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| Keywords: VARUNA, the guardian of sacred law and order.gif en TRIBUTES TO A FEW OF THE LESS COMMONLY PICTURED VARUNA the guardian of sacred law and order FROM THE RIG VEDA And I ask my own heart `When shall I be close to Varuna Will he enjoy my offering and not be provoked to anger When shall I see his mercy and rejoice ' I ask myself what that transgression was Varuna for I wish to understand I turn to the wise to ask them The poets have told me the very same thing `Varuna has been provoked to anger against you ' O Varuna what was the terrible crime for which you wish to destroy your friend who praises you Proclaim it to me so that I may hasten to prostrate myself before you and be free from sin for you are hard to deceive and are ruled by yourself alone pp 213-214 VEDIC DEITIES Source of all images http //members xoom it/kundalini/kundalini_eng/ downloaded Oct 1999 The website owner says he got these images from a 19th-century textbook on Hinduism Source of all text The Rig Veda; An Anthology trans Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty New York Penguin 1981 century 19 http //www columbia edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/bce_500back/vedas/pantheon/pantheon html author other versions Custom license marker 2015 11 29 PD-Old Hindu deities Uploaded with UploadWizard | ||||
