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"content": ": : :; : :\nHYMN 152.] THE RIGVEDA. 205\n9 Rich strength of life is yours ye, Heroes, have obtained\n:\nthrough your surpassing powers rich far-extending might.\nNot the past days conjoined with nights, not rivers, not the\nPanis have attained your Godhead and your wealth.\nHYMN\nCLII. Mitra-Yaruria.\nT... |
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"content": ": : : :\nm\nTHE HYMNS OF [HOOK\n/.\n6 May the milch-kine who favour Mamateya prosper in this\nworld himwho loves devotion.\nMay he, well skilled in rites, beg food, and calling Aditi with\nhis lip$ give us assistance.\n7 Gods, Mitra-Varuna, with love and worship, let me make you\ndelight in this oblatio... |
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"content": "—\n: : :: ;\nEYME 155.] • THE RIGVEDA. 207\nHYMN\nCLIV. Vishnu.\nI will declare the 'mighty deeds of Vishnu, of him who\nmeasured out the earthly regions,\nWho propped the highest place of congregation, thrice setting\ndown his footstep, widely striding.\n2 For this his mighty deed is Vishnu lauded, lik... |
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"content": ": ; : ;\n203 THE HYMNS OF ' [BO'OK /.\n2 Your Soma-drinker keeps afar your furious rush, Indra and\nVishnu, when ye come with all your might.\nThat which hath been directed well at mortalman, bow-armed\nKris&mfls arrow, ye turn far aside.\n3 These offerings increase his mightymanlystrength he brings\n:\... |
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"content": ": : ; '\nm\nHYMN 157.] THB HIGVE1>A'\n2 He who brings gifts to him the Ancient and the Last* to\nVishnu who ordains, together with his Spouse,\nWho tells the lofty birth of him the Lofty One, shall verily\nsurpass in glory e’en his peer.\n3 Him have ye satisfied, singers, as well as ye know, primeval\ng... |
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"content": ";\n210 THE HYMNS OF [BOOK I.\nProlong our days of life, wipe out our trespasses ; destroy our\nfoes, be our companions andour Friends.\n5 Ye store the germ of life in female creatures, ye lay it up\nwithin all living beings.\nYe haversent forth, 0 Asvins passing mighty, the fire, the\nsovrans of the woo... |
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"content": ": : : :\nBtMtt 160.] mn MM VEDA. 211\n6 Dirghatam&s the son of MamatH hath come to length of days\nin the tenth age of human kind.\nHe is the Brahman of the waters as they strive to reach their\nend and aim\n;\ntheir charioteeris he,\nHYMN\nOLIX. HeavenandEarth,\nI PftAISE with sacrifices mighty Heaven ... |
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"content": ": : : : ; :\n212 TEE HYMNS OF - [BOOK I.\n2 Widely-capacious Pair, mighty, that never fail, theFather and\n, the Mother keep all creatures safe\nThe two world-halves, the spirited, the beautiful, because the\nFatherhath clothed them in goodly forms.\n3 Son ofth^se Parents, he the Priest withpowertoclean... |
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"content": ": : ; :\nHYMN 161.] THE MIGVEDA. 213\nThen Tvashtar, when he viewed the four wrought chalices,\nconcealed himself among the Consorts of the Gods.\n5 As Tvashtar thushad spoken, Let us slaythesemen who have\nreviled the chalice, drinking-cup of Gods,\nThey gave themselves new names when Soma juipe was sh... |
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"content": ": :: ; : :\n214 TUB HYMNS OB \\[BOOK1.\n11 On the high placesye havemade thegrass forman, andwater\nin thevalleys, by your skill, 0 Men.\nEibhus, ye iterate not to-day that act of yours, your sleeping\nin the house of him whom naught can hide.\n12 As, compassing them round, ye glided through the worlds,... |
