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VEDIC HYMNS.
MANDALA VI, HYMN 74. ASHTAKA V, ADHYÂYA 1, VARGA 18.
TO SOMA AND RUDRA.
1. Soma and Rudra, may you maintain your divine dominion, and may the oblations reach you properly. Bringing the seven treasures to every house, be kind to our children and our cattle.
2. Soma and Rudra, draw far away in every direction the disease 2 which has entered our house. Drive far away Nirriti 3, and may auspicious glories belong to us!
3. Soma and Rudra, bestow all these remedies on our bodies. Tear away and remove from us1 whatever evil we have committed, which clings to our bodies.
4. Soma and Rudra, wielding sharp weapons and sharp bolts, kind friends, be gracious unto us here! Deliver us from the snare of Varuna, and guard us, as kind-hearted gods!
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