Mandala 7

Sukta 89: Have mercy, Varuna, good ruler

Rishi: मैत्रावरुणिर्वसिष्ठः · Devata: वरुणः · Metre: गायत्री, ५ जगती

5 verses · 89 of 104

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Have mercy, Varuna, good ruler

Four short gayatri verses, each ending with the cry: have mercy, good ruler, have mercy. Maharshi Vasishtha prays that he may not yet go to the house of clay. He moves trembling like a puffed-up skin; through weakness of will he has gone the wrong way; thirst found the singer though he stood in the midst of the waters. The closing jagati asks pardon for whatever offence we men commit against the divine host, and for whatever law of Varuna we broke through heedlessness: do not harm us for that sin.

89.1

मो षु व॑रुण मृ॒न्मयं॑ गृ॒हं रा॑जन्न॒हं ग॑मम् ।
मृ॒ळा सु॑क्षत्र मृ॒ळय॑

mo ṣu varuṇa mṛnmayaṃ gṛhaṃ rājannahaṃ gamam |
mṛḻā sukṣatra mṛḻaya

89.2

यदेमि॑ प्रस्फु॒रन्नि॑व॒ दृति॒र्न ध्मा॒तो अ॑द्रिवः ।
मृ॒ळा सु॑क्षत्र मृ॒ळय॑

yademi prasphuranniva dṛtirna dhmāto adrivaḥ |
mṛḻā sukṣatra mṛḻaya

89.3

क्रत्व॑ः समह दी॒नता॑ प्रती॒पं ज॑गमा शुचे ।
मृ॒ळा सु॑क्षत्र मृ॒ळय॑

kratvaḥ samaha dīnatā pratīpaṃ jagamā śuce |
mṛḻā sukṣatra mṛḻaya

89.4

अ॒पां मध्ये॑ तस्थि॒वांसं॒ तृष्णा॑विदज्जरि॒तार॑म् ।
मृ॒ळा सु॑क्षत्र मृ॒ळय॑

apāṃ madhye tasthivāṃsaṃ tṛṣṇāvidajjaritāram |
mṛḻā sukṣatra mṛḻaya

89.5

यत्किं चे॒दं व॑रुण॒ दैव्ये॒ जने॑ऽभिद्रो॒हं म॑नु॒ष्या॒३॒॑श्चरा॑मसि ।
अचि॑त्ती॒ यत्तव॒ धर्मा॑ युयोपि॒म मा न॒स्तस्मा॒देन॑सो देव रीरिषः

yatkiṃ cedaṃ varuṇa daivye jane'bhidrohaṃ manuṣyāścarāmasi |
acittī yattava dharmā yuyopima mā nastasmādenaso deva rīriṣaḥ

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