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Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.25

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  1. Ṛgveda 8.25.1, English I WORSHIP you who guard this All, Gods, holiest among the Gods, You, faithful to the Law, whose power is sanctified. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  2. Ṛgveda 8.25.2, English So, too, like charioteers are they, Mitra and sapient Varuna, Sons high-born from of old, whose holy laws stand fast. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  3. Ṛgveda 8.25.3, English These Twain, possessors of all wealth, most glorious, for supremest sway Aditi, Mighty Mother, true to Law, brought forth. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  4. Ṛgveda 8.25.4, English Great Varuna and Mitra, Gods, Asuras and imperial Lords, True to Eternal Law proclaim the high decree. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  5. Ṛgveda 8.25.5, English The offspring of a lofty Power, Daksa's Two Sons exceeding strong, Who, Lords of flowing rain, dwell in the place of food. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  6. Ṛgveda 8.25.6, English Ye who have gathered up your gifts, celestial and terrestrial food, Let your rain come to us fraught with the mist of heaven. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  7. Ṛgveda 8.25.7, English The Twain, who from the lofty sky seem to look down on herds below, Holy, imperial Lords, are set to be revered. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  8. Ṛgveda 8.25.8, English They, true to Law, exceeding strong, have sat them down for Savran rule: Princes whose laws stand fast, they have obtained their sway. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  9. Ṛgveda 8.25.9, English Pathfinders even better than the eye, with unobstructed sight, Even when they close their lids, observant, they perceive. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  10. Ṛgveda 8.25.10, English So may the Goddess Aditi, may the Nasatyas guard us well, The Maruts guard us well endowed with mighty strength. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  11. Ṛgveda 8.25.11, English Do ye, O Bounteous Gods, protect our dwelling lace by day and night: With you for our defenders may we go unharmed. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  12. Ṛgveda 8.25.12, English May we, unharmed, serve bountiful Visnu, the God who slayeth none: Self-moving Sindhu hear and be the first to mark. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  13. Ṛgveda 8.25.13, English This sure protection we elect, desirable and reaching far, Which Mitra, Varuna, and Aryaman afford. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  14. Ṛgveda 8.25.14, English And may the Sindhu of the floods, the Maruts, and the ASvin Pair, Boon Indra, and boon Visnu have one mind with us. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  15. Ṛgveda 8.25.15, English Because these warring Heroes stay the enmity of every foe, As the fierce water-flood repels the furious ones. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  16. Ṛgveda 8.25.16, English Here this one God, the Lord of men, looks forth exceeding far and wide: And we, for your advantage, keep his holy laws. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  17. Ṛgveda 8.25.17, English We keep the old accustomed laws, the statutes of supremacy, The Iong-known laws of Mitra and of Varuna. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  18. Ṛgveda 8.25.18, English He who hath measured with his ray the boundaries of heaven and earth, And with his majesty hath filled the two worlds full, Ralph T.H. Griffith
