Rig Veda 6.51

ud u tyac cakṣur mahi mitrayor āṃ eti priyaṃ varuṇayor adabdham ṛtasya śuci darśatam anīkaṃ rukmo na diva uditā vy adyaut

That mighty eye of Varuna and Mitra, infallible and dear, is moving upward. The pure and lovely face of holy Order hath shone like gold of heaven in its arising.

veda yas trīṇi vidathāny eṣāṃ devānāṃ janma sanutar ā ca vipraḥ ṛju marteṣu vṛjinā ca paśyann abhi caṣṭe sūro arya evān

The Sage who knows these Gods' three ranks and orders, and all their generations near and distant, Beholding good and evil acts of mortals, Sura marks well the doing of the pious.

stuṣa u vo maha ṛtasya gopān aditim mitraṃ varuṇaṃ sujātān aryamaṇam bhagam adabdhadhītīn acchā voce sadhanyaḥ pāvakān

I praise you Guards of mighty Law eternal, Aditi, Mitra, Varuna, the noble, Aryaman, Bhaga, all whose thoughts are faithful: hither I call the Bright who share in common.

riśādasaḥ satpatīṃr adabdhān maho rājñaḥ suvasanasya dātṝn yūnaḥ sukṣatrān kṣayato divo nṝn ādityān yāmy aditiṃ duvoyu

Lords of the brave, infallible, foe-destroyers, great Kings, bestowers of fair homes to dwell in, Young, Heroes, ruling heaven with strong dominion, Adityas, Aditi I seek with worship.

dyauṣ pitaḥ pṛthivi mātar adhrug agne bhrātar vasavo mṛﾱatā naḥ viśva ādityā adite sajoṣā asmabhyaṃ śarma bahulaṃ vi yanta

O Heaven our Father, Earth our guileless Mother, O Brother Agni, and ye Vasus, bless us. Grant us, O Aditi and ye Adityas, all of one mind, your manifold protection.

mā no vṛkāya vṛkye samasmā aghāyate rīradhatā yajatrāḥ yūyaṃ hi ṣṭhā rathyo nas tanūnāṃ yūyaṃ dakṣasya vacaso babhūva

Give us not up to any evil creature, as spoil to wolf or she-wolf, O ye Holy. For ye are they who guide aright our bodies, ye are the rulers of our speech and vigour.

mā va eno anyakṛtam bhujema mā tat karma vasavo yac cayadhve viśvasya hi kṣayatha viśvadevāḥ svayaṃ ripus tanvaṃ rīriṣīṣṭa

Let us not suffer for the sin of others, nor do the deed which ye, O Vasus, punish. Ye, Universal Gods! are all-controllers: may he do harm unto himself who hates Me.

nama id ugraṃ nama ā vivāse namo dādhāra pṛthivīm uta dyām namo devebhyo nama īśa eṣāṃ kṛtaṃ cid eno namasā vivāse

Mighty is homage: I adopt and use it. Homage hath held in place the earth and heaven. Homage to Gods! Homage commands and rules them. I banish even committed sin by homage

ṛtasya vo rathyaḥ pūtadakṣān ṛtasya pastyasado adabdhān tāṁ ā namobhir urucakṣaso nṝn viśvān va ā name maho yajatrāḥ

You Furtherers of Law, pure in your spirit, infallible, dwellers in the home of Order, To you all Heroes mighty and far-seeing I bow me down, O Holy Ones, with homage.

te hi śreṣṭhavarcasas ta u nas tiro viśvāni duritā nayanti sukṣatrāso varuṇo mitro agnir ṛtadhītayo vakmarājasatyāḥ

For these are they who shine with noblest splendour; through all our troubles these conduct us safely- Varuna, Mitra, Agni, mighty Rulers, trueminded, faithful to the hymn's controllers.

te na indraḥ pṛthivī kṣāma vardhan pūṣā bhago aditiḥ pañca janāḥ suśarmāṇaḥ svavasaḥ sunīthā bhavantu naḥ sutrātrāsaḥ sugopāḥ

May they, Earth, Aditi, Indra, Bhaga, Pushan increase our laud, increase the Fivefold people. Giving good help, good refuge, goodly guidance, be they our good deliverers, good protectors.

nū sadmānaṃ divyaṃ naṃśi devā bhāradvājaḥ sumatiṃ yāti hotā āsānebhir yajamāno miyedhair devānāṃ janma vasūyur vavanda

Come now, O Gods, to your celestial station: the Bharadvajas' priest entreats your favour. He, sacrificing, fain for wealth, hath honoured the Gods vath those who sit and share oblations.

apa tyaṃ vṛjinaṃ ripuṃ stenam agne durādhyam daviṣṭham asya satpate kṛdhī sugam

Agni, drive thou the wicked foe, the evil-hearted thief away, Far, far, Lord of the brave I and give us easy paths.

grāvāṇaḥ soma no hi kaṃ sakhitvanāya vāvaśuḥ jahī ny atriṇam paṇiṃ vṛko hi ṣaḥ

Soma, these pressing-stones have called aloud to win thee for our Friend. Destroy the greedy Pani, for a wolf is he.

yūyaṃ hi ṣṭhā sudānava indrajyeṣṭhā abhidyavaḥ kartā no adhvann ā sugaṃ gopā amā

Ye, O most bountiful, are they who, led by Indra, seek the sky. Give us good paths for travel: guard us ivell at home.

api panthām aganmahi svastigām anehasam yena viśvāḥ pari dviṣo vṛṇakti vindate vasu

Now have we entered on the road that leads to bliss, without a foe, The road whereon a man escapes all enemies and gathers wealth.