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आ चिकितान सुक्रतू देवौ मर्त रिशादसा। वरुणाय ऋतपेशसे दधीत प्रयसे महे॥

ā cikitāna sukratū devau marta riśādasā | varuṇāya ṛtapeśase dadhīta prayase mahe ||

O SAPIENT man, call the Two Gods, the very wise, who slay the foe. For Varuna, whose form is Law, place offerings for his great delight.

ता हि क्षत्रमविह्रुतं सम्यगसुर्यमाशाते। अध व्रतेव मानुषं स्वर्ण धायि दर्शतम्॥

tā hi kṣatramavihrutaṁ samyagasuryamāśāte | adha vrateva mānuṣaṁ svarṇa dhāyi darśatam ||

For they have won unbroken sway in full perfection, power divine. And, like high laws, the world of man hath been made beautiful as light.

ता वामेषे रथानामुर्वीं गव्यूतिमेषाम्। रातहव्यस्य सुष्टुतिं दधृक्स्तोमैर्मनामहे॥

tā vāmeṣe rathānāmurvīṁ gavyūtimeṣām | rātahavyasya suṣṭutiṁ dadhṛkstomairmanāmahe ||

Therefore we praise you that your cars may travel far in front of ours- You who accept the eulogy of Ratahavya with his hymns.

अधा हि काव्या युवं दक्षस्य पूर्भिरद्भुता। नि केतुना जनानां चिकेथे पूतदक्षसा॥

adhā hi kāvyā yuvaṁ dakṣasya pūrbhiradbhutā | ni ketunā janānāṁ cikethe pūtadakṣasā ||

And ye show wMom, Wondrous Gods with fulness of intellIgence. By men's discernment are Ve marked, O ye whose might is purified.

तदृतं पृथिवि बृहच्छ्रवएष ऋषीणाम्। ज्रयसानावरं पृथ्वति क्षरन्ति यामभिः॥

tadṛtaṁ pṛthivi bṛhacchravaeṣa ṛṣīṇām | jrayasānāvaraṁ pṛthvati kṣaranti yāmabhiḥ ||

This is the Law sublime, O Earth: to aid the Rsis' toil for fame The Two, wide-spreading, are prepared. They come with ample overflow.

आ यद्वामीयचक्षसा मित्र वयं च सूरयः। व्यचिष्ठे बहुपाय्ये यतेमहि स्वराज्ये॥

ā yadvāmīyacakṣasā mitra vayaṁ ca sūrayaḥ | vyaciṣṭhe bahupāyye yatemahi svarājye ||

Mitra, ye Gods with wandering eyes, would that the worshippers and we Might strive to reach the realm ye rule, most spacious and protected well,