Rig Veda 8.25.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

म॒हान्ता॑ मि॒त्रावरु॑णा स॒म्राजा॑ दे॒वावसु॑रा । ऋ॒तावा॑नावृ॒तमा घो॑षतो बृ॒हत् ॥
महान्ता मित्रावरुणा सम्राजा देवावसुरा । ऋतावानावृतमा घोषतो बृहत् ॥
mahāntā mitrāvaruṇā samrājā devāv asurā | ṛtāvānāv ṛtam ā ghoṣato bṛhat ||

English translation:

“The great Mitra and Varuṇa, the two sovereign and powerful deities, the observers of truth, illumine oursolemn rite.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Sovereign: samrājā = perfectly resplendent, samyag dīpyamānau;

Powerrful: asura = impellingby being the indwelling principle, antaryāmitayā prerakam;

Illumine: ghoṣataḥ = svadīyā prakāśayataḥ.Comment: repeated references to battles with asuras can, therefore, be interpreted as an allegory: removing thebaser metals from a pyrite ore or quartz, to yield the pure silver and gold-- electrum, Soma, the resplendent, therājā (cf. Chāndogya Upaniṣad: eṣa somo rājā, tad devānām annam, tam devā bhakṣyanti

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): viśvamanā vaiyaśvaḥ [viśvamanā vaiyaśva];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): mitrāvaruṇau ;
Chandas (meter): uṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

म॒हान्ता॑ । मि॒त्रावरु॑णा । स॒म्ऽराजा॑ । दे॒वौ । असु॑रा । ऋ॒तऽवा॑नौ । ऋ॒तम् । आ । घो॒ष॒तः॒ । बृ॒हत् ॥
महान्ता । मित्रावरुणा । सम्राजा । देवौ । असुरा । ऋतवानौ । ऋतम् । आ । घोषतः । बृहत् ॥
mahāntā | mitrāvaruṇā | sam-rājā | devau | asurā | ṛta-vānau | ṛtam | ā | ghoṣataḥ | bṛhat

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.25.4 English analysis of grammar]