Rigveda 7.040.04
Rigveda · Mandala 7, Sukta 40 · Verse 7.40.4
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
अ॒यं हि ने॒ता वरु॑ण ऋ॒तस्य॑ मि॒त्रो राजा॑नो अर्य॒मापो॒ धुः । सु॒हवा॑ दे॒व्यदि॑तिरन॒र्वा ते नो॒ अंहो॒ अति॑ पर्ष॒न्नरि॑ष्टान्
ayaṃ hi netā varuṇa ṛtasya mitro rājāno aryamāpo dhuḥ suhavā devyaditiranarvā te no aṃho ati parṣannariṣṭān
This lord is the leader, Varuna of ṛta, Mitra the king of people, Aryaman the waters’ purifier. May generous Diti and Aditi be with us; they avert the angry harms from us.
This Varuṇa, the leader of the rite, and the royal Mitra and Āryaman, uphold my acts, and the divineunopposed Aditi, earnestly invoked; may they convey us safe beyond evil.
This Varuna is guide of Law, he, Mitra, and Aryaman, the Kings, our work have finished. Divine and foeless Aditi quickly listens. May these deliver us unharmed from trouble.