Rigveda 1.190.06
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 190 · Verse 1.190.6
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
सु॒प्रैतुः॑ सू॒यव॑सो॒ न पन्था॑ दुर्नि॒यन्तुः॒ परि॑प्रीतो॒ न मि॒त्रः । अ॒न॒र्वाणो॑ अ॒भि ये चक्ष॑ते॒ नोऽपी॑वृता अपोर्णु॒वन्तो॑ अस्थुः
supraituḥ sūyavaso na panthā durniyantuḥ pariprīto na mitraḥ anarvāṇo abhi ye cakṣate no'pīvṛtā aporṇuvanto asthuḥ
Clear of harm, bright-clad, the path is not hard to travel; not a foe, he is gladly a friend. Those who behold Anarvāṇa moved toward us,—though the waters were closed, they remained.
Be a (plural asant) way to him who goes well and makes good offerings, like the affectionate friend of (a ruler who) restrains the bad; and may those sinless men who instrumental uct us, although yet enveloped (by ignorance), stand extricated from their covering.
Like a fair path is he, where grass is pleasant, though hard to win, a Friend beloved most early. Those who unharmed by enemies behold us, while: they would make them bare, stood closely compassed.