1. However we break thy laws from day to day, men as we are, O god, Varu_n_a, 2. Do not deliver us unto death, nor to the blow of the furious; nor to the wrath of the spiteful! 3. To propitiate thee, O Varu_n_a, we unbend thy mind with songs, as the charioteer a weary steed. 4. Away from me they flee dispirited, intent only on gaining wealth; as birds to their nests. 5. When shall we bring hither the man, who is victory to the warriors; when shall we bring Varu_n_a, the wide-seeing, to be propitiated? [6. This they (Mitra and Varu_n_a) take in common; gracious, they never fail the faithful giver.] 7. He who knows the place of the birds that fly through the sky, who on the waters knows the ships;-- 8. He, the upholder of order, who knows the twelve months with the offspring of each, and knows the month that is engendered afterwards;-- 9. He who knows the track of the wind, of the wide, the bright, the mighty; and knows those who reside on high;-- 10. He, the upholder of order, Varu_n_a, sits down among his people; he, the wise, sits there to govern. 11. From thence perceiving all wondrous things, he sees what has been and what will be done. 12. May he, the wise Âditya, make our paths straight all our days; may he prolong our lives! 13. Varu_n_a, wearing golden mail, has put on his shining cloak; the spies sat down around him. 14. The god whom the scoffers do not provoke, nor the tormentors of men, nor the plotters of mischief;-- 15. He, who gives to men glory, and not half glory, who gives it even to our own selves;-- 16. Yearning for him, the far-seeing, my thoughts move onwards, as kine move to their pastures. 17. Let us speak together again, because my honey has been brought: that thou mayst eat what thou likest, like a friend. 18. Did I see the god who is to be seen by all, did I see the chariot above the earth? He must have accepted my prayers. 19. O hear this my calling, Varu_n_a, be gracious now; longing for help, I have called upon thee. 20. Thou, O wise god, art lord of all, of heaven and earth: listen on thy way. 21. That I may live, take from me the upper rope, loose the middle, and remove the lowest!