Sukta 70
Sukta 5.70
Atri (Ātreya)
Mitra-Varuṇa
Anuṣṭubh (shorter 8-syllable cadence; hymn 5.70 is characteristically compact)
この簡潔なアヌシュトゥブ韻律の讃歌は、ミトラ＝ヴァルナを現前する助け手として招き、秩序正しく光り輝く善き導き（sumati）によって、礼拝者を傷、困難、そして内なる障碍から渡らせてくれるよう願う。守護と実効ある防護の力、さらにダシュユの勢力（闇と無秩序）への勝利を求め、結びにおいては身体と生命力に害を及ぼすいかなる災厄（yakṣa）からも免れさせたまえと祈る。
Mantras
Mantra 1
पुरूरुणा चिद्ध्यस्त्यवो नूनं वां वरुण । मित्र वंसि वां सुमतिम् ॥
多くの傷と困難があろうとも、今まさに汝の加護は我らに在る、ヴァルナよ。ミトラよ、汝ら二柱は我らにスーマティ（善き思慮）—正しく光り澄む理解—を望み与えたまう。
Mantra 2
ता वां सम्यगद्रुह्वाणेषमश्याम धायसे । वयं ते रुद्रा स्याम ॥
正しさに歩み、背信なくして、汝らの歓喜の養いがもたらす衝き（力）に到らんことを。ルドラたちよ、我らが汝らに属する者となり—高く掲げられた力において強からんことを。
Mantra 3
पातं नो रुद्रा पायुभिरुत त्रायेथां सुत्रात्रा । तुर्याम दस्यून्तनूभिः ॥
ルドラたちよ、汝らの護りもて我らを守れ。さらに善き救済者として我らを救え。願わくは我ら、身に具わる力をもってダスユ（dasyu）――妨げの闇――を越え、打ち破らん。
Mantra 4
मा कस्याद्भुतक्रतू यक्षं भुजेमा तनूभिः । मा शेषसा मा तनसा ॥
驚異の意志をもつ御方よ、我らがこの身において、いかなる害ある来襲・災厄をも受け取らぬように。残りの弱りによっても、身の衰えによっても。
Frequently Asked Questions
They are paired Āditya deities who uphold ṛta (cosmic and moral order). Mitra emphasizes harmony and right relations, while Varuṇa emphasizes truth, law, and vigilant protection.
Sumati means good-mindedness or right understanding—clear, luminous counsel that aligns thought and action with ṛta. The hymn asks Mitra–Varuṇa to place this clarity in the worshipper.
In a ritual-spiritual reading, dasyus are obstructing forces—darkness, disorder, or hostile impulses that block progress. Yakṣa here refers to a harmful affliction or visitation the hymn asks to be kept away from one’s embodied life and vitality.
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