Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·1·1.41
यं रक्षन्ति प्रचेतसो वरुणो मित्रो अर्यमा । नू चित् स दभ्यते जनः ॥
yaṃ rakṣanti pracetaso varuṇo mitro aryamā | nū cit sa dabhyate janaḥ ||
Ne'er is he injured whom the Gods Varuna, Mitra, Aryaman, The excellently wise, protect.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यम् बाहुतेव पिप्रति पान्ति मर्त्यं रिषः । अरिष्टः सर्व एधते ॥
yam bāhuteva piprati pānti martyaṃ riṣaḥ | ariṣṭaḥ sarva edhate ||
He prospers ever, free from scathe, whom they, as with full hands, enrich, Whom they preserve from every foe.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
वि दुर्गा वि द्विषः पुरो घ्नन्ति राजान एषाम् । नयन्ति दुरिता तिरः ॥
vi durgā vi dviṣaḥ puro ghnanti rājāna eṣām | nayanti duritā tiraḥ ||
The Kings drive far away from him his troubles and his enemies, And lead him safely o'er distress.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सुगः पन्था अनृक्षर आदित्यास ऋतं यते । नात्रावखादो अस्ति वः ॥
sugaḥ panthā anṛkṣara ādityāsa ṛtaṃ yate | nātrāvakhādo asti vaḥ ||
Thornless, Adityas, is the path, easy for him who seeks the Law: With him is naught to anger you.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यं यज्ञं नयथा नर आदित्या ऋजुना पथा । प्र वः स धीतये नशत् ॥
yaṃ yajñaṃ nayathā nara ādityā ṛjunā pathā | pra vaḥ sa dhītaye naśat ||
What sacrifice, Adityas, ye Heroes guide by the path direct,-- May that come nigh unto your thought.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
स रत्नम् मर्त्यो वसु विश्वं तोकम् उत त्मना । अच्छा गच्छत्य् अस्तृतः ॥
sa ratnam martyo vasu viśvaṃ tokam uta tmanā | acchā gacchaty astṛtaḥ ||
That mortal, ever unsubdued, gains wealth and every precious thing, And children also of his own.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
कथा राधाम सखाय स्तोमम् मित्रस्यार्यम्णः । महि प्सरो वरुणस्य ॥
kathā rādhāma sakhāya stomam mitrasyāryamṇaḥ | mahi psaro varuṇasya ||
How, my friends, shall we prepare Aryaman's and Mitra's laud, Glorious food of Varuna?
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
मा वो घ्नन्तम् मा शपन्तम् प्रति वोचे देवयन्तम् । सुम्नैर् इद् व आ विवासे ॥
mā vo ghnantam mā śapantam prati voce devayantam | sumnair id va ā vivāse ||
I point not out to you a man who strikes the pious, or reviles: Only with hymns I call you nigh.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
चतुरश् चिद् ददमानाद् बिभीयाद् आ निधातोः । न दुरुक्ताय स्पृहयेत् ॥
caturaś cid dadamānād bibhīyād ā nidhātoḥ | na duruktāya spṛhayet ||
Let him not love to speak ill words: but fear the One who holds all four Within his hand, until they fall.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)