Rig Veda

Book 8, Hymn XXVIII. Viśvedevas

1. THE Thirty Gods and Three besides, whose seat hath been the sacred grass,
From time of old have found and gained.

2 Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman, Agnis, with Consorts, sending boons,
To whom our Vaṣaṭ! is addressed:

3 These are our guardians in the west, and northward here, and in the south,
And on the cast, with all the tribe.

4 Even as the Gods desire so verily shall it be. None minisheth this power of theirs,
No demon, and no mortal

5 The Seven carry seven spears; seven are the splendours they possess,
And seven the glories they assume.