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"content": "7 , ;\nHYMN 162.1 VttS&I&VMDA, 215\nThedappled goat goeth straightforward, bleating, to the place\ndear to Jndra and to Pushan.\n3 Dear to all Gods, this goat, the share of Pushan, is first led\nforward with the vigorous Courser,\nWhile Tvashtarsendshimforwardwiththe Charger, acceptable\nfor sacrifice, ... |
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"content": "—\n: ; : ;\n2J6 TEEETMm OF [BOOK £\n11 Whatfrom thy body which with fire is roasted, when thouart\nset upon the spit, distilleth,\nLetnotthat lie on earth or grass neglected, but to the long-\ning Gods let all be offered.\n12 They who observing that the Horse is ready call out and say,\nThe smell is goo... |
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"content": "; :: :: : ! ;\nGYMN 163.] TSM MTGVSbA. 217\n20 Let not thy dear soul burnthee as thou comest, let not the\nhatchet linger in thy body.\nLet not a greedy clumsy immolator, missing the joints,\nmangle thy limbs unduly.\n21 No, here thou diest not, thou art not injured : Ify easy paths\nunto the Gods thou ... |
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"content": ": : ; :;\n218 TUB HYMNS OF [BOOK L\n4 Three bonds, they say, thou hast in heaven that bind thee,\nthree in the -waters, three within the ocean.\nTo me thou seemestYaruna, 0 Courser, there where they say\nis thy sublimest birth-place.\n5 Here, Courser, are the places where they groomed thee, here\nare th... |
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"content": ": : : :\nHYMN 164.] THE RIGVEDA. 219\n11 A body formed for flight hast thou, 0 Charger swift as the\n;\nwind in motion is thy spirit.\nThy horns are spread abroad in all directions: they move\nwith restless beat in wildernesses.\n12 The strongSteed hath come forward to the slaughter, ponder-\ning with a... |
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"content": "; : : ; : :\n220 THE HYMNS OF [BOOK I.\n4 Who hath beheld him as he sprang to being, seen how the\nboneless One supports the bony ?\nWhere is the blood of earth, the life, the spirit% Who mayap-\nproach the man who knows, to ask it?\n5 Unripei£mind, in spiritundiscerning, Iask of these the Gods’\nestabl... |
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"content": ":: :: :: :\nm\nH9YMN\nnmvELA.\n164,] 221\nYoked wasthe Motherto the boon Cow's car-pole in thedank\n;\nrows of cloud the Infant rested.\nThen the Calf lowed, and looked upon the Mother, the Cow who\nwears all shapes in three directions.\n10 Bearing three Mothers and three Fathers, single he stood\nerect... |
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"content": ": : :\n222 TILEHYMNS OP [MON t\n15 Of the co-born they call theseventh single-born; the sis twin\npairs are called Bishis,Children of Gods,\nTheir good gifts sought of men are ranged. in order due, and\nvarious in theirformmove for the Lord whoguides.\n16 TheytoM me these were males, though truly female... |
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"content": "—\n: :\nHYMN 164.] THE RIGVEDA, 223\nOne of the twain eats the sweet Fig-tree’s fruitage ; the other\neating not regardeth only*\n21 Where those hue Birds hymn ceaselessly their portion of life\neternal, and the sacred synods,\nThere istheUniverse’smightyKeeper, who, wise,irathentered\ninto me the simpl... |
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"content": ": : :\n224 THE HYMNS OF [BOOK L\n25 With Jagat! the flood in heaven he stablisbed, and saw the\nSun in the Rathantara Saman.\nGayatri hath, they say, three brands for kindling\n:\nhenceit\nexcels in majesty and vigour.\n26 I invocafe the milch-cow good for milking, so that the milker,\ndeft of hand, may... |
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"content": "; :\nHYMN 164.] THE ttIGVEDA. 225\n32 He who hath made him doth not comprehend him from him\nwho saw him surely is he hidden. :\nHe, yet enveloped in his Mother’s bosom, source of much life,\nhath sunk intodestruction,\n33 Dyaus is my Father, my begetter: kinship is#here. This\ngreat earth is my kin and... |
