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MANDALA I, HYMN 170. ASHTAKA I, ADHYÅYA 4, VARGA 8-9.. DIALOGUE BETWEEN INDRA AND HIS WORSHIPPER,
AGASTYA. 1. Indra : There is no such thing to-day, nor will it be so to-morrow. Who knows what strange thing i this is? We must consult the thought of another, for even what we once knew seems to vanish.
2. Agastya : Why dost thou wish to kill us, O Indra ? the Maruts are thy brothers; fare kindly with them, and do not strike us in battle.
3. The Maruts: O brother Agastya, why, being a friend, dost thou despise us? We know quite well what thy mind was. Dost thou not wish to give to us?
4. Agastya : Let them prepare the altar, let them light the fire in front! Here we two will spread 2 for thee the sacrifice, to be seen by the immortal.
5. Agastya: Thou rulest, O lord of treasures; thou, lord of friends, art the most generous. Indra, speak again with the Maruts, and then consume our offerings at the right season.
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