Mandala 5

Sukta 67: Mitra, Varuna and Aryaman uphold the vows

Rishi: यजत आत्रेयः · Devata: मित्रावरुणौ · Metre: अनुष्टुप्

5 verses · 67 of 87

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Mitra, Varuna and Aryaman uphold the vows

Yajata Atreya praises Mitra, Varuna and Aryaman, the Adityas, in Anushtubh. O Devas, you have gained a high and holy place and the mightiest rule. When you sit on your golden seat, supporters of the peoples, grant happiness. All-knowing, they follow the vows step by step and guard the mortal from harm. True, touching rita, keepers of rita in every people, good guides and generous, they make wide room even out of distress. The closing verse asks which of us has not praised you; the thought goes to you, the thought goes forth from the Atris.

67.1

बळि॒त्था दे॑व निष्कृ॒तमादि॑त्या यज॒तं बृ॒हत् ।
वरु॑ण॒ मित्रार्य॑म॒न्वर्षि॑ष्ठं क्ष॒त्रमा॑शाथे

baḻitthā deva niṣkṛtamādityā yajataṃ bṛhat |
varuṇa mitrāryamanvarṣiṣṭhaṃ kṣatramāśāthe

67.2

आ यद्योनिं॑ हिर॒ण्ययं॒ वरु॑ण॒ मित्र॒ सद॑थः ।
ध॒र्तारा॑ चर्षणी॒नां य॒न्तं सु॒म्नं रि॑शादसा

ā yadyoniṃ hiraṇyayaṃ varuṇa mitra sadathaḥ |
dhartārā carṣaṇīnāṃ yantaṃ sumnaṃ riśādasā

67.3

विश्वे॒ हि वि॒श्ववे॑दसो॒ वरु॑णो मि॒त्रो अ॑र्य॒मा ।
व्र॒ता प॒देव॑ सश्चिरे॒ पान्ति॒ मर्त्यं॑ रि॒षः

viśve hi viśvavedaso varuṇo mitro aryamā |
vratā padeva saścire pānti martyaṃ riṣaḥ

67.4

ते हि स॒त्या ऋ॑त॒स्पृश॑ ऋ॒तावा॑नो॒ जने॑जने ।
सु॒नी॒थास॑ः सु॒दान॑वों॒ऽहोश्चि॑दुरु॒चक्र॑यः

te hi satyā ṛtaspṛśa ṛtāvāno janejane |
sunīthāsaḥ sudānavoṃ'hościdurucakrayaḥ

67.5

को नु वां॑ मि॒त्रास्तु॑तो॒ वरु॑णो वा त॒नूना॑म् ।
तत्सु वा॒मेष॑ते म॒तिरत्रि॑भ्य॒ एष॑ते म॒तिः

ko nu vāṃ mitrāstuto varuṇo vā tanūnām |
tatsu vāmeṣate matiratribhya eṣate matiḥ

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