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"content": ": : • : :\n226 ' THE HYMNS OF [BOOK /.\nCeaseless they move in opposite directions: men mark the\none and fail to mark the other.\n39 Upon what syllable of holy praise-son—g, as ’twere their\nhighest heaven, the Gods repose them,\n’Who kn<£ws not this, what will he do with praise-song? But\ntheywho know... |
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"content": ": :: ; : : :\nHYMN 164.] THE RIGYETA. 227\nThree kept in close concealment cause no motion of speech,\nmen speak only the fourth division. ;\n46 They call him Indra, Mitra, Varuna, Agni, and he is heavenly\nnobly-winged Garutman.\nTo what is One, sages give many a title: they*call it Agni,\nYama, Matari... |
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"content": ":\n223 .THE HYMNS OF [BOOK L\n52 The Bird Celestial, vast with noble pinion, the lovely germ of\nplants, the germ of waters,\nHim who delighteth ns with rain in season, Sarasvan I invoke\nthat he may helpns.\nHYMN CLXY.\nIndra.Maruts.\nWith what bright beanty are the Marnts jointly invested,\npeers in a... |
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"content": "—\n!\nHYMN. 165.] THE RIGVEDA, 229\n7 Yea, much hast thou achieved with mb for comrades, with\nmanly valour like thine own, thou Hero.\nMuch may we too achieve, 0 mightiest Indra, with our great\npower, we Maruts, when we will it.\n8 Vritra I slew hy mine own strength, 0 Maruts, having waxed\nmighty in ... |
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"content": ": :\n230 THE HYMNS OF [BOOK I.\n15 May this your praise, may this your song, 0 Maruts, sung\nby the poet, Mana’s son, M&ndarya,\nBidng offspring for ourselves with food to feed us. May we\nfind strengthening food in fullabundance\n1\nHYMN CLXVL\nMaruts.\nNow let us publish, for the vigorous company the ... |
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"content": "—\n:\nHYMN 166.] THE MOVED A. 231\n7 Givers of during1gifts whose bounties neverfail, free from ill-\nwill, at sacrifices glorified,\nTheysing their song aloud that they may drink sweet juice\n:\nwell do they know the Hero’s first heroic deeds.\n8 With castles hundredfold, 0 Maruts, guard ye well the ma... |
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"content": ": : : .\n232 THE HYMNS OF [BOOK l\nHYMN CLXVIL\nIndra.Maruts.\nA thousand are thy helps for us, 0 Indra; a thousand, Lord\nof Bays, thy choice refreshments.\nWealth of a thousand sorts hast thou to cheer us: may preci-\nous goods come nigh to us in thousands.\n2 May the most sapientMaruts, withprotectio... |
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"content": "—\n:; : ;\nHYMN 168.] THE RIGVEDA. 233\n8 Mitra and Yaruna they guard from censure : Aryaman too,\ndiscovers worthless sinners.\nFirm things are overthrown that ne’er were shaken he pros-\n:\npers, Maruts, who gives choice oblations.\n9 None of us, Maruts, near or at a distance, hath£ver reached\nthe li... |
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"content": ": :\n234 TEE HYMNS OF [BOOK /*\n4 Self-yoked they have descended lightly from the sky. With\nyotirown lash, Immortals, urge yourselves to speed.\nUnstained by dust the Maruts, mighty intheir strength, have\noast down e'en firmthings, armed with their shining spears.\n5 Who amongyou, 0Marutsarmedwit!)lig... |
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"content": ": ;\nHYMN 170,] THE RIGVEDA. 235\n2 The various doings of all mortal people by thee are ordered,\nin thy wisdom, Indra.\nThe host of Maruts goeth forth exulting to win the light-\nbestowing spoil of battle.\n3§That spear of thine sat -firm for us, 0 Indra : the Maruts set\ntheir whole dread power in mot... |
