Rig Veda 8.67

tyān nu kṣatriyāṁ ava ādityān yāciṣāmahe sumṛﾱīkāṁ abhiṣṭaye

Now pray we to these Kshatriyas, to the Adityas for their aid, These who are gracious to assist.

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May Mitra bear us oer distress, and Varuna and Aryaman, Yea, the Adityas, as they know.

teṣāṃ hi citram ukthyaṃ varūtham asti dāśuṣe ādityānām araṅkṛte

For wonderful and meet for praise is these Adityas' saving help To him who offers and prepares.

mahi vo mahatām avo varuṇa mitrāryaman avāṃsy ā vṛṇīmahe

The mighty aid of you, the Great, Varuna, Mitra, Aryarnan, We claim to be our sure defence.

jīvān no abhi dhetanādityāsaḥ purā hathāt kaddha stha havanaśrutaḥ

Guard us, Adityas, still alive, before the deadly weapon strike: Are ye not they who hear our call?

yad vaḥ śrāntāya sunvate varūtham asti yac chardiḥ tenā no adhi vocata

What sheltering defense ye have for him who toils in pouring gifts, Graciously bless ye us therewith.

asti devā aṃhor urv asti ratnam anāgasaḥ ādityā adbhutainasaḥ

Adityas, Gods, from sorrow there is freedom; for the sinless, wealth, O ye in whom no fault is seen.

mā naḥ setuḥ siṣed ayam mahe vṛṇaktu nas pari indra iddhi śruto vaśī

Let not this fetter bind us fast: may he release us for success; For strong is Indra and renowned.

mā no mṛcā ripūṇāṃ vṛjinānām aviṣyavaḥ devā abhi pra mṛkṣata

O Gods who fain would lend your aid, destroy not us as ye destroy Your enemies who go astray.

uta tvām adite mahy ahaṃ devy upa bruve sumṛﾱīkām abhiṣṭaye

And thee too, O Great Aditi, thee also, Goddess, I address, Thee very gracious to assist.

parṣi dīne gabhīra āṃ ugraputre jighāṃsataḥ mākis tokasya no riṣat

Save us in depth and shallow from the foe, thbu Mother of Strong Sons Let no one of our seed be harmed.

aneho na uruvraja urūci vi prasartave kṛdhi tokāya jīvase

Far-spread! wide-ruling! grant that we, unharmed by envy, may expand Grant that our progeny may live.

ye mūrdhānaḥ kṣitīnām adabdhāsaḥ svayaśasaḥ vratā rakṣante adruhaḥ

Those who, the Princes of the folk, in native glory, ne'er deceived, Maintain their statutes, void of guilt-

te na āsno vṛkāṇām ādityāso mumocata stenam baddham ivādite

As such, from mouth of ravening wolves, O ye Adityas, rescue us, Like a bound thief, O Aditi.

apo ṣu ṇa iyaṃ śarur ādityā apa durmatiḥ asmad etv ajaghnuṣī

Adityas, let this arrow, yea, let this malignity depart From us or e'er it strike us dead.

śaśvaddhi vaḥ sudānava ādityā ūtibhir vayam purā nūnam bubhujmahe

Fori Bountiful Adityas, we have evermore enjoyed your help, Both now and in die days of old.

śaśvantaṃ hi pracetasaḥ pratiyantaṃ cid enasaḥ devāḥ kṛṇutha jīvase

To every one, O ye Most Wise, who turneth even from sin to you, Ye Gods vouchsafe that he may live.

tat su no navyaṃ sanyasa ādityā yan mumocati bandhād baddham ivādite

May this new mercy profit us, which, ye Adityas, frees like one, Bound from his bonds, O Aditi.

nāsmākam asti tat tara ādityāso atiṣkade yūyam asmabhyam mṛﾱata

O ye Adityas, this your might is not to be despised by us: So be ye graciously inclined.

mā no hetir vivasvata ādityāḥ kṛtrimā śaruḥ purā nu jaraso vadhīt

Let not Vivasvan's weapon nor the shaft, Adityas, wrought with skill, Destroy us ere old age be nigh.

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On every side dispel all sin, Adityas, all hostility, Indigence, and combined attack.