  19. Ṛgveda 8.25.19, English Surya hath spread his light aloft up to the region of the sky, Like Agni all aflame when gifts are offered him. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  20. Ṛgveda 8.25.20, English With him who sits afar the word is lord of food that comes from kine, Controller of the gift of unempoisoned food. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  21. Ṛgveda 8.25.21, English So unto Surya, Heaven, and Earth at morning and at eve I speak. Bringing enjoyments ever rise thou up for us. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  22. Ṛgveda 8.25.22, English From Uksanyayana a bay, from Harayana a white steed, And from Susaman we obtained a hamessed car. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  23. Ṛgveda 8.25.23, English These two shall bring me further gain of troops of tawny-coloured steeds, The carriers shall they be of active men of war. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  24. Ṛgveda 8.25.24, English 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. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  1. 8.25.1ता वां॒ विश्व॑स्य गो॒पा दे॒वा दे॒वेषु॑ य॒ज्ञिया॑ । ऋ॒तावा॑ना यजसे पू॒तद॑क्षसा ॥
  2. 8.25.2मि॒त्रा तना॒ न र॒थ्या॒३॒॑ वरु॑णो॒ यश्च॑ सु॒क्रतु॑ः । स॒नात्सु॑जा॒ता तन॑या धृ॒तव्र॑ता ॥
  3. 8.25.3ता मा॒ता वि॒श्ववे॑दसासु॒र्या॑य॒ प्रम॑हसा । म॒ही ज॑जा॒नादि॑तिरृ॒ताव॑री ॥
  4. 8.25.4म॒हान्ता॑ मि॒त्रावरु॑णा स॒म्राजा॑ दे॒वावसु॑रा । ऋ॒तावा॑नावृ॒तमा घो॑षतो बृ॒हत् ॥
  5. 8.25.5नपा॑ता॒ शव॑सो म॒हः सू॒नू दक्ष॑स्य सु॒क्रतू॑ । सृ॒प्रदा॑नू इ॒षो वास्त्वधि॑ क्षितः ॥
  6. 8.25.6सं या दानू॑नि ये॒मथु॑र्दि॒व्याः पार्थि॑वी॒रिष॑ः । नभ॑स्वती॒रा वां॑ चरन्तु वृ॒ष्टय॑ः ॥
  7. 8.25.7अधि॒ या बृ॑ह॒तो दि॒वो॒३॒॑ऽभि यू॒थेव॒ पश्य॑तः । ऋ॒तावा॑ना स॒म्राजा॒ नम॑से हि॒ता ॥
  8. 8.25.8ऋ॒तावा॑ना॒ नि षे॑दतु॒ः साम्रा॑ज्याय सु॒क्रतू॑ । धृ॒तव्र॑ता क्ष॒त्रिया॑ क्ष॒त्रमा॑शतुः ॥
  9. 8.25.9अ॒क्ष्णश्चि॑द्गातु॒वित्त॑रानुल्ब॒णेन॒ चक्ष॑सा । नि चि॑न्मि॒षन्ता॑ निचि॒रा नि चि॑क्यतुः ॥
  10. 8.25.10उ॒त नो॑ दे॒व्यदि॑तिरुरु॒ष्यतां॒ नास॑त्या । उ॒रु॒ष्यन्तु॑ म॒रुतो॑ वृ॒द्धश॑वसः ॥
  11. 8.25.11ते नो॑ ना॒वमु॑रुष्यत॒ दिवा॒ नक्तं॑ सुदानवः । अरि॑ष्यन्तो॒ नि पा॒युभि॑ः सचेमहि ॥
  12. 8.25.12अघ्न॑ते॒ विष्ण॑वे व॒यमरि॑ष्यन्तः सु॒दान॑वे । श्रु॒धि स्व॑यावन्सिन्धो पू॒र्वचि॑त्तये ॥
  13. 8.25.13तद्वार्यं॑ वृणीमहे॒ वरि॑ष्ठं गोप॒यत्य॑म् । मि॒त्रो यत्पान्ति॒ वरु॑णो॒ यद॑र्य॒मा ॥
  14. 8.25.14उ॒त न॒ः सिन्धु॑र॒पां तन्म॒रुत॒स्तद॒श्विना॑ । इन्द्रो॒ विष्णु॑र्मी॒ढ्वांस॑ः स॒जोष॑सः ॥
  15. 8.25.15ते हि ष्मा॑ व॒नुषो॒ नरो॒ऽभिमा॑तिं॒ कय॑स्य चित् । ति॒ग्मं न क्षोद॑ः प्रति॒घ्नन्ति॒ भूर्ण॑यः ॥
  16. 8.25.16अ॒यमेक॑ इ॒त्था पु॒रूरु च॑ष्टे॒ वि वि॒श्पति॑ः । तस्य॑ व्र॒तान्यनु॑ वश्चरामसि ॥
  17. 8.25.17अनु॒ पूर्वा॑ण्यो॒क्या॑ साम्रा॒ज्यस्य॑ सश्चिम । मि॒त्रस्य॑ व्र॒ता वरु॑णस्य दीर्घ॒श्रुत् ॥
  18. 8.25.18परि॒ यो र॒श्मिना॑ दि॒वोऽन्ता॑न्म॒मे पृ॑थि॒व्याः । उ॒भे आ प॑प्रौ॒ रोद॑सी महि॒त्वा ॥
  19. 8.25.19उदु॒ ष्य श॑र॒णे दि॒वो ज्योति॑रयंस्त॒ सूर्य॑ः । अ॒ग्निर्न शु॒क्रः स॑मिधा॒न आहु॑तः ॥
  20. 8.25.20वचो॑ दी॒र्घप्र॑सद्म॒नीशे॒ वाज॑स्य॒ गोम॑तः । ईशे॒ हि पि॒त्वो॑ऽवि॒षस्य॑ दा॒वने॑ ॥
  21. 8.25.21तत्सूर्यं॒ रोद॑सी उ॒भे दो॒षा वस्तो॒रुप॑ ब्रुवे । भो॒जेष्व॒स्माँ अ॒भ्युच्च॑रा॒ सदा॑ ॥
  22. 8.25.22ऋ॒ज्रमु॑क्ष॒ण्याय॑ने रज॒तं हर॑याणे । रथं॑ यु॒क्तम॑सनाम सु॒षाम॑णि ॥
  23. 8.25.23ता मे॒ अश्व्या॑नां॒ हरी॑णां नि॒तोश॑ना । उ॒तो नु कृत्व्या॑नां नृ॒वाह॑सा ॥
  24. 8.25.24स्मद॑भीशू॒ कशा॑वन्ता॒ विप्रा॒ नवि॑ष्ठया म॒ती । म॒हो वा॒जिना॒वर्व॑न्ता॒ सचा॑सनम् ॥