I worship you, who guard this All, Devas, holiest among the Devas,
You, faithful to the Law, whose power is sanctified.
So, too, like charioteers are they, Mitra and Varuṇa,
Sons high-born from old, whose holy laws stand fast.
These Two, possessors of all wealth, most glorious,
Aditi, Mighty Mother, true to Law, brought forth.
Great Varuṇa and Mitra, Devas, Asuras and imperial Lords,
True to Eternal Law, proclaim the high decree.
The offspring of a lofty Power, Dakṣa's Two Sons exceeding strong,
Who, Lords of flowing rain, dwell in the place of food.
Ye who have gathered up your gifts, celestial and terrestrial food,
Let your rain come to us, fraught with the mist of heaven.
The Two, who from the lofty sky seem to look down on herds below,
Holy, imperial Lords, are set to be revered.
They, true to Law, exceeding strong, have sat them down for sway:
Princes whose laws stand fast, they have obtained their rule.
Pathfinders even better than the eye, with unobstructed sight,
Even when they close their lids, observant, they perceive.
So may the Goddess Aditi, the Nāsatyas, and the Martits guard us well,
Endowed with mighty strength.
Do ye, O Bounteous Devas, protect our dwelling, by day and night:
With you for our defenders, may we go unharmed.
May we, unharmed, serve bountiful Viṣṇu, the God who slays none:
Self-moving Sindhu, hear and be the first to mark.
This sure protection we elect, desirable and reaching far,
Which Mitra, Varuṇa, and Aryaman afford.
And may the Sindhu of the floods, the Maruts, and the ASvins,
Boon Indra, and boon Viṣṇu, have one mind with us.
Because these warring Heroes stay the enmity of every foe,
As the fierce water-flood repels the furious ones.
Here this one God, the Lord of men, looks forth exceeding far and wide,
And we, for your advantage, keep his holy laws.
We keep the old accustomed laws, the statutes of supremacy,
The long-known laws of Mitra and of Varuṇa.
He who hath measured with his ray the boundaries of heaven and earth