Yajurveda 6.22 — Varuna Devata
Shukla Yajurveda (Vajasaneyi Samhita) · Adhyaya 6 · Verse 6.22
Sanskrit Original
मापो मौषधीर्हिं सीर्धाम्नो धाम्नो राजंस्ततो वरुण नो मुञ्च। यदाहुरघ्न्याऽइति वरुणेति शपामहे ततो वरुण नो मुञ्च। सुमित्रिया नऽआपऽओषधयः सन्तु दुर्मित्रियास्तस्मै सन्तु योऽस्मान द्वेष्टि यं च वयं द्विष्मः।
Māpo mauṣadhīrhiṃ sīrdhāmno dhāmno rāja≈stato varuṇa no mu¤ca. Yadāhuraghnyā'iti varuṇeti śapāmahe tato varuṇa no mu¤ca. Sumitriyā na'āpa'oṣadhayaḥ santu durmitriyāstasmai santu yo'smān dveṣṭi ya≈ ca vaya≈ dviṣmaḥ.
O Waters and medicinal herbs, do not be hostile; may you keep us, O Varuṇa, release us. If they called him 'impious' and swore to Varuṇa, then release us, O Varuṇa. Let friends and not enemies, waters and herbs be with him; let enemies be with him who hates us and whom we hate.