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Ṛk 1.23.5

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Saṃhitā

ऋ॒तेन॒ यावृ॑ता॒वृधा॑वृ॒तस्य॒ ज्योति॑ष॒स्पती॑ ।
ता मि॒त्रावरु॑णा हुवे ॥

ऋतेन याव् ऋतावृधाव् ऋतस्य ज्योतिषस् पती |
ता मित्रावरुणा हुवे ||

ṛténa yā́vṛtāvṛ́dhāvṛtásya jyótiṣaspátī ǀ
tā́ mitrā́váruṇā huve ǁ

ṛtena yāv ṛtāvṛdhāv ṛtasya jyotiṣas patī |
tā mitrāvaruṇā huve ||

Padapāṭha

ऋ॒तेन॑ । यौ । ऋ॒त॒ऽवृधौ॑ । ऋ॒तस्य॑ । ज्योति॑षः । पती॒ इति॑ ।
ता । मि॒त्रावरु॑णा । हु॒वे॒ ॥

ऋतेन । यौ । ऋतऽवृधौ । ऋतस्य । ज्योतिषः । पती इति ।
ता । मित्रावरुणा । हुवे ॥

ṛténa ǀ yáu ǀ ṛta-vṛ́dhau ǀ ṛtásya ǀ jyótiṣaḥ ǀ pátī íti ǀ
tā́ ǀ mitrā́váruṇā ǀ huve ǁ

ṛtena ǀ yau ǀ ṛta-vṛdhau ǀ ṛtasya ǀ jyotiṣaḥ ǀ patī iti ǀ
tā ǀ mitrāvaruṇā ǀ huve ǁ

References

Maṇḍala · Sūkta · Ṛk
01.023.05
Aṣṭaka · Adhyāya · Varga · Ṛk
1.2.08.05
Maṇḍala · Anuvāka · Ṛk
01.05.058
Devatā देवता
1: Vāyu; 2, 3: Indra, Vāyu; 4-6: Mitra, Varuṇa; 7-9: Indra Marutvat; 10-12: Viśvedevās; 13-15: Pūṣan; 16-22: Apas; 23: Apas (A); Agni (B); 24: Agni
Ṛṣi ऋषि
Medhātithi Kāṇva
Chandas छन्दस्
Gāyatrī, Anuṣṭubh, Pura-Uṣṇih, Pratiṣṭhā
Svara स्वरः
षड्जः

Text and interpretations from the Ṛgveda database of theveda.org.in.

Ṛgveda 1.23.5

Interpretations

Kapali Shastri

Translation

Tr. We call Mitra and Varuna who increase truth by truth, protectors of the Truth-Light. Thus ends the eighth Group in the second Chapter of the first Eighth.

Commentary

yau who; ṛtena by truth (of their own); ṛtāvṛdhau increase the truth in the sacrifice; ṛtasya of the truth; jyotişaḥ of the light of the Supreme bṛhat); pati protectors; tā them; mitrāvaruņā Mitra and Varuna; huve I call.

Mitra and Varuna have been considered before.