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Rig Veda 5.68: SING forth unto your Varuna and Mitra with a song inspired.

by The Rishis of the Rig Veda c. 1500–1000 BCE (traditional; uncertain)

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896) · From The Hymns of the Rigveda (1896)

Religion

SING forth unto your Varuna and Mitra with a song inspired.
They, Mighty Lords, are lofty Law

Full springs of fatness, Sovran Kings, Mitra. and Varuna, the Twain,
Gods glorified among the Gods.

So help ye us to riches, great terrestrial and celestial wealth:
Vast is your sway among the Gods.

Carefully tending Law with Law they have attained their vigorous might.
The two Gods wax devoid of guile.

With rainy skies and streaming floods, Lords of the strength that bringeth gifts,
A lofty seat have they attained.

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Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 5.68: SING forth unto your Varuna and Mitra with a song inspired.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/420/.

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Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 5.68: SING forth unto your Varuna and Mitra with a song inspired.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/420/.

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