Sukta 4
प्रास्मत् पाशा॑न् वरुण मुञ्च॒ सर्वा॒न् यैः स॑मा॒मे ब॒ध्यते॒ यैर्व्या॒मे। अधा॑ जीवेम श॒रदं॑ श॒तानि॒ त्वया॑ राजन् गुपि॒ता रक्ष॑माणाः
prá asmát pā́śān varuṇa muñca sárvān yáiḥ samā́me badhyáte yáir vyā́me | ádhā jīvéma śarádaṃ śatā́ni tváyā rājan gupitā́ rakṣamāṇā́ḥ
Release from us, O Varuṇa, all nooses wherewith one is bound, whether in half-measure or in full stretch: then may we live a hundred autumns, by thee, O King, guarded and kept in ward.
हे वरुण, हमसे सारी रस्सियाँ हटा दे। जिससे हम बंधे हैं, छोटा बाँधे या पूरा बाँधे, सब खोल दे। फिर हम सौ साल तक जियें। तू राजा है, तू हमे बचा के रखे।
Rishi: RV Varuṇa-hymn tradition (Vasiṣṭha complex) reused in AV ritual
Devata: Varuṇa (as Rājan), protector and releaser
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (RV-style)
Primary: shanta
Secondary: vira
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