Mitra
deity figure · 4 works · 80 mentions · 181 anchored passages
Mitra, ever young · Mitra-Varuṇa · sovereign lord · upholder of ṛta
in the texts
Rigveda
Solar/covenant god almost always paired with Varuṇa as joint guardian of ṛta and of vows.
We invoke Mitra and Varuṇa to drink the Soma — the two born with pure discernment.
Let Varuṇa, Mitra, and Aryaman — devourers of the wicked — take their seats on our sacred grass, as befits Manu's descendants.
Mitra and Varuṇa, who grow great by ṛta and touch ṛta — through ṛta you two attain lofty wisdom.
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
Deity of friendship and covenant, frequently paired with Varuṇa, invoked for longevity and communal protection.
May Mitra come near, ordering himself by the seasons, settling the earth with the dawn-cows (usriyā).
As a mother with full love holds a son in her lap, may Mitra protect him from distress through friendship.
May Mitra and Varuṇa, devouring foes in accord, make for you death-by-old-age.
Sāmaveda
A deity of covenant and friendship, regularly paired with Aryaman and Varuṇa as guardians of order.
Let Mitra and Aryaman take their seat on the sacred grass at the sacrifice with those who travel at dawn.
Great and lowest among the three, gleaming in the sky — the might of Mitra and Aryaman, and the unconquerable power of Varuṇa.
Sing forth the companionable truth-guarded speech to Mitra and Aryaman;
Sāṃkhyatattvavivecana
A presiding deity in the list of the adhidaivata (divine) order.
And the "divine" (adhidaivata):