Therefore put forth strength for our great felicity1 heavenly and earthly; for great is your force in the gods.Sri Aurobindo
The Secret of the Veda
with Selected Hymns
The Seventh Hymn to Mitra-Varuna
The Lords of the Great Force
[Because they hold the great battle-force of the Truth, Mitra and Varuna lead us to the vastness of that Truth. By that force they rule all imperially, contain the Truth’s clarities and their powers are manifested in all the godheads. Therefore should they put forth their power in these godheads for the human possession of the great felicity and wealth of the Truth in earth and heaven. They reach the Truth by the Truth; for they have its discernment full of the impulsion that goes straight to the knowledge; therefore they increase divinely without falling into the harms of the Ignorance. As lords of that powerful impulsion they bring down the heavens in a luminous rain upon the mortal and take possession of the vast as a home.]
5.68.1
प्र वो॑ मि॒त्राय॑ गायत॒ वरु॑णाय वि॒पा गि॒रा ।
महि॑क्षत्रावृ॒तं बृ॒हत् ॥१॥
pra vaḥ mitrāya gāyata varuṇāya vipā girā
mahi-kṣatrau ṛtam bṛhat
Sing ye to Mitra and Varuna with the word that enlightens; because they have that great force, theirs is the Truth, the Vast.
5.68.2
स॒म्राजा॒ या घृ॒तयो॑नी मि॒त्रश्चो॒भा वरु॑णश्च ।
दे॒वा दे॒वेषु॑ प्रश॒स्ता ॥२॥
sam-rājā yā ghṛtayonī iti ghṛta-yonī mitraḥ ca ubhā varuṇaḥ ca
devā deveṣu pra-śastā
All-rulers are they, yes, both of them, Mitra and Varuna, homes of the clarity, gods, manifested by the word in the gods.
5.68.3
ता नः॑ शक्तं॒ पार्थि॑वस्य म॒हो रा॒यो दि॒व्यस्य॑ ।
महि॑ वां क्ष॒त्रं दे॒वेषु॑ ॥३॥
tā naḥ śaktam pārthivasya mahaḥ rāyaḥ divyasya
mahi vām kṣatram deveṣu
Therefore put forth strength for our great felicity1 heavenly and earthly; for great is your force in the gods.
5.68.4
ऋ॒तमृ॒तेन॒ सप॑न्तेषि॒रं दक्ष॑माशाते ।
अ॒द्रुहा॑ दे॒वौ व॑र्धेते ॥४॥
ṛtam ṛtena sapantā iṣiram dakṣam āśāte iti
adruhā devau vardhete iti
By the Truth you attain knowledge of the Truth, you possess a judgment of impelling force;2 O gods, you grow and come not to hurt.
5.68.5
वृ॒ष्टिद्या॑वा री॒त्या॑पे॒षस्पती॒ दानु॑मत्याः ।
बृ॒हन्तं॒ गर्त॑माशाते ॥५॥
vṛṣṭi-dyāvā rīti-āpā iṣaḥ patī iti dānu-matyāḥ
bṛhantam gartam āśāte iti
Turning heaven to rain, winners of the streaming movement, masters of that forceful impulsion, you take possession of your vast home.
1 The felicity or happy wealth of the wide Truth-consciousness manifested not only in the higher mental planes of our consciousness, but in our physical being.
2 The straight impulsion which the gods possess; man, moving from the ignorance to the Truth by the ignorance, follows a crooked and wavering movement, has a judgment distressed by the falsehood and in his growth stumbles constantly into sin and suffering. By the growth of the gods in him, he is able to move without stumbling and suffering from Truth to greater Truth, straight, felicitously.