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1. THIS laud of the self-radiant wise
Aditya shall be supreme o'er all that is in greatness.
1 beg renown of Varuna the Mighty, the God
exceeding kind to him who worships.
2, Having extolled thee. Varuna, with
thoughtful care may we have high fortune in thy service,
Sinffing thy praises like the fires at coming, day after
day, of mornings rich in cattle.
3 May we be in thy keeping, O thou Leader
wide-ruling Varuna, Lord of many heroes.
O sons of Aditi, for ever faithful, pardon us, Gods, admit
us to your friendship.
4 He made them flow, the Aditya, the
Sustainer: the rivers run by Varuna's commandment.
These feel no weariness, nor cease from flowing: swift have
they flown like birds in air around us.
5 Loose me from sin as from a bond that
binds me: may we swell, Varuna, thy spring of Order.
Let not my thread, while I weave song, be severed, nor my
work's sum, before the time, be shattered.
6 Far from me, Varuna, remove all danger
accept me graciously, thou Holy Sovran.
Cast off, like cords that hold a calf, my troubles: I am not
even mine eyelid's lord without thee.
7 Strike us not, Varuna, with those dread
weapons which, Asura, at thy bidding wound the sinner.
Let us not pass away from light to exile. Scatter, that we
may live, the men who hate us
8 O mighty Varuna, now and hereafter, even
as of old, will we speak forth our worship.
For in thyself, invincible God, thy statutes ne’er to be
moved are fixed as on a mountain.
9 Move far from me what sins I have
committed: let me not suffer, King, for guilt of others.
Full many a morn remains to dawn upon us: in these, O Varuna,
while we live direct us.
10 O King, whoever, be he friend or
kinsman, hath threatened me affrighted in my slumber -
If any wolf or robber fain would harm us, therefrom, O
Varuna, give thou us protection.
11May I not live O Varuna, to witness my
wealthy, liberal dear friend's destitution.
King, may I never lack well-ordered riches. Loud may we
speak, with heroes, in assembly.
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