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Rig Veda 7.89: LET me not yet, King Varuna, enter into the house of clay

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

LET me not yet, King Varuna, enter into the house of clay:
Have mercy, spare me, Mighty Lord.

When, Thunderer! I move along tremulous like a wind-blown skin,
Have mercy, spare me, Mighty Lord.

O Bright and Powerful God, through want of strength I erred and went astray
Have mercy, spare me, Mighty Lord.

Thirst found thy worshipper though he stood in the midst of water-fjords:
Have mercy, spare me, Mighty Lord.

O Varuna, whatever the offence may be which we as men commit against the heavenly host,
When through our want of thought we violate thy laws, punish us not, O God, for that iniquity.

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MLA

Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 7.89: LET me not yet, King Varuna, enter into the house of clay.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/603/.

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Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 7.89: LET me not yet, King Varuna, enter into the house of clay.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/603/.

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