1. EVEN far and wide, O Varuna 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.

 

 

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