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VEDIC HYMNS.
MANDALA I, HYMN 13. ASHTAKA I, ADHYÅYA 1, VARGA 24–25.
ÅPRÎ HYMN. Il Being well lighted, O Agni, bring us hither the gods to the man rich in sacrificial food, O Hotri, purifier, and perform the sacrifice.
2. Tanūnapât ?! make our sacrifice rich in honey and convey it to-day to the gods, O sage, that they may feast.
3. I invoke here at this sacrifice Narâsamsa ', the beloved one, the honey-tongued preparer of the sacrificial food.
4. O magnified' Agni! Conduct the gods hither in an easy-moving chariot. Thou art the Hotri instituted by Manus 2.
5. Strew, O thoughtful men, in due order the sacrificial grass, the back or surface) of which is sprinkled with butter, on which the appearance of immortality ? (is seen).
6. May the divine gates open, the increasers of Rita, which do not stick together, that to-day, that now the sacrifice may proceed.
7. I invoke here at this sacrifice Night and Dawn, the beautifully adorned goddesses, that they may sit down on this our sacrificial grass.
8. I invoke these two divine Hotris', the sages with beautiful tongues. May they perform this sacrifice for us.
9. Ilà ('Nourishment”), Sarasvati, and Maht (the great one') , the three comfort-giving goddesses, they who do not fail, shall sit down on the sacrificial grass.
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