Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·8·8.25
ता वां विश्वस्य गोपा देवा देवेषु यज्ञिया । ऋतावाना यजसे पूतदक्षसा ॥
tā vāṃ viśvasya gopā devā deveṣu yajñiyā | ṛtāvānā yajase pūtadakṣasā ||
I WORSHIP you who guard this All, Gods, holiest among the Gods, You, faithful to the Law, whose power is sanctified.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
मित्रा तना न रथ्या वरुणो यश् च सुक्रतुः । सनात् सुजाता तनया धृतव्रता ॥
mitrā tanā na rathyā varuṇo yaś ca sukratuḥ | sanāt sujātā tanayā dhṛtavratā ||
So, too, like charioteers are they, Mitra and sapient Varuna, Sons high-born from of old, whose holy laws stand fast.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ता माता विश्ववेदसासुर्याय प्रमहसा । मही जजानादितिर् ऋतावरी ॥
tā mātā viśvavedasāsuryāya pramahasā | mahī jajānāditir ṛtāvarī ||
These Twain, possessors of all wealth, most glorious, for supremest sway Aditi, Mighty Mother, true to Law, brought forth.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
महान्ता मित्रावरुणा सम्राजा देवाव् असुरा । ऋतावानाव् ऋतम् आ घोषतो बृहत् ॥
mahāntā mitrāvaruṇā samrājā devāv asurā | ṛtāvānāv ṛtam ā ghoṣato bṛhat ||
Great Varuna and Mitra, Gods, Asuras and imperial Lords, True to Eternal Law proclaim the high decree.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
नपाता शवसो महः सूनू दक्षस्य सुक्रतू । सृप्रदानू इषो वास्त्व् अधि क्षितः ॥
napātā śavaso mahaḥ sūnū dakṣasya sukratū | sṛpradānū iṣo vāstv adhi kṣitaḥ ||
The offspring of a lofty Power, Daksa's Two Sons exceeding strong, Who, Lords of flowing rain, dwell in the place of food.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सं या दानूनि येमथुर् दिव्याः पार्थिवीर् इषः । नभस्वतीर् आ वां चरन्तु वृष्टयः ॥
saṃ yā dānūni yemathur divyāḥ pārthivīr iṣaḥ | nabhasvatīr ā vāṃ carantu vṛṣṭayaḥ ||
Ye who have gathered up your gifts, celestial and terrestrial food, Let your rain come to us fraught with the mist of heaven.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अधि या बृहतो दिवो ऽभि यूथेव पश्यतः । ऋतावाना सम्राजा नमसे हिता ॥
adhi yā bṛhato divo 'bhi yūtheva paśyataḥ | ṛtāvānā samrājā namase hitā ||
The Twain, who from the lofty sky seem to look down on herds below, Holy, imperial Lords, are set to be revered.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ऋतावाना नि षेदतुः साम्राज्याय सुक्रतू । धृतव्रता क्षत्रिया क्षत्रम् आशतुः ॥
ṛtāvānā ni ṣedatuḥ sāmrājyāya sukratū | dhṛtavratā kṣatriyā kṣatram āśatuḥ ||
They, true to Law, exceeding strong, have sat them down for Savran rule: Princes whose laws stand fast, they have obtained their sway.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अक्ष्णश् चिद् गातुवित्तरानुल्बणेन चक्षसा । नि चिन् मिषन्ता निचिरा नि चिक्यतुः ॥
akṣṇaś cid gātuvittarānulbaṇena cakṣasā | ni cin miṣantā nicirā ni cikyatuḥ ||
Pathfinders even better than the eye, with unobstructed sight, Even when they close their lids, observant, they perceive.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उत नो देव्य् अदितिर् उरुष्यतां नासत्या । उरुष्यन्तु मरुतो वृद्धशवसः ॥
uta no devy aditir uruṣyatāṃ nāsatyā | uruṣyantu maruto vṛddhaśavasaḥ ||
So may the Goddess Aditi, may the Nasatyas guard us well, The Maruts guard us well endowed with mighty strength.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ते नो नावम् उरुष्यत दिवा नक्तं सुदानवः । अरिष्यन्तो नि पायुभिः सचेमहि ॥
te no nāvam uruṣyata divā naktaṃ sudānavaḥ | ariṣyanto ni pāyubhiḥ sacemahi ||
Do ye, O Bounteous Gods, protect our dwelling lace by day and night: With you for our defenders may we go unharmed.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अघ्नते विष्णवे वयम् अरिष्यन्तः सुदानवे । श्रुधि स्वयावन् सिन्धो पूर्वचित्तये ॥
aghnate viṣṇave vayam ariṣyantaḥ sudānave | śrudhi svayāvan sindho pūrvacittaye ||
