free of offence before Varuṇa. Prospering according to Aditi's ordinances, do you (gods) protect us always with your blessings.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition