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1. I AM the royal Ruler, mine is empire, as
mine who sway all life are all Immortals.
Varuna's will the Gods obey and follow. I am the King of
men's most lofty cover.
2 I am King Varuna. To me were given these
first existinghigh celestial powers.
Varuna's will the Gods obey and follow. I am the King of
men's most lofty cover.
3 I Varuna am Indra: in their greatness,
these the two wide deep fairly-fashioned regions,
These the two world-halves have I, even as Tvastar knowing
all beings, joined and held together.
4 I made to flow the moisture-shedding
waters, and set the heaven firm in the scat of Order.
By Law the Son of Aditi, Law Observer, hath spread abroad
the world in threefold measure.
5 Heroes with noble horses, fain for
battle, selected warriors, call on me in combat.
I Indra Maghavan, excite the conflict; I stir the dust, Lord
of surpassing vigour.
6 All this I did. The Gods' own conquering
power never impedeth me whom none opposeth.
When lauds and Soma juice have made me joyful, both the
unbounded regions are affrighted.
7 All beings know these deeds of thine thou
tellest this unto Varuna, thou great Disposer!
Thou art renowned as having slain the Vrtras. Thou madest
flow the floods that were obstructed.
8 Our fathers then were these, the Seven
his, what time the son of Durgaha was captive.
For her they gained by sacrifice Trasadasyu, a demi-god,
like Indra, conquering foemen.
9 The spouse of Purukutsa gave oblations to
you, O Indra-Varuna, with homage.
Then unto her ye gave King Trasadasyu, the demi-god, the
slayer of the foeman.
10 May we, possessing much, delight in
riches, Gods in oblations and the kine in pasture;
And that Milch-cow who ahrinks not from the milking, O
Indra-Varuna, give to us daily.
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