Mantra 9

Sukta 92

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सुदेवो असि वरुण यस्य ते सप्त सिन्धवः । अनुक्षरन्ति काकुदं सूर्यं सुषिरामिव

IAST Transliteration

sudévo asi varuṇa yásya te saptá síndhavaḥ | anukṣáranti kākúdaṃ sū́ryaṃ suṣirā́m iva ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Graciously divine art thou, O Varuṇa, whose seven rivers follow their flowing. They stream on toward the Sun’s high crest, as through a land well-channeled with fair veins.

Translation

வருணா! நீ சுதேவன்—அருள்மிகு தெய்வம்; உன் ஆட்சியில் ஏழு சிந்து-நதிகள் இடையறாது ஓடுகின்றன. அவை சூரியனின் உயர்ந்த காகுத் (சிகரம்/முடி)-நோக்கி பாய்கின்றன—நன்றாகச் சீரமைக்கப்பட்ட (சு-சீரித) நிலத்தின் நரம்புகள்/வாய்க்கால்கள் வழியே நீர் ஓடுவது போல.

Word by Word

सुदेवःwell-divine, very godly

असिyou are

वरुणO Varuṇa

यस्यwhose

तेof you, your

सप्तseven

सिन्धवःrivers/streams

अनुalong, after, in accordance

क्षरन्तिthey flow, they stream

काकुदम्a peak/summit; hump, crest

सूर्यम्the Sun

सुषिराम्well-channeled; having good veins/streams

इवlike, as it were

Attribution

Rishi: RV-derived attribution (source tradition).

Devata: Varuṇa (with rivers and Sun as associated powers)

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh/Jagatī family in RV source; requires scan.

Mantra Rasa

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