सूक्त २४

कस्य नूनं कतमस्यामृतानां मनामहे चारु देवस्य नाम। को नो मह्या अदितये पुनर्दात्पितरं च दृशेयं मातरं च॥

kasya nūnaṁ katamasyāmṛtānāṁ manāmahe cāru devasya nāma | ko no mahyā aditaye punardātpitaraṁ ca dṛśeyaṁ mātaraṁ ca ||

WHO now is he, what God among Immortals, of whose auspicious name we may bethink us? Who shall to mighty Aditi restore us, that I may see my Father and my Mother?

अग्नेर्वयं प्रथमस्यामृतानां मनामहे चारु देवस्य नाम। स नो मह्या अदितये पुनर्दात्पितरं च दृशेयं मातरं च॥

agnervayaṁ prathamasyāmṛtānāṁ manāmahe cāru devasya nāma | sa no mahyā aditaye punardātpitaraṁ ca dṛśeyaṁ mātaraṁ ca ||

Agni the God the first among the Immortals, - of his auspicious name let us bethink us. He shall to mighty Aditi restore us, that I may see my Father and my Mother.

अभि त्वा देव सवितरीशानं वार्याणाम्। सदावन्भागमीमहे॥

abhi tvā deva savitarīśānaṁ vāryāṇām | sadāvanbhāgamīmahe ||

To thee, O Savitar, the Lord of precious things, who helpest us Continually, for our share we come-

यश्चिद्धि त इत्था भगः शशमानः पुरा निदः। अद्वेषो हस्तयोर्दधे॥

yaściddhi ta itthā bhagaḥ śaśamānaḥ purā nidaḥ | adveṣo hastayordadhe ||

Wealth, highly lauded ere reproach hath fallen on it, which is laid, Free from all hatred, in thy hands

भगभक्तस्य ते वयमुदशेम तवावसा। मूर्धानं राय आरभे॥

bhagabhaktasya te vayamudaśema tavāvasā | mūrdhānaṁ rāya ārabhe ||

Through thy protection may we come to even the height of affluence Which Bhaga hath dealt out to us.

नहि ते क्षत्रं न सहो न मन्युं वयश्चनामी पतयन्त आपुः। नेमा आपो अनिमिषं चरन्तीर्न ये वातस्य प्रमिनन्त्यभ्वम्॥

nahi te kṣatraṁ na saho na manyuṁ vayaścanāmī patayanta āpuḥ | nemā āpo animiṣaṁ carantīrna ye vātasya praminantyabhvam ||

Ne'er have those birds that fly through air attained to thy high dominion or thy might or spirit; Nor these the waters that flow on for ever, nor hills, abaters of the wind's wild fury.

अबुध्ने राजा वरुणो वनस्योर्ध्वं स्तूपं ददते पूतदक्षः। नीचीनाः स्थुरुपरि बुध्न एषामस्मे अन्तर्निहिताः केतवः स्युः॥

abudhne rājā varuṇo vanasyordhvaṁ stūpaṁ dadate pūtadakṣaḥ | nīcīnāḥ sthurupari budhna eṣāmasme antarnihitāḥ ketavaḥ syuḥ ||

Varuna, King, of hallowed might, sustaineth erect the Tree's stem in the baseless region. Its rays, whose root is high above, stream downward. Deep may they sink within us, and be hidden.

उरुं हि राजा वरुणश्चकार सूर्याय पन्थामन्वेतवा उ। अपदे पादा प्रतिधातवेऽकरुतापवक्ता हृदयाविधश्चित्॥

uruṁ hi rājā varuṇaścakāra sūryāya panthāmanvetavā u | apade pādā pratidhātave'karutāpavaktā hṛdayāvidhaścit ||

King Varuna hath made a spacious pathway, a pathway for the Sun wherein to travel. Where no way was he made him set his footstep, and warned afar whate'er afflicts the spirit.

