HYMN XXVIII. Viśvedevas – Rig Veda – Book 8
ये तरिंशति तरयस परो देवासो बर्हिरासदन |
विदन्नहद्वितासनन ||
वरुणो मित्रो अर्यमा समद्रातिषाचो अग्नयः |
पत्नीवन्तो वषट्क्र्ताः ||
ते नो गोपा अपाच्यास्त उदक त इत्था नयक |
पुरस्तात सर्वया विशा ||
यथा वशन्ति देवास्तथेदसत तदेषां नकिरा मिनत |
अरावा चन मर्त्यः ||
सप्तानां सप्त रष्टयः सप्त दयुम्नान्येषाम |
सप्तो अधि शरियो धिरे ||
ye triṃśati trayas paro devāso barhirāsadan |
vidannahadvitāsanan ||
varuṇo mitro aryamā smadrātiṣāco aghnayaḥ |
patnīvanto vaṣaṭkṛtāḥ ||
te no ghopā apācyāsta udak ta itthā nyak |
purastāt sarvayā viśā ||
yathā vaśanti devāstathedasat tadeṣāṃ nakirā minat |
arāvā cana martyaḥ ||
saptānāṃ sapta ṛṣṭayaḥ sapta dyumnānyeṣām |
sapto adhi śriyo dhire ||
English Translation
Translated by Ralph T.H. Griffith
1. THE Thirty Gods and Three besides, whose seat hath been the sacred grass,
From time of old have found and gained.
2 Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman, Agnis, with Consorts, sending boons,
To whom our Vaṣaṭ! is addressed:
3 These are our guardians in the west, and northward here, and in the south,
And on the cast, with all the tribe.
4 Even as the Gods desire so verily shall it be. None minisheth this power of theirs,
No demon, and no mortal
5 The Seven carry seven spears; seven are the splendours they possess,
And seven the glories they assume.