Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·3·3.59
मित्रो जनान् यातयति ब्रुवाणो मित्रो दाधार पृथिवीम् उत द्याम् । मित्रः कृष्टीर् अनिमिषाभि चष्टे मित्राय हव्यं घृतवज् जुहोत ॥
mitro janān yātayati bruvāṇo mitro dādhāra pṛthivīm uta dyām | mitraḥ kṛṣṭīr animiṣābhi caṣṭe mitrāya havyaṃ ghṛtavaj juhota ||
Mitra, when speaking, stirreth men to labour: Mitra sustaineth both the earth and heaven. Mitra beholdeth men with eyes that close not. To Mitra bring, with holy oil, oblation.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्र स मित्र मर्तो अस्तु प्रयस्वान् यस् त आदित्य शिक्षति व्रतेन । न हन्यते न जीयते त्वोतो नैनम् अंहो अश्नोत्य् अन्तितो न दूरात् ॥
pra sa mitra marto astu prayasvān yas ta āditya śikṣati vratena | na hanyate na jīyate tvoto nainam aṃho aśnoty antito na dūrāt ||
Foremost be he who brings thee food, O Mitra, who strives to keep thy sacred Law, Aditya. He whom thou helpest ne'er is slain or conquered, on him, from near or far, falls no affliction.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अनमीवास इळया मदन्तो मितज्ञवो वरिमन्न् आ पृथिव्याः । आदित्यस्य व्रतम् उपक्षियन्तो वयम् मित्रस्य सुमतौ स्याम ॥
anamīvāsa iḷayā madanto mitajñavo varimann ā pṛthivyāḥ | ādityasya vratam upakṣiyanto vayam mitrasya sumatau syāma ||
joying in sacred food and free from sickness, with knees bent lowly on the earth's broad surface, Following closely the Aditya's statute, may we remain in Mitra's gracious favour.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अयम् मित्रो नमस्यः सुशेवो राजा सुक्षत्रो अजनिष्ट वेधाः । तस्य वयं सुमतौ यज्ञियस्यापि भद्रे सौमनसे स्याम ॥
ayam mitro namasyaḥ suśevo rājā sukṣatro ajaniṣṭa vedhāḥ | tasya vayaṃ sumatau yajñiyasyāpi bhadre saumanase syāma ||
Auspicious and adorable, this Mitra was born with fair dominion, King, Disposer. May we enjoy the grace of him the Holy, yea, rest in his propitious loving-kindness.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
महां आदित्यो नमसोपसद्यो यातयज्जनो गृणते सुशेवः । तस्मा एतत् पन्यतमाय जुष्टम् अग्नौ मित्राय हविर् आ जुहोत ॥
mahāṃ ādityo namasopasadyo yātayajjano gṛṇate suśevaḥ | tasmā etat panyatamāya juṣṭam agnau mitrāya havir ā juhota ||
The great Aditya, to be served with worship, who stirreth men, is gracious to the singer. To Mitra, him most highly to be lauded, offer in fire oblation that he loveth.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
मित्रस्य चर्षणीधृतो ऽवो देवस्य सानसि । द्युम्नं चित्रश्रवस्तमम् ॥
mitrasya carṣaṇīdhṛto 'vo devasya sānasi | dyumnaṃ citraśravastamam ||
The gainful grace of Mitra, God, supporter of the race of man, Gives splendour of most glorious fame.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अभि यो महिना दिवम् मित्रो बभूव सप्रथाः । अभि श्रवोभिः पृथिवीम् ॥
abhi yo mahinā divam mitro babhūva saprathāḥ | abhi śravobhiḥ pṛthivīm ||
Mitra whose glory spreads afar, he who in might surpasses heaven, Surpasses earth in his renown.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
मित्राय पञ्च येमिरे जना अभिष्टिशवसे । स देवान् विश्वान् बिभर्ति ॥
mitrāya pañca yemire janā abhiṣṭiśavase | sa devān viśvān bibharti ||
All the Five Races have repaired to Mitra, ever strong to aid, For he sustaineth all the Gods.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
मित्रो देवेष्व् आयुषु जनाय वृक्तबर्हिषे । इष इष्टव्रता अकः ॥
mitro deveṣv āyuṣu janāya vṛktabarhiṣe | iṣa iṣṭavratā akaḥ ||
Mitra to Gods, to living men, to him who strews the holy grass, Gives food fulfilling sacred Law.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)