1.25 Mantra 25 – Varuna (Authors: Sunahsepa Ajigarti; later Devarata Vaisvamitra) I WHATEVER law of thine, O God, O Varurna, as we are men, Day after day we violate. 2 give us not as a prey to death, to be destroyed by thee in wrath, To thy fierce anger when displeased. 3 To gain thy mercy, Varuna, with hymns we bind thy heart, as binds The charioteer his tethered horse. 4 They flee from me dispirited, bent only on obtaining wealths As to their nests the birds of air. 5 When shall we bring, to be appeased, the Hero, Lord of warrior might, Him, the far-seeing Varuna? 6 This, this with joy they both accept in common: never do they fail The ever-faithful worshipper. 7 He knows the path of birds that fly through heaven, and, Sovran of the sea, He knows the ships that are thereon. 8 True to his holy law, he knows the twelve moons with their progeny: He knows the moon of later birth. 9 He knows the pathway of the wind, the spreading, high, and mighty wind He knows the Gods who dwell above. 10 Varuna, true to holy law, sits down among his people; he, Most wise, sits there to govern. all. 11 From thence percerving he beholds all wondrous things, both what hath been, And what hereafter will be done. 12 May the wise Lord keep us all our days on the righteous path and grant us long life. 13 Varuna, wearing golden mail, hath clad him in a shining robe. His spies are seated found about. 14 The God whom enemies threaten not, nor those who tyrannize o'er men, Nor those whose minds are bent on wrong. 15 He who gives glory to mankind, not glory that is incomplete, To our own bodies giving it. 16 Yearning for the wide-seeing One, my thoughts move onward unto him, As kine unto their pastures move. 17 Once more together let us speak, because my meath is brought: priest-like Thou eatest what is dear to thee. 18 Now saw I him whom all may see, I saw his car above the earth: He hath accepted these my songs. 19 O Lord! Hear my prayer and invocation. Make this day a happy one. Protect me today. 20 Thou, O wise God, art Lord of all, thou art the King of earth and heaven Hear, as thou goest on thy way. 21 Release us from the upper bond, untie the bond between, and loose The bonds below, that I may live. 30 ...17 Come, Asvins, with enduring strength wealthy in horses and in kine, And gold, O ye of wondrous deeds. 18 Your chariot yoked for both alike, immortal, ye of mighty acts, Travels, O Aivins, in the sea. 19 High on the forehead of the Bull one chariot wheel ye ever keep, The other round the sky revolves. 20 What mortal, O immortal Dawn, enjoyeth thee? Where lovest thou? To whom, O radiant, dost thou go? – Rg Veda Vishva Dharma ki Jay! (Victory to Universal Dharma!)