Sukta 61

Mantra 1

उद्वां चक्षुर्वरुण सुप्रतीकं देवयोरेति सूर्यस्ततन्वान् । अभि यो विश्वा भुवनानि चष्टे स मन्युं मर्त्येष्वा चिकेत ॥

Up rises your eye, O Varuṇa—Sūrya of beautiful form—moving for the two gods, extending his radiance; he who beholds all worlds, he becomes aware of the impulses and turbid passions in mortals.

Mantra 2

प्र वां स मित्रावरुणावृतावा विप्रो मन्मानि दीर्घश्रुदियर्ति । यस्य ब्रह्माणि सुक्रतू अवाथ आ यत्क्रत्वा न शरदः पृणैथे ॥

Forward to you two, Mitra and Varuṇa, who are of the Truth, the inspired seer sends his far-heard thought-formations; whose sacred formulations you, the perfect in will, protect—when by your power of will you fill the seasons’ measure (of our growth).

Mantra 3

प्रोरोर्मित्रावरुणा पृथिव्याः प्र दिव ऋष्वाद्बृहतः सुदानू । स्पशो दधाथे ओषधीषु विक्ष्वृधग्यतो अनिमिषं रक्षमाणा ॥

From the wide Earth and from the lofty, vast Heaven, O Mitra and Varuṇa, you who give richly, you set your watchers among the plants and among the peoples—separate in their stations—guarding with unblinking vigilance.

Mantra 4

शंसा मित्रस्य वरुणस्य धाम शुष्मो रोदसी बद्बधे महित्वा । अयन्मासा अयज्वनामवीराः प्र यज्ञमन्मा वृजनं तिराते ॥

I utter the praise of the dwelling-law (dhāman) of Mitra and Varuṇa; their mighty power has embraced Heaven and Earth by its greatness. The months move forward; but those who do not sacrifice, who are without the heroic force, are driven onward—away from the sacrificial will and across the perilous divided field.

Mantra 5

अमूरा विश्वा वृषणाविमा वां न यासु चित्रं ददृशे न यक्षम् । द्रुहः सचन्ते अनृता जनानां न वां निण्यान्यचिते अभूवन् ॥

All these (works) of yours, O strong lords, are not without wisdom: in them no deceptive marvel is seen, no mere jugglery of power. The betrayals cleave to the falsehoods of men; but your hidden ordinances are not for the unperceiving mind.

Mantra 6

समु वां यज्ञं महयं नमोभिर्हुवे वां मित्रावरुणा सबाधः । प्र वां मन्मान्यृचसे नवानि कृतानि ब्रह्म जुजुषन्निमानि ॥

With acts of reverence I make your sacrifice grow; I call you, Mitra and Varuṇa, with an undivided pressure of aspiration. Forward I set for your hymn these new formations of thought; may you accept these mantras as the effective Word we have made.

Mantra 7

इयं देव पुरोहितिर्युवभ्यां यज्ञेषु मित्रावरुणावकारि । विश्वानि दुर्गा पिपृतं तिरो नो यूयं पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः ॥

This guiding force set in front, O gods, has been made for you two in the sacrifices, O Mitra and Varuṇa. Carry us beyond all difficult passages; you—guard us always with your states of well-being.