Rigveda 1.41

1.41.1

यं रक्ष॑न्ति॒ प्रचे॑तसो॒ वरु॑णो मि॒त्रो अ॑र्य॒मा | नू चि॒त्स द॑भ्यते॒ जन॑: ||

NE’ER is he injured whom the Gods Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman, The excellently wise, protect.

1.41.2

यं बा॒हुते॑व॒ पिप्र॑ति॒ पान्ति॒ मर्त्यं॑ रि॒षः | अरि॑ष्ट॒: सर्व॑ एधते ||

He prospers ever, free from scathe, whom they, as with full hands, enrich, Whom they preserve from every foe.

1.41.3

वि दु॒र्गा वि द्विष॑: पु॒रो घ्नन्ति॒ राजा॑न एषाम् | नय॑न्ति दुरि॒ता ति॒रः ||

The Kings drive far away from him his troubles and his enemies, And lead him safely o’er distress.

1.41.4

सु॒गः पन्था॑ अनृक्ष॒र आदि॑त्यास ऋ॒तं य॒ते | नात्रा॑वखा॒दो अ॑स्ति वः ||

Thornless, Ādityas, is the path, easy for him who seeks the Law: With him is naught to anger you.

1.41.5

यं य॒ज्ञं नय॑था नर॒ आदि॑त्या ऋ॒जुना॑ प॒था | प्र व॒: स धी॒तये॑ नशत् ||

What sacrifice, Ādityas, ye Heroes guide by the path direct,— May that come nigh unto your thought.

1.41.6

स रत्नं॒ मर्त्यो॒ वसु॒ विश्वं॑ तो॒कमु॒त त्मना॑ | अच्छा॑ गच्छ॒त्यस्तृ॑तः ||

That mortal, ever unsubdued, gains wealth and every precious thing, And children also of his own.

1.41.7

क॒था रा॑धाम सखाय॒: स्तोमं॑ मि॒त्रस्या॑र्य॒म्णः | महि॒ प्सरो॒ वरु॑णस्य ||

How, my friends, shall we prepare Aryaman's and Mitra's laud, Glorious food of Varuṇa?

1.41.8

मा वो॒ घ्नन्तं॒ मा शप॑न्तं॒ प्रति॑ वोचे देव॒यन्त॑म् | सु॒म्नैरिद् व॒ आ वि॑वासे ||

I point not out to you a man who strikes the pious, or reviles: Only with hymns I call you nigh.

1.41.9

च॒तुर॑श्चि॒द् दद॑मानाद् बिभी॒यादा निधा॑तोः | न दु॑रु॒क्ताय॑ स्पृहयेत् ||

Let him not love to speak ill words: but fear the One who holds all four Within his hand, until they fall.