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Rig Veda 5.71: O Varuna and Mitra, ye who slay the foemen, come with might
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896) · From The Hymns of the Rigveda (1896)
O Varuna and Mitra, ye who slay the foemen, come with might
To this our goodly sacrifice.
For, Varuna and Mitra, ye Sages are Rulers over all.
Fill full our songs, for this ye can.
Come to the juice that we have pressed. Varuna, Mitra, come to drink
This Soma of the worshipper.
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Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 5.71: O Varuna and Mitra, ye who slay the foemen, come with might.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/423/.
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Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 5.71: O Varuna and Mitra, ye who slay the foemen, come with might.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/423/.
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