Rig Veda 7.65.4: Mandala 7, Sukta 65, Mantra 4
Sukta 7.65
- Rishi
- Vasiṣṭha
- Devata
- Mitra–Varuṇa
- Chandas
- Triṣṭubh
- Rasa
- Adbhuta (wonder) and Shanta (peace)
आ नो मित्रावरुणा हव्यजुष्टिं घृतैर्गव्यूतिमुक्षतमिळाभिः । प्रति वामत्र वरमा जनाय पृणीतमुद्नो दिव्यस्य चारोः ॥
ā́ no mitrāvaruṇā havyájuṣṭiṃ ghṛtáir gavyū́tim ukṣatam íḷābhiḥ | práti vā́m atra váram ā́ jánāya pṛṇītám udnó divyásya cā́roḥ ||
मित्र और वरुण, हमारी तरफ आओ। हमने जो भी चढ़ाया है वो ले लो। घी और दूध की नदियाँ बहा दो। हमें ऐसे मैदान दे दो जहाँ हमें सब कुछ मिले। यहाँ आके लोगों को वो चीज़ दे दो जो सबसे अच्छी है। यह तुम्हारी तरफ से ऊपर वाले की मेहरबानी है।
Word by Word
- आ
- hither, towardsIndeclinableउपसर्ग (क्रियायोगे)Root आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)
- नः
- of us, ourPronounषष्ठी (gen.), बहुवचनRole Sampradāna (हितार्थे) / सम्बन्धRoot अस्मद्
- मित्रावरुणा
- O Mitra and VaruṇaNounसम्बोधन/प्रथमा, द्विवचन, पुंलिङ्ग (देवद्वन्द्वः)Role सम्बोधन (आह्वान) / Kartā (क्रियायाः)Root मित्र- + वरुण- (देवनामधेय द्वन्द्व)
- हव्यजुष्टिम्
- the welcome/acceptance of the oblationNounस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनRole KarmaRoot हव्य-जुष्टि- (हव्य + जुष्टि ‘स्वीकार/तोष’)
- घृतैः
- with ghee, by means of gheeNounनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचनRole KaraṇaRoot घृत-
- गव्यूतिम्
- the cow-path / pasture-track (guiding way)Nounस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनRole KarmaRoot गव्यूति-
- उक्षतम्
- sprinkle/strengthen (you two)Verbलोट् (आज्ञार्थे), मध्यमपुरुष, द्विवचन, परस्मैपदRole क्रिया (कर्तृ: मित्रावरुणौ)Root वक्ष्/उक्ष् (वर्धने/सिञ्चने) — Vedic: उक्षति ‘sprinkle, strengthen’
- इळाभिः
- with invocations/refreshments (iḷā-offerings)Nounस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचनRole KaraṇaRoot इळा-
- प्रति
- towards, in response toIndeclinableअव्यय (दिशा/प्रतिमुखार्थे)Root प्रति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
- वाम्
- of you two / to you twoPronounषष्ठी/चतुर्थी (gen./dat.), द्विवचन (वैदिके रूपसाम्यं)Role Sampradāna (हितार्थे) / सम्बन्धRoot युष्मद्
- अत्र
- hereIndeclinableदेशवाचक-अव्ययRole AdhikaraṇaRoot अत्र
- वरम्
- the best thing, a boonNoun/Adjectiveनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनRole KarmaRoot वर-
- जनाय
- for the peopleNounपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचनRole SampradānaRoot जन-
- पृणीतम्
- fill, bestow fully (you two)Verbलोट् (आज्ञार्थे), मध्यमपुरुष, द्विवचन, परस्मैपदRole क्रिया (कर्तृ: मित्रावरुणौ)Root पॄ (पूरणे) / पृणाति
- उद्नः
- of the water, of the floodNounनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन (वैदिक: उद्नः)Role सम्बन्ध (genitive)Root उदन्- (उदक ‘water’)
- दिव्यस्य
- heavenly, celestialAdjectiveनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन (उद्नः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)Role सम्बन्धRoot दिव्य- (दिव् ‘द्युतौ’ से)
- चारोः
- of the lovely/pleasant (one); of the fair (stream)Adjective/Nounपुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी, एकवचनRole सम्बन्ध (उद्नः सह)Root चारु-
Sandhi Notes
- Sandhi resolution (pada-wise): मित्रावरुणा = मित्रा + वरुणा (देवद्वन्द्व, voc./nom. du.)
