Rigveda

Mandala 5, Hymn 67

Containing 5 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.

Rigveda

Mandala 5, Hymn 67, Verse 1

बळि॒त्था दे॑व निष्कृ॒तमादि॑त्या यज॒तं बृ॒हत् वरु॑ण॒ मित्रार्य॑म॒न्वर्षि॑ष्ठं क्ष॒त्रमा॑शाथे

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"YE Gods, Âdityas, Varuṇa, Aryaman, Mitra, verily Have here obtained supremest sway, high, holy, set apart for you."

Rigveda

Mandala 5, Hymn 67, Verse 2

आ यद्योनिं॑ हिर॒ण्ययं॒ वरु॑ण॒ मित्र॒ सद॑थः ध॒र्तारा॑ चर्षणी॒नां य॒न्तं सु॒म्नं रि॑शादसा

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"When, Varuṇa and Mitra, ye sit in your golden dwelling-place, Ye Twain, supporters of mankind, foeslayers, give felicity."

Rigveda

Mandala 5, Hymn 67, Verse 3

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

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"All these, possessors of all wealth, Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman, Follow their ways, as if with feet, and guard from injury mortal man."

Rigveda

Mandala 5, Hymn 67, Verse 4

ते हि स॒त्या ऋ॑त॒स्पृश॑ ऋ॒तावा॑नो॒ जने॑जने सु॒नी॒थासः॑ सु॒दान॑वों॒ऽहोश्चि॑दुरु॒चक्र॑यः

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"For they are true, they cleave to Law, held holy among every race, Good leaders, bounteous in their gifts, deliverers even from distress."

Rigveda

Mandala 5, Hymn 67, Verse 5

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

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"Which of your persons, Varuṇa or Mitra, merits not our praise? Therefore our thought is turned to you, the Atris' thought is turned to you."