शतं ते राजन्भिषजः सहस्रमुर्वी गभीरा सुमतिष्टे अस्तु। बाधस्व दूरे निरृतिं पराचैः कृतं चिदेनः प्र मुमुग्ध्यस्मत्॥

śataṁ te rājanbhiṣajaḥ sahasramurvī gabhīrā sumatiṣṭe astu | bādhasva dūre nirṛtiṁ parācaiḥ kṛtaṁ cidenaḥ pra mumugdhyasmat ||

A hundred balms are thine, O King, a thousand; deep and wide-reaching also be thy favours. Far from us, far away drive thou Destruction. Put from us e'en the sin we have committed.

अमी य ऋक्षा निहितास उच्चा नक्तं ददृश्रे कुह चिद्दिवेयुः। अदब्धानि वरुणस्य व्रतानि विचाकशच्चन्द्रमा नक्तमेति॥

amī ya ṛkṣā nihitāsa uccā naktaṁ dadṛśre kuha ciddiveyuḥ | adabdhāni varuṇasya vratāni vicākaśaccandramā naktameti ||

Whither by day depart the constellations that shine at night, set high in heaven above us? Varuna's holy laws remain unweakened, and through the night the Moon moves on in splendor

तत्त्वा यामि ब्रह्मणा वन्दमानस्तदा शास्ते यजमानो हविर्भिः। अहेळमानो वरुणेह बोध्युरुशंस मा न आयुः प्र मोषीः॥

tattvā yāmi brahmaṇā vandamānastadā śāste yajamāno havirbhiḥ | aheḻamāno varuṇeha bodhyuruśaṁsa mā na āyuḥ pra moṣīḥ ||

I ask this of thee with my prayer adoring; thy worshipper craves this with his oblation. Varuna, stay thou here and be not angry; steal not our life from us, O thou Wide-Ruler.

तदिन्नक्तं तद्दिवा मह्यमाहुस्तदयं केतो हृद आ वि चष्टे। शुनःशेपो यमह्वद्गृभीतः सो अस्मान्राजा वरुणो मुमोक्तु॥

tadinnaktaṁ taddivā mahyamāhustadayaṁ keto hṛda ā vi caṣṭe | śunaḥśepo yamahvadgṛbhītaḥ so asmānrājā varuṇo mumoktu ||

Nightly and daily this one thing they tell me, this too the thought of mine own heart repeateth. May he to whom prayed fettered Sunahsepa, may he the Sovran Varuna release us.

शुनःशेपो ह्यह्वद्गृभीतस्त्रिष्वादित्यं द्रुपदेषु बद्धः। अवैनं राजा वरुणः ससृज्याद्विद्वाँ अदब्धो वि मुमोक्तु पाशान्॥

śunaḥśepo hyahvadgṛbhītastriṣvādityaṁ drupadeṣu baddhaḥ | avainaṁ rājā varuṇaḥ sasṛjyādvidvā adabdho vi mumoktu pāśān ||

Bound to three pillars captured Sunahsepa thus to the Aditya made his supplication. Him may the Sovran Varuna deliver, wise, ne'er deccived, loosen the bonds that bind him.

अव ते हेळो वरुण नमोभिरव यज्ञेभिरीमहे हविर्भिः। क्षयन्नस्मभ्यमसुर प्रचेता राजन्नेनांसि शिश्रथः कृतानि॥

ava te heḻo varuṇa namobhirava yajñebhirīmahe havirbhiḥ | kṣayannasmabhyamasura pracetā rājannenāṁsi śiśrathaḥ kṛtāni ||

With bending down, oblations, sacrifices, O Varuna, we deprecate thine anger: Wise Asura, thou King of wide dominion, loosen the bonds of sins by us committed.

उदुत्तमं वरुण पाशमस्मदवाधमं वि मध्यमं श्रथाय। अथा वयमादित्य व्रते तवानागसो अदितये स्याम॥

uduttamaṁ varuṇa pāśamasmadavādhamaṁ vi madhyamaṁ śrathāya | athā vayamāditya vrate tavānāgaso aditaye syāma ||

Loosen the bonds, O Varuna, that hold me, loosen the bonds above, between, and under. So in thy holy law may we made sinless belong to Aditi, O thou Aditya.