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MANDALA I, HYMN 36.
33 who does us harm or tries to kill us, O youngest god with bright splendour !
16. As with a club? smite the niggards in all directions, and him who deceives us, O god with fiery jaws. The mortal who makes (his weapons) very sharp by night, may that impostor not rule over us.
17. Agni has won abundance in heroes, Agni prosperity (for Kanva). Agni and the two Mitras (i.e. Mitra and Varuna) have blessed Medhyâtithi, Agni (has blessed) Upastuta in the acquirement (of wealth).
18. Through Agni we call hither from afar Turvasa, Yadu, and Ugradeva. May Agni, our strength against the Dasyu, conduct Navavâstva, Brihadratha, and Turviti?
19. Manu has established thee, O Agni, as a light for all people. Thou hast shone forth with Kanva, born from Rita, grown strong, thou whom the human races worship.
20. Agni's flames are impetuous and violent; they are terrible and not to be withstood. Always burn down the sorcerers, and the allies of the Yatus, every ghoul'.
NOTES.
The authorship of this hymn, and of the whole collection to which it belongs (I, 36-43), is ascribed to Kanva Ghaura. Numerous passages show indeed that it was the family of the Kanvas, or rather, to speak more accurately, a branch of that family, among which this group of hymns has been composed. But it is as great a mistake in this as in
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