- घृतैर्गव्यूतिमुक्षतमिळाभिः = घृतैः + गव्यूतिम् + उक्षतम् + इळाभिः (ः + ग → र्ग; म् + उ → मु; म् + इ → मि)
- प्रति वामत्र = प्रति + वाम् + अत्र (म् + अ → मा)
- वरमा = वरम् + आ (म् + आ → मा)
- पृणीतमुद्नो = पृणीतम् + उद्नः (म् + उ → मु). Accent marks retained from saṃhitā text
- pada-forms given without accent marks
The meaning
Outer meaning
Mitra and Varuṇa are invited to come, pleased with the offering; with ghee and with iḻā streams they are asked to pour out a wide pasture. Here, fill for the people the choicest boon from the sweet heavenly wellspring.
Inner meaning
The inner sacrifice calls the Adityas to accept the offering of aspiration. ‘Ghṛta’ is clarified light—luminous understanding offered to the gods. ‘Iḻā’ are streams of inspiration/illumined speech that carry the offering upward and bring down response. ‘Gavyūti’ (wide pasture/cow-range) becomes the inner field where rays of knowledge (go) can move freely—an expansive mind and life-space. The ‘divine well’ (udnaḥ divyasya) is the higher source of sweetness (cāru) from which peace, right relation, and truth descend as the ‘varam’ (choicest boon) for the collective nature (janāya).
Universal truth
When we offer purified understanding and sincere inspiration, the higher order responds by widening our inner field and filling life with a sweetness that benefits not only the individual but the community.
Themes
descent of abundance, inspiration and clarity, boon for the community, widening of the luminous field
The seer
- Rishi
- Vasiṣṭha
- Other hymns
- RV 7.64.1, RV 7.65.1, RV 7.66.3, RV 7.70.1
Family tradition
The Vasiṣṭhas frequently join ethical truth with the ‘sweetness’ of divine response—order is not dry law but a nourishing wideness.
Significance
Vasiṣṭha’s voice here is priestly in the inner sense: he knows how to offer ‘ghṛta’ (clarified seeing) and ‘iḻā’ (inspired speech) so the gods widen the pastures of consciousness.
The deity
- Devata
- Mitra–Varuṇa
- Epithets
- havyajuṣṭa (accepting the offering), ādityā (implied), ṛta-vrata (vowed to ṛta, implied)
- Related deities
- Agni (as the inner priest of offering), Sarasvatī/Iḻā (as inspiration), Aditi
Cosmic role
Receivers of the offering who return wideness, protection, and chosen boons from the divine source; they regulate the flow between heaven’s wellspring and human life.
Inner power
Capacity to purify thought (ghṛta), inspire speech (iḻā), widen the field for knowledge (gavyūti), and pour down the sweetness of higher truth.
In ritual
Where it is used
Invitation (āvāhana) and offering-acceptance motifs in Soma/yajña settings; libation imagery aligns with ghee offerings.
आ नो॑ मित्रावरुणा ह॒व्यजु॑ष्टिं घृ॒तैर्गव्यू॑तिमुक्षत॒मिळा॑भिः । प्रति॑ वा॒मत्र॒ वर॒मा जना॑य पृणी॒तमु॒द्नो दि॒व्यस्य॒ चारो॑: ॥
आ । नः॒ । मि॒त्रा॒व॒रु॒णा॒ । ह॒व्यऽजु॑ष्टिम् । घृ॒तैः । गव्यू॑तिम् । उ॒क्ष॒त॒म् । इळा॑भिः । प्रति॑ । वा॒म् । अत्र॑ । वर॑म् । आ । जना॑य । पृ॒णी॒तम् । उ॒द्नः । दि॒व्यस्य॑ । चारोः॑ ॥
ā | naḥ | mitrāvaruṇā | havya-juṣṭim | ghṛtaiḥ | gavyūtim | ukṣatam | iḷābhiḥ | prati | vām | atra | varam | ā | janāya | pṛṇītam | udnaḥ | divyasya | cāroḥ
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Invitational and pouring rhythm—phrases feel like libations flowing.
Elicits receptivity; the listener feels ‘widening’ and ‘filling’ as sonic gestures.
- हव्यजुष्टिम् (havyajuṣṭim)
- Literal: pleased with the oblation. Symbolic: the divine consenting to receive the seeker’s aspiration
- घृतैः (ghṛtaiḥ)
- Literal: with ghee. Symbolic: with clarified light of understanding; luminous substance of thought
- इळाभिः (iḻābhiḥ)
- Literal: with iḻā streams. Symbolic: currents of inspired word/intuition that mediate between human and divine
- गव्यूतिम् (gavyūtim)
- Literal: wide pasture/cow-range. Symbolic: expansive field for the rays of knowledge (go); widened consciousness
- उक्षतम् (ukṣatam)
- Literal: sprinkle/pour out. Symbolic: infuse the being with higher force and wideness
- वरम् (varam)
- Literal: boon, the best choice. Symbolic: the selected grace: right order, protection, luminous joy
- उद्नः दिव्यस्य (udnaḥ divyasya)
- Literal: from the heavenly well/watersource. Symbolic: from the supramental/higher source of truth and sweetness
- चारोः (cāroḥ)
- Literal: sweet, pleasing. Symbolic: delight of truth; ananda-toned nourishment
Invocation for havis-acceptance and outpouring of abundance; innerly: descent of clarified light (ghṛta) and inspired currents (iḷā) to widen the field of luminous knowledge (gavyūti).
