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VEDIC HYMNS.
MANDALA I, HYMN 68.
ASHTAKA I, ADHYAYA 5, VARGA 12.
1. Cooking1 (the oblations?) the quick one has approached the sky. He has revealed the nights and what stands and moves 2
2. When he the god, alone of all these gods encompassed (the others) by his greatness.
3. When thou, O god, hadst been born living from the dry (wood), then all (gods and men ?) were pleased with thy wisdom.
4. They all obtained the name of divinity, of immortality 1, serving the Rita in due way.
5. The instigations of Rita, the thought of Rita1: they all performed the works of [?] the full-lived one 2.
6. Bestow wealth, thou who art the knowing one, on him who worships thee or who does service to thee1.
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7. He who sits down as the Hotri among the offspring of Manu: he verily is the master of all these riches.
8. They longed together for the seed in their bodies 1, and the wise ones were concordant among each other in their minds.
9. They took pleasure in his will, as sons (take pleasure) in their father's (will), the quick ones who have listened to his command.
10. He who is rich in food has opened the gates of wealth. The householder (Agni) has adorned the sky with stars.
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