Rig Veda Sukta 68
Mandala 5Sukta 685 Mantras

Sukta 68

Sukta 5.68

Rishi

Atri (Ātreya)

Devata

Mitra-Varuṇa

Chandas

Gāyatrī (probable for this short verse; verify metrical count in editions)

这首短歌赞颂密特拉与伐楼那为伟大的主权者(mahi-kṣatrau),守护并维系ṛta——广大宇宙的真理与秩序。诗中祈请他们赐予祭祀者地上与天上的丰饶之力,并以降雨、奔流之水与滋养之力描绘其作为,建立起使充盈得以实现的“广大根基”。

Mantras

Mantra 1

प्र वो मित्राय गायत वरुणाय विपा गिरा । महिक्षत्रावृतं बृहत् ॥

请为密特拉歌唱,为伐楼那歌唱,以明辨之言。二者主权广大;他们安立那宏阔的真理—秩序(ṛta)。

Mantra 2

सम्राजा या घृतयोनी मित्रश्चोभा वरुणश्च । देवा देवेषु प्रशस्ता ॥

二者为共王,其胎藏为酥明(ghṛta);密特拉与伐楼那同在——诸神中受赞的神明,光耀主权之力。

Mantra 3

ता नः शक्तं पार्थिवस्य महो रायो दिव्यस्य । महि वां क्षत्रं देवेषु ॥

愿那二位使我们堪能:得大地之广大丰盈,亦得天界之神圣富饶。你们在诸神中之大权威至伟——愿其在我们之内成为力量与主宰。

Mantra 4

ऋतमृतेन सपन्तेषिरं दक्षमाशाते । अद्रुहा देवौ वर्धेते ॥

他们以真理得真理;同心同道,得迅疾而锐利的明辨与能以建立秩序之有效力量。无欺无诳的二神增长——使法则(ṛta)在我们之内更为坚固。

Mantra 5

वृष्टिद्यावा रीत्यापेषस्पती दानुमत्याः । बृहन्तं गर्तमाशाते ॥

雨之天穹与流行之水——二位滋养之主,富于丰饶:他们抵达那广大深渊;在我们之内开启宏大的根基,使诸般丰盈得以安住。

Frequently Asked Questions

They are paired Āditya deities: Mitra represents harmony and right relationship, and Varuṇa represents moral-cosmic sovereignty. Together they uphold ṛta, the universal order of truth.

It means “the Vast ṛta”—the great Truth-Order that sustains the cosmos and society. The hymn says Mitra-Varuṇa establish and protect this order.

The hymn asks Mitra-Varuṇa to grant inner capability and strength, and to bestow both earthly and heavenly abundance, symbolized through rain, waters, and nourishment.

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