Yajurveda 2.16 — Dyavaprthivi and Mitravarunau Devate
Shukla Yajurveda (Vajasaneyi Samhita) · Adhyaya 2 · Verse 2.16
Sanskrit Original
वसुभ्यस्त्वा रुद्रेभयस्त्वादित्येभ्यस्त्वा संजानाथां द्यावापृथिवी मित्रावरुणौ त्वा वृष्ट्यावतां। व्यन्तु वयोक्तम रिहाणा मरुतां पृषतीर्गच्छ वशा पृश्निर्भूउत्वा दिवम गच्छ ततो नो वृष्टिमावह। चक्षुष्पाऽअग्नेऽसि चक्षुर्मे पाहि।
Vasubhyastvā rudrebhayastvādityebhyastvā sa≈jānāthā≈ dyāvāpṛthivī mitrāvaruṇau tvā vṛṣṭyāvatā≈. Vyantu vayokta`m rihāṇā marutā≈ pṛṣatīrgaccha vaśā pṛśnirbhūutvā divam gaccha tato no vṛṣṭimāvaha. Cakṣuṣpā'agne'si cakṣurme pāhi.
From riches, from Rudra’s terrors, from the suns, from heaven and earth, from Mitra and Varuna may you—who bring rain—protect us. O Maruts go to the open plain and bring the shower; Pṛśni become powerful, go to the sky and bring down rain for us. Agni, you are our eye; preserve our sight.