Sukta 61

उद्वां चक्षुर्वरुण सुप्रतीकं देवयोरेति सूर्यस्ततन्वान्। अभि यो विश्वा भुवनानि चष्टे स मन्युं मर्त्येष्वा चिकेत॥

udvāṁ cakṣurvaruṇa supratīkaṁ devayoreti sūryastatanvān | abhi yo viśvā bhuvanāni caṣṭe sa manyuṁ martyeṣvā ciketa ||

O VARUNA and Mitra, Surya spreading the beauteous light of you Twain Gods ariseth. He who beholdetb all existing creatures observetb well the zeal that is in mortals.

प्र वां स मित्रावरुणावृतावा विप्रो मन्मानि दीर्घश्रुदियर्ति। यस्य ब्रह्माणि सुक्रतू अवाथ आ यत्क्रत्वा न शरदः पृणैथे॥

pra vāṁ sa mitrāvaruṇāvṛtāvā vipro manmāni dīrghaśrudiyarti | yasya brahmāṇi sukratū avātha ā yatkratvā na śaradaḥ pṛṇaithe ||

The holy sage, renowned afar, directeth his hymns to you, O Varuna and Mitra,- He whose devotions, sapient Gods, ye favour so that ye fill, as 'twere, with power his autumns.

प्रोरोर्मित्रावरुणा पृथिव्याः प्र दिव ऋष्वाद्बृहतः सुदानू। स्पशो दधाथे ओषधीषु विक्ष्वृधग्यतो अनिमिषं रक्षमाणा॥

prorormitrāvaruṇā pṛthivyāḥ pra diva ṛṣvādbṛhataḥ sudānū | spaśo dadhāthe oṣadhīṣu vikṣvṛdhagyato animiṣaṁ rakṣamāṇā ||

From the wide earth, O Varuna and Mitra from the great lofty heaven, ye, Bounteous Givers, - Have in the fields and houses set your warder-, who visit every spot and watch unceasing.

शंसा मित्रस्य वरुणस्य धाम शुष्मो रोदसी बद्बधे महित्वा। अयन्मासा अयज्वनामवीराः प्र यज्ञमन्मा वृजनं तिराते॥

śaṁsā mitrasya varuṇasya dhāma śuṣmo rodasī badbadhe mahitvā | ayanmāsā ayajvanāmavīrāḥ pra yajñamanmā vṛjanaṁ tirāte ||

I praise the strength of Varuna and Mitra that strength, by mightiness, keeps both worlds asunder. Heroless pass the months of the ungodly he who loves sacrifice makes his home enduring.

अमूरा विश्वा वृषणाविमा वां न यासु चित्रं ददृशे न यक्षम्। द्रुहः सचन्ते अनृता जनानां न वां निण्यान्यचिते अभूवन्॥

amūrā viśvā vṛṣaṇāvimā vāṁ na yāsu citraṁ dadṛśe na yakṣam | druhaḥ sacante anṛtā janānāṁ na vāṁ niṇyānyacite abhūvan ||

Steers, all infallible are these your people in whom no wondrous thing is seen, no worship. Guile follows close the men who are untruthful: no secrets may be hidden from your knowledge.

समु वां यज्ञं महयं नमोभिर्हुवे वां मित्रावरुणा सबाधः। प्र वां मन्मान्यृचसे नवानि कृतानि ब्रह्म जुजुषन्निमानि॥

samu vāṁ yajñaṁ mahayaṁ namobhirhuve vāṁ mitrāvaruṇā sabādhaḥ | pra vāṁ manmānyṛcase navāni kṛtāni brahma jujuṣannimāni ||

I will exalt your sacrifice with homage: as priest, I, Mitra-Varuna, invoke you. May these new hymns and prayers that I have fashioned delight you to the profit of the singer.

इयं देव पुरोहितिर्युवभ्यां यज्ञेषु मित्रावरुणावकारि। विश्वानि दुर्गा पिपृतं तिरो नो यूयं पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः॥

iyaṁ deva purohitiryuvabhyāṁ yajñeṣu mitrāvaruṇāvakāri | viśvāni durgā pipṛtaṁ tiro no yūyaṁ pāta svastibhiḥ sadā naḥ ||

This priestly task, Gods! Varuna and Mitra! hath been performed for you at sacrifices. Convey us safely over every peril. Preserve us evermore, ye Gods, with blessings.