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DYAUS AND PRITHIVI.
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they will reward dutiful worshippers, and punish the negligent.
Heaven and Earth, the progenitors of the gods, are represented by Dyaus and Prithivi. Hymns addressed to them include the following, "At the festivals (I worship)
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VARUNA (FROM A NATIVE PICTURE).
with offerings, and celebrate the praises of Heaven and Earth, the promoters of righteousness, the great, the wise, the energetic, who, having gods for their offspring, thus lavish, with the gods, the choicest blessings, in consequence of our hymn. With my invocations I adore the thought of the beneficent
Dyaus and Prithivi (Heaven and earth).
