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MANDALA I, AYMN 165.
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MANDALA I, HYMN 165. ASHTAKA II, ADHYÅYA 3, VARGA 24-26. TO THE MARUTS AND INDRA.
The Prologue. The sacrificer speaks :
1. To what splendour do the Maruts all equally! cling?, they who are of the same age, and dwell in the same nest? With what thoughts ?—from whence are they come 3 ?. Do these heroes sing forth their (own) strength“, wishing for wealth ?
2. Whose prayers have the youths accepted ? Who has turned the Maruts to his own sacrifice ? By what strong desire ? may we arrest them, they who float through the air like hawks ?
The Dialogue The Maruts speak:
3. From whence!, O Indra, dost thou come alone, thou who art mighty ? O lord of men', what has thus happened to thee? Thou greetest (us) when thou comest together with (us), the bright (Maruts)". Tell us then, thou with thy bay horses, what thou hast against us!
Indra speaks :
4. The sacred songs are mine, (mine are) the prayers ; sweet' are the libations! My strength rises, my thunderbolt is hurled forth. They call for me, the hymns yearn for me. Here are my horses, they carry me hither.
The Maruts speak : 5. From thence, in company with our strong
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