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"content": ": ;\n286 THEHYMNS OF [BOOK /.\n3 Agastya, brother, why dost thou neglect us, thou who art our\nfriend1\nWe know the nature of thy mind. Verily thou wilt give us\nnaught.\n4 Let them prepare the altar, let them kindle fire in front:\nwe two\nHere will spread sacrifice for thee, that the Immortal may\nobs... |
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"content": "; ::: :: :\nHYMN 173.] THE RIGVEDA. 237\n5 BywhomtheManasrecognizethedaysprings,bywhosestrength\nat the dawn of endless mornings,\nGive us, thou Mighty, glory with the Maruts, fierce with the\nfierce, the Strong who givest triumph.\n6 Do thou, 0 Indra, guard the conquering Heroes, tmd rid thee\nof thy w... |
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"content": ": :;: ;\n238 THE HYMNS OF [BOOK L\n3 May the Priest come circling the measured stations, andwith\nhim bring the earth’s autumnal fruitage.\nLetthe Horse neigh led near, let the Steer bellow : let the\nVoice go between both worlds as herald.\n4 To him ewe offer welcomest oblations, the pious bring their\... |
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"content": ": : : : :\nHYMN 174.] TUB RIGYENA. 239\n11 For every sacrifice makes Indra stronger, yea, when he goes\naround angry in spirit\n;\nAs pleasure at the ford invites the thirsty, as the long way\nbrings him who gains his object.\n12 Let us not here contend with Gods, 0Indra, forhere, 0Mighty\nOne, is thine... |
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"content": "; : : ; :\n240 THE HYMNS OF [SOON\nI.\nLet the Sunroll his chariotwheel anearus, andletthe Thund-\nerer go to meet the foemen.\n6 Thou Indra, Lord of Bays, made strong by impulse, hast slain\nthe vexers of thy friends, who give not.\nThey wlio beheldthe Friend beside the living were cast aside\nby thee ... |
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"content": ": : :\nHYMN 176,] THE RIGVEDA. 241\n4 Empowered by thine own might, 0 Sage, thou stolest Surya's\nchariot wheel.\nThou barest Kutsawith the steeds of Wind to Sushna as his\ndeath.\n5 Most mighty is thy rapturous joy, most splendid is thine\nactive power,\nWherewith, foe-slaying, sending bliss, thou art ... |
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"content": "—\n: :\n242 TEE HYMNS OF [BOOR /.\nHYMN CLXXVII.\nIndra\n.\nThe Bull ofmen, who cherishes allpeople, King of the Kaces,\nIndra, calledof many,\nFame-loving, praised, hither to me with succour turn having\nyokedjooth vigorous Bay Horses\n!\n2 Thy mighty Stallions, yoked by prayer, 0 Indra, thy Coursers\n... |
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"content": ":\nHYMN 180.] THE JkIGVEDA. 243\n4 Yea, Indra, with the men, throughlove of glory consumes the\nsacred food which friends have offered.\nThe ever-strengthening song of him who worships is sung* in\nfight amid theclash of voices.\n5 Aided by thee, 0 Magbavan, 0Indra, may wesubdue our foes\nwho count them... |
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"content": "—\n: ;\n244 THE HYMNS OF [BOOK L\n6 When* Bounteous Ones, ye drivevyour yoked team downward,\nye send, by your own natures, i.-;-vL~vV:*.7.\nSwift asthe wind let the prince pi . , 1 : .,. * you : he, like\napious man, gains strength for increase.\n-\n7 For veritywetruthful singerspraiseyou: the niggardt... |
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"content": ": : ; ,\nIlfMET 1S2J TlIB klGYEDA. Ut>\n4 Here sprung to life, they both have sungtogether, with bodies\nfree from stain, with signs that mark them\nOne of you Prince of Sacrifice, the Victor, the other counts as\nHeaven’s auspicious offspring,\n5 May your car-seat, down-gliding* golden-coloured, accord... |
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"content": ";\n246 TIIE HYMNS OF [BOOK /.\n2 Longed for, most Indra-like, mighty, most Marat-like, most\nwonderful in deed, car-borne, best charioteers,\nBiing your full\" chariot hither heaped with l.iquid sweet:\nthereon, ye Asvins, come to him who offers gifts.\n3 What make ye there, ye Mighty? Wherefore linger ... |
