सूक्त ८५

पुनीषे वामरक्षसं मनीषां सोममिन्द्राय वरुणाय जुह्वत्। घृतप्रतीकामुषसं न देवीं ता नो यामन्नुरुष्यतामभीके॥

punīṣe vāmarakṣasaṁ manīṣāṁ somamindrāya varuṇāya juhvat | ghṛtapratīkāmuṣasaṁ na devīṁ tā no yāmannuruṣyatāmabhīke ||

FOR you I deck a harmless hymn, presenting the Soma juice to Varuna and Indra- A hymn that shines like heavenly Dawn with fatness. May they be near us on the march and guard us.

स्पर्धन्ते वा उ देवहूये अत्र येषु ध्वजेषु दिद्यवः पतन्ति। युवं ताँ इन्द्रावरुणावमित्रान्हतं पराचः शर्वा विषूचः॥

spardhante vā u devahūye atra yeṣu dhvajeṣu didyavaḥ patanti | yuvaṁ tā indrāvaruṇāvamitrānhataṁ parācaḥ śarvā viṣūcaḥ ||

Here where the arrows fall amid the banners both hosts invoke the Gods in emulation. O Indra-Varuna, smite back those-our foemen,yea, smite them withyour shaft to every quarter.

आपश्चिद्धि स्वयशसः सदस्सु देवीरिन्द्रं वरुणं देवता धुः। कृष्टीरन्यो धारयति प्रविक्ता वृत्राण्यन्यो अप्रतीनि हन्ति॥

āpaściddhi svayaśasaḥ sadassu devīrindraṁ varuṇaṁ devatā dhuḥ | kṛṣṭīranyo dhārayati praviktā vṛtrāṇyanyo apratīni hanti ||

Self-lucid in their seats, e'en heavenly Waters endowed with Godhead Varuna and Indra. One of these holds the folk distinct and sundered, the Other smites and slays resistless foemen.

स सुक्रतुरृतचिदस्तु होता य आदित्य शवसा वां नमस्वान्। आववर्तदवसे वां हविष्मानसदित्स सुविताय प्रयस्वान्॥

sa sukraturṛtacidastu hotā ya āditya śavasā vāṁ namasvān | āvavartadavase vāṁ haviṣmānasaditsa suvitāya prayasvān ||

Wise be the priest and skilled in Law Eternal, who with his sacred gifts and oration. Brings you to aid us with your might, Adityas: let him have viands to promote his welfare.

इयमिन्द्रं वरुणमष्ट मे गीः प्रावत्तोके तनये तूतुजाना। सुरत्नासो देववीतिं गमेम यूयं पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः॥

iyamindraṁ varuṇamaṣṭa me gīḥ prāvattoke tanaye tūtujānā | suratnāso devavītiṁ gamema yūyaṁ pāta svastibhiḥ sadā naḥ ||

May this my song reach Varuna and Indra, and, strongly urging, win me sons and offspring. To the Gods' banquet may we go with riches. Preserve us evermore, ye Gods with blessings.