RV 62 (3)

Rig Veda · translated by Ralph T.H. Griffith

2 This, Mitra−Varuna, is your special greatness: floods that stood there they with the days attracted. 3 O Mitra−Varuna, ye by your greatness, both Kings, have firmly stablished earth and heaven, 4 Let your well−harnessed horses bear you hither: hitherward let them come with reins drawn tightly. 5 To make the lustre wider and more famous, guarding the sacred grass with veneration, 6 With hands that shed no blood, guarding the pious, whom, Varuni3, ye save amid oblations. 7 Adorned with gold, its columns are of iron. in heaven it glitters like a whip for horses; 8 Ye mount your car gold−hued at break of morning, and iron−pillared when the Sun is setting, 9 Bountiful guardians of the world! the shelter that is impenetrable, strongest, flawless,

RV 62 (3) · Rig Veda · null

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