DharmaPragya
Mandala 1, Hymn 25
Containing 21 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
Mandala 1, Hymn 25, Verse 1
Verse 1 of 21
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यच्चि॒द्धि ते॒ विशो॑ यथा॒ प्र दे॑व वरुण व्र॒तम् मि॒नी॒मसि॒ द्यवि॑द्यवि
"WHATEVER law of thine, O God, O Varuṇa, as we are men, Day after day we violate."
Mandala 1, Hymn 25, Verse 2
Verse 2 of 21
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मा नो॑ व॒धाय॑ ह॒त्नवे॑ जिहीळा॒नस्य॑ रीरधः मा हृ॑णा॒नस्य॑ म॒न्यवे॑
"give us not as a prey to death, to be destroyed by thee in wrath, To thy fierce anger when displeased."
Mandala 1, Hymn 25, Verse 3
Verse 3 of 21
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वि मृ॑ळी॒काय॑ ते॒ मनो॑ र॒थीरश्वं॒ न संदि॑तम् गी॒र्भिर्व॑रुण सीमहि
"To gain thy mercy, Varuṇa, with hymns we bind thy heart, as binds The charioteer his tethered horse."
Mandala 1, Hymn 25, Verse 4
Verse 4 of 21
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परा॒ हि मे॒ विम॑न्यवः॒ पत॑न्ति॒ वस्य॑इष्टये वयो॒ न व॑स॒तीरुप॑
"They flee from me dispirited, bent only on obtaining wealths As to their nests the birds of air."
Mandala 1, Hymn 25, Verse 5
Verse 5 of 21
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क॒दा क्ष॑त्र॒श्रियं॒ नर॒मा वरु॑णं करामहे मृ॒ळी॒कायो॑रु॒चक्ष॑सम्
"When shall we bring, to be appeased, the Hero, Lord of warrior might, Him, the far-seeing Varuṇa?"
Mandala 1, Hymn 25, Verse 6
Verse 6 of 21
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तदित्स॑मा॒नमा॑शाते॒ वेन॑न्ता॒ न प्र यु॑च्छतः धृ॒तव्र॑ताय दा॒शुषे॑
"This, this with joy they both accept in common: never do they fail The ever-faithful worshipper."
Mandala 1, Hymn 25, Verse 7
Verse 7 of 21
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वेदा॒ यो वी॒नां प॒दम॒न्तरि॑क्षेण॒ पत॑ताम् वेद॑ ना॒वः स॑मु॒द्रियः॑
"He knows the path of birds that fly through heaven, and, Sovran of the sea, He knows the ships that are thereon."
Mandala 1, Hymn 25, Verse 8
Verse 8 of 21
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वेद॑ मा॒सो धृ॒तव्र॑तो॒ द्वाद॑श प्र॒जाव॑तः वेदा॒ य उ॑प॒जाय॑ते
"True to his holy law, he knows the twelve moons with their progeny: He knows the moon of later birth."
Mandala 1, Hymn 25, Verse 9
Verse 9 of 21
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वेद॒ वात॑स्य वर्त॒निमु॒रोर्ऋ॒ष्वस्य॑ बृह॒तः वेदा॒ ये अ॒ध्यास॑ते
"He knows the pathway of the wind, the spreading, high, and mighty wind He knows the Gods who dwell above."
Mandala 1, Hymn 25, Verse 10
Verse 10 of 21
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नि ष॑साद धृ॒तव्र॑तो॒ वरु॑णः प॒स्त्या॒३॒॑स्वा साम्रा॑ज्याय सु॒क्रतुः॑
"Varuṇa, true to holy law, sits down among his people; he, Most wise, sits there to govern all."
Mandala 1, Hymn 25, Verse 11
Verse 11 of 21
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अतो॒ विश्वा॒न्यद्भु॑ता चिकि॒त्वाँ अ॒भि प॑श्यति कृ॒तानि॒ या च॒ कर्त्वा॑
"From thence percerving he beholds all wondrous things, both what hath been, And what hereafter will be done."
Mandala 1, Hymn 25, Verse 12
Verse 12 of 21
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स नो॑ वि॒श्वाहा॑ सु॒क्रतु॑रादि॒त्यः सु॒पथा॑ करत् प्र ण॒ आयूं॑षि तारिषत्
"May that Âditya, very -wise, make fair paths for us all our days: May lie prolong our lives for us."
Mandala 1, Hymn 25, Verse 13
Verse 13 of 21
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बिभ्र॑द्द्रा॒पिं हि॑र॒ण्ययं॒ वरु॑णो वस्त नि॒र्णिज॑म् परि॒ स्पशो॒ नि षे॑दिरे
"Varuṇa, wearing golden mail, hath clad him in a shining robe. His spies are seated found about."
Mandala 1, Hymn 25, Verse 14
Verse 14 of 21
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न यं दिप्स॑न्ति दि॒प्सवो॒ न द्रुह्वा॑णो॒ जना॑नाम् न दे॒वम॒भिमा॑तयः
"The God whom enemies threaten not, nor those who tyrannize o'er men, Nor those whose minds are bent on wrong."
Mandala 1, Hymn 25, Verse 15
Verse 15 of 21
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उ॒त यो मानु॑षे॒ष्वा यश॑श्च॒क्रे असा॒म्या अ॒स्माक॑मु॒दरे॒ष्वा
"He who gives glory to mankind, not glory that is incomplete, To our own bodies giving it."
Mandala 1, Hymn 25, Verse 16
Verse 16 of 21
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परा॑ मे यन्ति धी॒तयो॒ गावो॒ न गव्यू॑ती॒रनु॑ इ॒च्छन्ती॑रुरु॒चक्ष॑सम्
"Yearning for the wide-seeing One, my thoughts move onward unto him, As kine unto their pastures move."
Mandala 1, Hymn 25, Verse 17
Verse 17 of 21
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सं नु वो॑चावहै॒ पुन॒र्यतो॑ मे॒ मध्वाभृ॑तम् होते॑व॒ क्षद॑से प्रि॒यम्
"Once more together let us speak, because my meath is brought: priest-like Thou eatest what is dear to thee."
Mandala 1, Hymn 25, Verse 18
Verse 18 of 21
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दर्शं॒ नु वि॒श्वद॑र्शतं॒ दर्शं॒ रथ॒मधि॒ क्षमि॑ ए॒ता जु॑षत मे॒ गिरः॑
"Now saw I him whom all may see, I saw his car above the earth: He hath accepted these my songs."
Mandala 1, Hymn 25, Verse 19
Verse 19 of 21
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इ॒मं मे॑ वरुण श्रुधी॒ हव॑म॒द्या च॑ मृळय त्वाम॑व॒स्युरा च॑के
"Varuṇa, hear this call of mine: be gracious unto us this day Longing for help I cried to thee."
Mandala 1, Hymn 25, Verse 20
Verse 20 of 21
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त्वं विश्व॑स्य मेधिर दि॒वश्च॒ ग्मश्च॑ राजसि स याम॑नि॒ प्रति॑ श्रुधि
"Thou, O wise God, art Lord of all, thou art the King of earth and heaven Hear, as thou goest on thy way."
Mandala 1, Hymn 25, Verse 21
Verse 21 of 21
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उदु॑त्त॒मं मु॑मुग्धि नो॒ वि पाशं॑ मध्य॒मं चृ॑त अवा॑ध॒मानि॑ जी॒वसे॑
"Release us from the upper bond, untie the bond between, and loose The bonds below, that I may live."