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MANDALA X, HYMN 186.
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MANDALA X, HYMN 186. ASHTAKA VIII, ADHYÅYA 8, VARGA 44.
To Vâta. 1. May Vâta waft medicine, healthful, delightful to our heart; may he prolong our lives!
2. Thou, O Vâta, art our father, and our brother, and our friend ; do thou grant us to live!
3. O Vâta, from that treasure of the immortal which is placed in thy house yonder, give us to live!
NOTES.
Ascribed to Ula Vatayana, and addressed to Väyu, under the name of Vata. The metre is Gayatri. Verse 1 occurs in SV. I, 184; II, 1190 ; Taitt. Br. II, 4, 1, 8; Taitt. År. IV, 42, 8. Verse 3 in SV. II, 1192; Taitt. Br. II, 4, 1, 8; Taitt. År. IV, 42, 7.
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