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MANDALA II, HYMN 8.
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MANDALA II, HYMN 8.
ASHTAKA II, ADHYAYA 5, VARGA 29.
1. As one who runs a race ? (praises) his chariots, praise thou the yoking of Agni (to the chariot of sacrifice), of the most glorious, bountiful (god)
2. Who is the best leader for his worshipper, who undecaying makes the malign decaył, the cheerfulfaced who has been worshipped with offerings
3. He who is praised in the houses on account of his beauty in the evening and at dawn, whose law is not set at nought,
4. The bright one who shines with his light as the Sun with his splendour, with his undecaying (flames)", he who is anointed (with ghrita).
5. The hymns have strengthened Agni the devourer: along (the extent of) his own royalty ? He has assumed every beauty.
6. May we unharmed stand under the protection of Agni, Indra, Soma, of the gods; may we overcome our foes.
NOTES.
The Rishi is Gritsamada; the metre is Gayatrî, the last verse being Anushtubh, as is frequently the case in Gayatri hymns (see H. O., Hymnen des Rig-veda, I, 146).—No verse occurs in the other Samhitås.
Verse 1. Note 1. Vågayati means 'he strives for våga,' vågayati "he incites to quickness. The accent is not always correct in the traditional text.
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