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"content": "—\n: : :\nHYMN 184,] THE MOVED A. 247\n2 Light rolls your easy chariot faringearth-ward, what time, for\nfood, ye, full of 'wisdom, mount it,\nMay this song, wondrous fair, attend your glory ye, as ye\ntravel, wait on Lawn Heaven's Daughter. :\n3 Ascendyour lightly rolling car, approaching the* worshipp... |
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"content": ": ; ;\nm\nTUB HYMNS OF [BOOK L\n4 Your grace be with us, ye who love sweet juices further\n:\nthe hymn sung by the poet Mana,\nWhen men are joyful in your glorious actions, to win heroic\nstrength, ye Bounteous Givers,\n5 Thispraise was made, 0 liberal Lords, 0 Asvins, for you with\nfair adornment by th... |
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"content": "; :: : ;\nHYiVX 186.] flJB ttjGVllDA.\n•\n249r\nWho, beautiful to look on,- make the nectar. Protect us*\nHeaven and Earth, from fearful danger.\n—\n7 Wide, vast, and manifold, whose bounds are distant, these*\nreverent, I address at this our worship,\nThe blessed Pair, victorious, all-sustaining. Prote... |
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"content": "—\n:: : ::; :\n250 '' THE HYMNS OF [BOOK L\nPreparing on a common day the praise-song with milk of vari-\n8 ous hues within this udder.\n£> May the great Dragon of the Deep rejoice us : as one who\nnourishes her young comes Sindhu,\nWith wh<Mnwe will incite the Child of Waters whom vigorous\ncoursers sw... |
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"content": ": ; ;\nHYMN 187.] THE RIQVEDA. 251\nHYMN CLXXXVII.\nPraiseof Food.\nNow will Iglorify Food that upholds great strength,\nBy whose invigoratingpower Trita rent Vritralimbfrom limb.\n2 0 pleasant Food, 0 Food of meath, thee have we chosen for\nour own, •\nSo be our kind protector thou.\n3 Come hitherward ... |
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"content": ": ; : :; :\nHYMNS OP Pooh t\nt\nHYMN CLXXXYIIL\nApris,\n8 Winner of thousands, kindle d* thou shinest a God with Gods\nto-day.\nBear our oblations, ehvov, Sage.\n62 Child of f'hyself the sacrifice is forthe righteous blent with\n!\nmeath,\nPresenting viands thousandfold*\nInvoked and worthy of ourpraise... |
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"content": "; : ;\nHYMN\n189.]\nTHERIGVEDA.\n253\n.\nHYMN CLXXXIX.\nAgni.\nBy goodly paths lead us to riches, Agni, thou God who know-\nest every sacred duty,\nBemove the sin that makes us stray and wander ; most ample\nadoration will we bring thee. m\n2 Leadus anewto happiness, 0 Agni lead usbeyondall danger\n;\na... |
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"content": "—\n: :\nm\nTHE HYMNS OF [BOOK l\nHYMN CXC,\nBrihaspati.\nGloriPy thou Brihaspati; the scatheless, who must he praised\nwith hymns, sweet-tongued and mighty,\nTo whom as leader of the song, resplendent, worthy of lauds,\n“both Ghds and mortals listen.\n2 On him wait songsaccording to the season, even as ... |
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"content": "— —\n: :\nHYMN\n101.] trtiE\nmayed\na. 255\n7 He to whom softgs of praise go forth like- torrents, as rivers\neddying under banks flow sea-ward\nBpihaspati the wise, the eager, closely looks upon both, the\nwaters and the vessel.\n8 So hath Brihaspati, great, strong and mighty, the God exceed-\ning powe... |
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"content": "—\n: : ::\n256 THE HYMNS OF [BOOK L\n6 Heaven is your Sire, your Mother Earth, Soma yotir Brother,\nAditi\nYour Sister : seeing all, unseen, keep still and dwell ye hap-\nPi]J-\n7 Biters ofshoulder or of limb, with needle-stings, most veno-\nmous,\nUnseen, whatever ye may be, vanish together and be gone... |
