Sri Aurobindo

The Secret of the Veda

with Selected Hymns

The Eleventh Hymn to Mitra-Varuna

An Invocation to the Sacrifice

[The Rishi invokes Mitra and Varuna to the sacrifice as the godheads who lead man on the path according to the law of the truth and confirm our spiritual gains by its workings.]

5.72.1

आ मि॒त्रे वरु॑णे व॒यं गी॒र्भिर्जु॑हुमो अत्रि॒वत् ।

नि ब॒र्हिषि॑ सदतं॒ सोम॑पीतये ॥१॥

ā mitre varuṇe vayam gīḥbhiḥ juhumaḥ atri-vat

ni barhiṣi sadatam soma-pītaye

With the words we sacrifice to Mitra and to Varuna as the Atri.

Sit on the seat of the largeness for the drinking of the wine.

5.72.2

व्र॒तेन॑ स्थो ध्रु॒वक्षे॑मा॒ धर्म॑णा यात॒यज्ज॑ना ।

नि ब॒र्हिषि॑ सदतं॒ सोम॑पीतये ॥२॥

vratena sthaḥ dhruva-kṣemā dharmaṇā yātayat-janā

ni barhiṣi sadatam soma-pītaye

By your working you keep firm the gettings of good and you make men to walk the path by your law.

Sit on the seat of the largeness for the drinking of the wine.

5.72.3

मि॒त्रश्च॑ नो॒ वरु॑णश्च जु॒षेतां॑ य॒ज्ञमि॒ष्टये॑ ।

नि ब॒र्हिषि॑ सदतां॒ सोम॑पीतये ॥३॥

mitraḥ ca naḥ varuṇaḥ ca juṣetām yajñam iṣṭaye

ni barhiṣi sadatam soma-pītaye

May Mitra and Varuna take delight in our sacrifice that we may have our desire.

Sit on the seat of the largeness for the drinking of the wine.