Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 7 — Chapter 88

RV 7 88.1

प्र शुन्ध्युवꣳ वरुणाय प्रेष्ठाम् मतिꣳ वसिष्ठ मीऴ्हुषे भरस्व । य ईम् अर्वाञ्चꣳ करते यजत्रꣳ सहस्रामघꣳ वृषणम् बृहन्तम्

pra śundhyuvaṁ varuṇāya preṣṭhām matiṁ vasiṣṭha mīḻhuṣe bharasva | ya īm arvāñcaṁ karate yajatraṁ sahasrāmaghaṁ vṛṣaṇam bṛhantam

Bring forth, Vasiṣṭha, a purifying and most dear thought for Varuṇa, for the bountiful one — for him who will turn hither the adorable one, the thousand-gifted, the bull, the lofty one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 7 88.2

अधा न्व् अस्य सꣳदृशꣳ जगन्वान् अग्नेर् अनीकꣳ वरुणस्य मꣳसि । स्व१र् यद् अश्मन्न् अधिपा उ अन्धो ऽभि मा वपुर् दृशये निनीयात्

adhā nv asya saṁdṛśaṁ jaganvān agner anīkaṁ varuṇasya maṁsi | sva1r yad aśmann adhipā u andho 'bhi mā vapur dṛśaye ninīyāt

Now indeed, having come to the sight of him, I shall deem Agni's face to be Varuṇa's. May he lead me over to the sun that is in the rock, and to the darkness, (he) the overlord, that I may see the wondrous form.

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

RV 7 88.3

आ यद् रुहाव वरुणश् च नावम् प्र यत् समुद्रम् ईरयाव मध्यम् । अधि यद् अपाꣳ स्नुभिश् चराव प्र प्रेङ्ख ईङ्खयावहै शुभे कम्

ā yad ruhāva varuṇaś ca nāvam pra yat samudram īrayāva madhyam | adhi yad apāṁ snubhiś carāva pra preṅkha īṅkhayāvahai śubhe kam

When Varuṇa and I board the boat, when we drive it out into the middle of the sea, when we travel over the surfaces of the waters, we two shall swing in the swing for splendour.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 7 88.4

वसिष्ठꣳ ह वरुणो नाव्य् आधाद् ऋषिꣳ चकार स्वपा महोभिः । स्तोतारꣳ विप्रः सुदिनत्वे अह्नाꣳ यान् नु द्यावस् ततनन् याद् उषासः

vasiṣṭhaṁ ha varuṇo nāvy ādhād ṛṣiṁ cakāra svapā mahobhiḥ | stotāraṁ vipraḥ sudinatve ahnāṁ yān nu dyāvas tatanan yād uṣāsaḥ

Varuṇa indeed set Vasiṣṭha in the boat; the skilled worker made him a ṛṣi by his greatnesses — the inspired one (made him) a praiser in the fair-daylight of the days, as long as the heavens shall stretch, as long as the dawns.

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

RV 7 88.5

क्व१ त्यानि नौ सख्या बभूवुः सचावहे यद् अवृकम् पुरा चित् । बृहन्तम् मानꣳ वरुण स्वधावः सहस्रद्वारꣳ जगमा गृहꣳ ते

kva1 tyāni nau sakhyā babhūvuḥ sacāvahe yad avṛkam purā cit | bṛhantam mānaṁ varuṇa svadhāvaḥ sahasradvāraṁ jagamā gṛhaṁ te

Where have those friendships of us two gone, which we used to keep company in, without hostility, in former times? I have gone to your lofty house, O self-powerful Varuṇa, to the dwelling with a thousand doors.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 7 88.6

य आपिर् नित्यो वरुण प्रियः सन् त्वाम् आगाꣳसि कृणवत् सखा ते । मा त एनस्वन्तो यक्षिन् भुजेम यन्धि ष्मा विप्रः स्तुवते वरूथम्

ya āpir nityo varuṇa priyaḥ san tvām āgāṁsi kṛṇavat sakhā te | mā ta enasvanto yakṣin bhujema yandhi ṣmā vipraḥ stuvate varūtham

He who, being a constant kinsman, dear to you, your friend, O Varuṇa, commits offences against you — may we not, being guilty, suffer for it, O powerful one. Being inspired, grant shelter to the one who praises you.

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

RV 7 88.7

ध्रुवासु त्वासु क्षितिषु क्षियन्तो व्य् अ१स्मत् पाशꣳ वरुणो मुमोचत् । अवो वन्वाना अदितेर् उपस्थाद् यूयम् पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः

dhruvāsu tvāsu kṣitiṣu kṣiyanto vy a1smat pāśaṁ varuṇo mumocat | avo vanvānā aditer upasthād yūyam pāta svastibhiḥ sadā naḥ

Dwelling in these your firm abodes, may Varuṇa loose the fetter from us. Winning help from Aditi's lap, do you (gods) protect us always with your blessings.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition