Rig Veda

Book 5, Hymn LXX. Mitra-Varuṇa

1. EVEN far and wide, O Varuṇa and Mitra, doth your grace extend.
May I obtain your kind good-will.

2 From you, benignant Gods, may we gain fully food for sustenance.
Such, O ye Rudras, my we be.

3 Guard us, O Rudras. with your guar4 save us, ye skilled to save, my we
Subdue the Dasyus, we ourselves,

4 Or ne’er may we, O Wondrous Strong, enjoy another's solemn feast,
Ourselves, our sons, or progeny.