During stotra/śastra sequences calling Adityas to partake and to grant boons; also in protective and prosperity petitions.
Calling the deities, offering ghṛta, invoking inspired flows, asking for widening and best boon.
A meditation-offering mantra before study/creative work: offer ‘clarified understanding’ and ask for widened mind and sweet guidance; also as a community well-being prayer (janāya).
havis/havya from √hu ‘pour/offer’; juṣṭi from √juṣ ‘enjoy, be pleased with’; ghṛtá from √ghṛ ‘sprinkle’ and semantic shift to ‘clarified butter’ → symbolically clarified light; gavyū́ti ‘cow-path/pasture’ (go + vyūti) → rays/knowledge-field in inner reading; ukṣatam from √ukṣ ‘sprinkle, moisten; make grow’; iḷā related to nourishment/invocation; pṛṇītam from √pṝ ‘fill’; udán ‘water, wave, source’; cā́ru ‘sweet, pleasing’.
iḷā (inspiration/nourishment), ghṛta (clarified luminosity), fullness (pūrṇa via √pṝ)
Implicit: the boons are ‘chosen’ in accordance with ṛta; divine sweetness flows along right order.
The ‘divine well’ suggests truth-source; receiving it implies alignment and sincerity in offering.
Descent of higher waters/essence into the human field; widening as a creative act of the gods.
Vedic psychological symbolism moving toward the Upaniṣadic ‘rasa’ doctrine (Taittirīya’s ānanda as essence) in a proto-form.
Ghee = clarified intelligence; streams = inspirations; pasture = widened consciousness for rays of knowledge; wellspring = higher source of truth-delight.
- What is the primary Vedic 'mythologem' present in this verse?
- The outpouring mythologem: the gods accept the offering and ‘sprinkle/pour’ abundance from a divine wellspring, widening the ‘pasture’ (gavyūti). Innerly, it is the descent of clarified light and inspired nourishment that expands consciousness.
- How does the linguistic structure reflect Proto-Indo-European roots?
- The ‘filling’ root √pṝ relates to Indo-European fullness/pletion semantics (cf. Greek πλῆρης ‘full’ from PIE *pleh₁-). Water-source imagery (udán) connects with PIE *wed- ‘water’ (broad IE hydronymic field), though direct cognacy is complex across branches.
- What is the relationship between the Rishi and the Devata here?
- The r̥ṣi offers havis and requests a reciprocal ‘pouring’—not merely goods but the divine ‘cāru’ sweetness from the heavenly source. The relationship is pedagogic and transformative: acceptance (juṣṭi) enables infusion (ukṣ) and fullness (pṛṇī).
Inner offering: convert thoughts into ‘ghṛta’ (clear, quiet light) and let inspired currents (iḻā) widen the mind-field.
Sahasrāra/Ājñā (descent from ‘divine well’), with grounding into Anāhata (sweetness as harmony).
Inhale imagining a cool ‘divine well’ above the head; exhale as golden ‘ghṛta’ pouring through the spine into the heart and outward to the collective (janāya).
Receptive wideness; luminous sweetness; quiet joy.
Before chanting, sit with a clear intention as offering. After ‘gavyūtim’, pause to feel inner space widen. After ‘udno divyasya cāroḥ’, rest in a subtle sweetness without seeking mental images.
Udātta prominence often on invocative ‘ā no’ and deity names; keep flow on libation verbs (ukṣatam, pṛṇītam).
Chant ‘ā no mitrāvaruṇā’ as a clear call; let the middle be fluid like pouring; settle firmly at pāda ends.
In havyajuṣṭim, keep ṣṭ cluster crisp: juṣ-ṭim., In ghṛtaiḥ, pronounce ghṛ with vocalic ṛ (short, clear)., In iḻābhiḥ, render ḻ (retroflex lateral) carefully per tradition; if your recitation uses ḍ/ḷ variants, stay consistent., In gavyūtim, keep long ū: vyū.
Warm, flowing, devotional; avoid harshness—sound should ‘pour’.
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