destroyers of the enemy, reach for them the bliss.The Sixth Hymn to Mitra-Varuna
V.67
The Twin Upholders and Protectors
[Mitra and Varuna perfect the vastness of the superconscient being which is the object of sacrifice; they possess the full abundance of its force. When they reach that luminous origin and home, they give men, labourers in the sacrificial work, its peace and bliss; on the way to it they protect the mortal from his spiritual enemies who would stand in the way of his immortality; for they keep firm to their higher workings and to the seats of the higher consciousness to which those workings belong and to which man rises in his ascent; universal and all-knowing they destroy these enemies who are the forces of egoism and limiting ignorance. True in their being, they are the powers that possess and touch the Truth in each individual being; leaders of the journey and the battle they create the wideness of that higher consciousness even out of our narrow and distressed mortality. It is that highest which the thought in the Atris desires and reaches to by affirming Mitra, Varuna and Aryaman, the godheads, in the “bodies” inhabited by the human soul.]
5.67.1
बळि॒त्था दे॑व निष्कृ॒तमादि॑त्या यज॒तं बृ॒हत् ।
वरु॑ण॒ मित्रार्य॑म॒न्वर्षि॑ष्ठं क्ष॒त्रमा॑शाथे ॥१॥
baṭ itthā deva niḥ-kṛtam ādityā yajatam bṛhat
varuṇa mitra aryaman varṣiṣṭham kṣatram āśāthe iti
In truth, O godheads, ye two sons of the infinite Mother, rightly perfected by you is the Vastness for which we sacrifice. O Varuna, Mitra, Aryaman, you possess its most abundant force.
5.67.2
आ यद्योनिं॑ हिर॒ण्ययं॒ वरु॑ण॒ मित्र॒ सद॑थः ।
ध॒र्तारा॑ चर्षणी॒नां य॒न्तं सु॒म्नं रि॑शादसा ॥२॥
ā yat yonim hiraṇyayam varuṇa mitra sadathaḥ
dhartārā carṣaṇīnām yantam sumnam riśādasā
When you enter into your original home of golden light, O Varuna, O Mitra, upholders of men in their labour, destroyers of the enemy, reach for them the bliss.
5.67.3
विश्वे॒ हि वि॒श्ववे॑दसो॒ वरु॑णो मि॒त्रो अ॑र्य॒मा ।
व्र॒ता प॒देव॑ सश्चिरे॒ पान्ति॒ मर्त्यं॑ रि॒षः ॥३॥
viśve hi viśva-vedasaḥ varuṇaḥ mitraḥ aryamā
vratā padā-iva saścire pānti martyam riṣaḥ
Universal and all-knowing are Varuna and Mitra and Aryaman; they keep firm to the law of their workings, even as to the seats to which they arrive, and guard mortal man from his foes.
5.67.4
ते हि स॒त्या ऋ॑त॒स्पृश॑ ऋ॒तावा॑नो॒ जने॑जने ।
सु॒नी॒थासः॑ सु॒दान॑वों॒ऽहोश्चि॑दुरु॒चक्र॑यः ॥४॥
te hi satyāḥ ṛta-spṛśaḥ ṛta-vānaḥ jane-jane
su-nīthāsaḥ su-dānavaḥ aṃhoḥ cit uru-cakrayaḥ
For because they are true in their being, they touch the Truth and hold the Truth in creature and creature; perfect leaders in the journey, perfect in force for the battle, they create the wideness even out of this narrow being.
5.67.5
को नु वां॑ मि॒त्रास्तु॑तो॒ वरु॑णो वा त॒नूना॑म् ।
तत्सु वा॒मेष॑ते म॒तिरत्रि॑भ्य॒ एष॑ते म॒तिः ॥५॥
kaḥ nu vām mitra astutaḥ varuṇaḥ vā tanūnām
tat su vām ā īṣate matiḥ atri-bhyaḥ ā īṣate matiḥ
Which of you, O Mitra, is unaffirmed, thou or Varuna, in our bodies?1 Wholly our thought seeks That from you, That for the Enjoyers2 our Thought desires.
1 Not the physical body only; the soul dwells here in five sheaths or embodyings.
2 The atris,– literally, eaters; the word may also mean travellers.