Rigveda 3.005.04
Rigveda · Mandala 3, Sukta 5 · Verse 3.5.4
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
मि॒त्रो अ॒ग्निर्भ॑वति॒ यत्समि॑द्धो मि॒त्रो होता॒ वरु॑णो जा॒तवे॑दाः । मि॒त्रो अ॑ध्व॒र्युरि॑षि॒रो दमू॑ना मि॒त्रः सिन्धू॑नामु॒त पर्व॑तानाम्
mitro agnirbhavati yatsamiddho mitro hotā varuṇo jātavedāḥ mitro adhvaryuriṣiro damūnā mitraḥ sindhūnāmuta parvatānām
Mitra is Agni when he is propitious; Mitra the sacrificer, Varuna the all-knowing. Mitra is the path-opener, the hymn-master, the tamer of rivers, of oceans and of mountains.
Agni, when kindled, is Mitra; and, as Mitra, is the invoker (of the gods); Varuṇa is Jātavedas; Mitra is the ministering priest; Damunas is the agitator (Vāyu); Mitra (is the associate) of rivers and mountains.
Agni is Mitra when enkindled duly, Mitra as Priest, Varuna, Jatavedas; Mitra as active minister, and House-Friend, Mitra of flowing rivers and of mountains.