Rigveda 1.024.08
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 24 · Verse 1.24.8
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
उ॒रुं हि राजा॒ वरु॑णश्च॒कार॒ सूर्या॑य॒ पन्था॒मन्वे॑त॒वा उ॑ । अ॒पदे॒ पादा॒ प्रति॑धातवेऽकरु॒ताप॑व॒क्ता हृ॑दया॒विध॑श्चित्
uruṃ hi rājā varuṇaścakāra sūryāya panthāmanvetavā u apade pādā pratidhātave'karutāpavaktā hṛdayāvidhaścit
Indeed the king Varuṇa made broad the way of the sun; he set foot against danger, declared mercy, and his heart was widely knowing.
The regal Varuṇa verily made with the path of the sun, (by which) to travel on his daily course; a path to traverse in pathless (space); may he be the repeller of every afflicter of the heart.
King Varuna hath made a spacious pathway, a pathway for the Sun wherein to travel. Where no way was he made him set his footstep, and warned afar whate'er afflicts the spirit.