HYMN LXVI. Mitra-Varuna.

1. O SAPIENT man, call the Two Gods, the very wise, who slay the foe.

For Varuna, whose form is Law, place offerings for his great delight.

2 For they have won unbroken sway in full perfection, power divine.

And, like high laws, the world of man hath been made beautiful as light.

3 Therefore we praise you that your cars may travel far in front of ours -

You who accept the eulogy of Ratahavya with his hymns.

4 And ye show wMom, Wondrous Gods with fulness of intellIgence.

By men's discernment are Ve marked, O ye whose might is purified.

5 This is the Law sublime, O Earth: to aid the Rsis' toil for fame

The Two, wide-spreading, are prepared. They come with ample overflow.

6 Mitra, ye Gods with wandering eyes, would that the worshippers and we

Might strive to reach the realm ye rule, most spacious and protected well,