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Rig Veda 5.70: EVEN far and wide, O Varuna and Mitra, doth your grace extend.

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

EVEN far and wide, O Varuna and Mitra, doth your grace extend.
May I obtain your kind good-will.

From you, benignant Gods, may we gain fully food for sustenance.
Such, O ye Rudras, my we be.

Guard us, O Rudras. with your guard save us, ye skilled to save, my we
Subdue the Dasyus, we ourselves,

Or ne'er may we, O Wondrous Strong, enjoy another's solemn feast,
Ourselves, our sons, or progeny.

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Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 5.70: EVEN far and wide, O Varuna and Mitra, doth your grace extend.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/422/.

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Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 5.70: EVEN far and wide, O Varuna and Mitra, doth your grace extend.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/422/.

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