May we, unharmed, serve bountiful Visnu, the God who slayeth none: Self-moving Sindhu hear and be the first to mark.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तद् वार्यं वृणीमहे वरिष्ठं गोपयत्यम् । मित्रो यत् पान्ति वरुणो यद् अर्यमा ॥
tad vāryaṃ vṛṇīmahe variṣṭhaṃ gopayatyam | mitro yat pānti varuṇo yad aryamā ||
This sure protection we elect, desirable and reaching far, Which Mitra, Varuna, and Aryaman afford.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उत नः सिन्धुर् अपां तन् मरुतस् तद् अश्विना । इन्द्रो विष्णुर् मीढ्वांसः सजोषसः ॥
uta naḥ sindhur apāṃ tan marutas tad aśvinā | indro viṣṇur mīḍhvāṃsaḥ sajoṣasaḥ ||
And may the Sindhu of the floods, the Maruts, and the ASvin Pair, Boon Indra, and boon Visnu have one mind with us.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ते हि ष्मा वनुषो नरो ऽभिमातिं कयस्य चित् । तिग्मं न क्षोदः प्रतिघ्नन्ति भूर्णयः ॥
te hi ṣmā vanuṣo naro 'bhimātiṃ kayasya cit | tigmaṃ na kṣodaḥ pratighnanti bhūrṇayaḥ ||
Because these warring Heroes stay the enmity of every foe, As the fierce water-flood repels the furious ones.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अयम् एक इत्था पुरूरु चष्टे वि विश्पतिः । तस्य व्रतान्य् अनु वश् चरामसि ॥
ayam eka itthā purūru caṣṭe vi viśpatiḥ | tasya vratāny anu vaś carāmasi ||
Here this one God, the Lord of men, looks forth exceeding far and wide: And we, for your advantage, keep his holy laws.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अनु पूर्वाण्य् ओक्या साम्राज्यस्य सश्चिम । मित्रस्य व्रता वरुणस्य दीर्घश्रुत् ॥
anu pūrvāṇy okyā sāmrājyasya saścima | mitrasya vratā varuṇasya dīrghaśrut ||
We keep the old accustomed laws, the statutes of supremacy, The Iong-known laws of Mitra and of Varuna.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
परि यो रश्मिना दिवो ऽन्तान् ममे पृथिव्याः । उभे आ पप्रौ रोदसी महित्वा ॥
pari yo raśminā divo 'ntān mame pṛthivyāḥ | ubhe ā paprau rodasī mahitvā ||
He who hath measured with his ray the boundaries of heaven and earth, And with his majesty hath filled the two worlds full,
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उद् उ ष्य शरणे दिवो ज्योतिर् अयंस्त सूर्यः । अग्निर् न शुक्रः समिधान आहुतः ॥
ud u ṣya śaraṇe divo jyotir ayaṃsta sūryaḥ | agnir na śukraḥ samidhāna āhutaḥ ||
Surya hath spread his light aloft up to the region of the sky, Like Agni all aflame when gifts are offered him.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
वचो दीर्घप्रसद्मनीशे वाजस्य गोमतः । ईशे हि पित्वो ऽविषस्य दावने ॥
vaco dīrghaprasadmanīśe vājasya gomataḥ | īśe hi pitvo 'viṣasya dāvane ||
With him who sits afar the word is lord of food that comes from kine, Controller of the gift of unempoisoned food.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तत् सूर्यं रोदसी उभे दोषा वस्तोर् उप ब्रुवे । भोजेष्व् अस्मां अभ्य् उच् चरा सदा ॥
tat sūryaṃ rodasī ubhe doṣā vastor upa bruve | bhojeṣv asmāṃ abhy uc carā sadā ||
So unto Surya, Heaven, and Earth at morning and at eve I speak. Bringing enjoyments ever rise thou up for us.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ऋज्रम् उक्षण्यायने रजतं हरयाणे । रथं युक्तम् असनाम सुषामणि ॥
ṛjram ukṣaṇyāyane rajataṃ harayāṇe | rathaṃ yuktam asanāma suṣāmaṇi ||
From Uksanyayana a bay, from Harayana a white steed, And from Susaman we obtained a hamessed car.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ता मे अश्व्यानां हरीणां नितोशना । उतो नु कृत्व्यानां नृवाहसा ॥
tā me aśvyānāṃ harīṇāṃ nitośanā | uto nu kṛtvyānāṃ nṛvāhasā ||
These two shall bring me further gain of troops of tawny-coloured steeds, The carriers shall they be of active men of war.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
स्मदभीशू कशावन्ता विप्रा नविष्ठया मती । महो वाजिनाव् अर्वन्ता सचासनम् ॥
smadabhīśū kaśāvantā viprā naviṣṭhayā matī | maho vājināv arvantā sacāsanam ||
And the two sages have I gained who hold the reins and bear the whip, And the two great strong coursers, with my newest song.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)