Sukta 69

Mantra 1

त्री रोचना वरुण त्रीँरुत द्यून्त्रीणि मित्र धारयथो रजांसि । वावृधानावमतिं क्षत्रियस्यानु व्रतं रक्षमाणावजुर्यम् ॥

You uphold the three luminous realms, O Varuṇa; and the three days; and the three spaces, O Mitra. Increasing, you guard the unperishing Law, and you drive out the unright thought of the ruler within us, so that sovereignty may follow the divine ordinance.

Mantra 2

इरावतीर्वरुण धेनवो वां मधुमद्वां सिन्धवो मित्र दुह्रे । त्रयस्तस्थुर्वृषभासस्तिसृणां धिषणानां रेतोधा वि द्युमन्तः ॥

O Varuṇa, the nourishing cows of your power, rich in plenty, yield; O Mitra, the honeyed rivers of your being flow forth. Three mighty bulls stand as seed-bearers of the three inspirations, shining out in luminous force.

Mantra 3

प्रातर्देवीमदितिं जोहवीमि मध्यंदिन उदिता सूर्यस्य । राये मित्रावरुणा सर्वतातेळे तोकाय तनयाय शं योः ॥

At dawn I call the Goddess Aditi; at mid-day, when the Sun has risen. For the soul’s plenitude (rāyí), I adore Mitra and Varuṇa, the all-embracing powers, for the well-being and glad peace of our inner child and the growing offspring of the being.

Mantra 4

या धर्तारा रजसो रोचनस्योतादित्या दिव्या पार्थिवस्य । न वां देवा अमृता आ मिनन्ति व्रतानि मित्रावरुणा ध्रुवाणि ॥

You who uphold the luminous realm and the wide spaces, O divine Ādityas, of heaven and of earth—no immortal gods can shake your firm ordinances, O Mitra and Varuṇa.