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MANDALA I, HYMN 67.
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MANDALA I, HYMN 67.
ASHTAKA I, ADHYÅYA 5, VARGA 11.
1. Victorious 1 in the forests, a friend among men, he demands obedience like a king, the undecaying one?
2. Like good peace, like fortunate wisdom, may he (Agni) be a kind Hotri, a carrier of offerings.
3. Having taken in his hand all manly powers, he has made the gods fear, when sitting down in his hiding-place.
4. There the thoughtful men find him, when they have recited the spells which they had fashioned in their heart.
5. As the goat' (supports) the earth”, thus he supports the earth ?; he upholds the sky by his efficacious spells.
6. Protect the dear footsteps of the cattle %. O Agni, thou who hast a full life, thou hast gone from covert to covert 8.
7. He who has seen him the hidden one, he who has got near to the stream of Rita -
8. They who get him off, doing service to Rita, to him ? he then indicates riches.
9. He who grows up with might within the plants, and within the children, and within the sprouting grass 2
10. The splendour [?] in the home of the waters ?, the full-lived. The sages made him as if building a seat.
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