Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·7·7.87
रदत् पथो वरुणः सूर्याय प्रार्णांसि समुद्रिया नदीनाम् । सर्गो न सृष्टो अर्वतीर् ऋतायञ् चकार महीर् अवनीर् अहभ्यः ॥
radat patho varuṇaḥ sūryāya prārṇāṃsi samudriyā nadīnām | sargo na sṛṣṭo arvatīr ṛtāyañ cakāra mahīr avanīr ahabhyaḥ ||
Varuna cut a pathway out for Surya, and led the watery floods of rivers onward. The Mares, as in a race, speed on in order. He made great channels for the days to follow.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
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 ||
The wind, thy breath, hath sounded through the region like a wild beast that seeks his food in pastures. Within these two, exalted Earth and Heaven, O Varuna, are all the forms thou lovest.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
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 ||
Varuna's spies, sent forth upon their errand, survey the two world-halves well formed and fashioned. Wise are they, holy, skilled in sacrifices, the furtherers of the praise-songs of the prudent.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
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 ||
To me who understand hath Varuna spoken, the names borne by the Cow are three times seven. The sapient God, knowing the place's secret, shall speak as 'twere to teach the race that cometh.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तिस्रो द्यावो निहिता अन्तर् अस्मिन् तिस्रो भूमीर् उपराः षड्विधानाः । गृत्सो राजा वरुणश् चक्र एतं दिवि प्रेङ्खं हिरण्ययं शुभे कम् ॥
tisro dyāvo nihitā antar asmin tisro bhūmīr uparāḥ ṣaḍvidhānāḥ | gṛtso rājā varuṇaś cakra etaṃ divi preṅkhaṃ hiraṇyayaṃ śubhe kam ||
On him three heavens rest and are supported, and the three earths are there in sixfold order. The wise King Varuna hath made in heaven that Golden Swing to cover it with glory.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अव सिन्धुं वरुणो द्यौर् इव स्थाद् द्रप्सो न श्वेतो मृगस् तुविष्मान् । गम्भीरशंसो रजसो विमानः सुपारक्षत्रः सतो अस्य राजा ॥
ava sindhuṃ varuṇo dyaur iva sthād drapso na śveto mṛgas tuviṣmān | gambhīraśaṃso rajaso vimānaḥ supārakṣatraḥ sato asya rājā ||
Like Varuna from heaven he sinks in Sindhu, like a white-shining spark, a strong wild creature. Ruling in depths and meting out the region, great saving power hath he, this world's Controller.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यो मृळयाति चक्रुषे चिद् आगो वयं स्याम वरुणे अनागाः । अनु व्रतान्य् अदितेर् ऋधन्तो यूयम् पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः ॥
yo mṛḷayāti cakruṣe cid āgo vayaṃ syāma varuṇe anāgāḥ | anu vratāny aditer ṛdhanto yūyam pāta svastibhiḥ sadā naḥ ||
Before this Varuna may we be sinless him who shows mercy even to the sinner- While we are keeping Aditi's ordinances. Preserve us evermore, ye Gods, with blessings.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)