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"content": ":\nHYMN 191.] TIIE RIGYEDA. 257\n14- So have the peahens three-times-scven, so have the maiden\nSisters Seven\nCarried thy venom far away, as girls bear water in their\n:\njars.\n15 The poison-insect is so small; I crush the creature with a\nstone.\nI turn the poison hence away, departed unto distant la... |
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"content": ":\nBOOK THE SECOND.\nHYMN L * Agni.\nThou, Agni, stuninginthyglory throughthe days, artbrought\nto life from out the waters, from the stone :\nFrom out the forest trees and herbs that grow on ground,\nthou, Sovran Lord of men art generated pure.\n2 Thine is the Herald’s task and Cleanser’s duly timed; L... |
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"content": ":\nSCO THE HYMNS OF [BOOK II\n5 Thou givest strength, as Tvashtar, to the worshipper thou,\n:\nwielding Mitra’s power, hast kinship with the Dames.\nThou, urging thy fleet coursers, givest noble steeds a host\n:\nof heroes art thou with great store of wealth.\n6 Rudra art thou, the Asura of mighty heave... |
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"content": "—\n;\n2TTMH2.] THE H1QVEDA. 261\nBy tb.ee do mortal men give sweetness to tbeir drink.\nBright art thou born, the embryo of theplants of earth.\n15 Withthese thou art united, Agni yea, thou, God of noble\n;\nbirth, surpassest them in majesty,\nWhich, through the power of good, here spreads abroad from\n... |
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"content": "— —\n: :: : ; -;\nm\nTHE HYMHS OF [EOOK IL\n6 Such as thouart, brilliantly kindled for our weal, a liberal\ngiver, send us riches in thyshine,\nFor our advantage, Agni, God, bring Heaven and Earthhither\nthat they may taste oblation brought by man.\n7 Agni, give usgreat wealth,giverichesthousandfold : u... |
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"content": "— —\n: :: :\nitrtfy 3.] THE RIGVEDA. 263\n2 MayNarasansa lightingup the chambers, brightinhismajesty\nthrough threefold heaven,\nSteeping the giftwith oil-diffusing purpose, bedew the Gods at\nehiefest time ofworship.\n&3 Adored in heart, as is thy right, 0 Agni, serve tire Gods first\nto-day before the... |
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"content": ": :: : : :\n2G4 TED HYMNS OP tBOOK If,\n9\nThree Goddesses, withpowerinherent, seated, protectthisholy\nGrass, ourflawless refuge !\nBorn is the pious hero swift of hearing, like gold in hue, well\nformed, and full of vigour,\nMay Tv&shtarlengthen out our line and kindred, and may\nthey reach the place ... |
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"content": "; : ; : :\nZTTMN 8.] THB HTGfEDA* - 265\n—\n5 Sincetheywhohonourmehavepraisedmy greatness, hegave,\nas Twere, his hue to those Who love him.\nKnown is he by his bright delightful splendour, and waxing\nold renews his youth for ever.\n6 Like one athirst, he lighteth up the forests likenvater down\n;\nthe... |
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"content": "; : : : :\n266 WEE HYMNS OF IBOOK II.\n3 When swiftlie follows,this behest, bird-like hechants the holy\nprayers.\nHe holds all knowledge in his grasp even as the felly rounds\nthe wheel.\n4 Together with pure mental power, pure, as Director, was he\nborn.\nSkilled in his own unchanging laws he waxes li... |
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"content": "; ! : :: !\nHYMN 7.1 TBS SlQVSBA. 267\n3 As such, lover of song, with songs, wealth-lover, giver of our\nwealth\nWith reverence let us worship thee.\n4 Be thou for us a liberal Prince, giver and Lord of precious\nthings. 0\nDrive those who hate us far away.\n5 Such as thou art, give rain from heaven, gi... |
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"content": ": ; : : ; :\nfns HYMNS OP [POOK //.\nHYMN VIII. Agni.\nNow praise, as one who strives for strength, the harnessing of\nAgni’s car,\nThe liberal, the most splendid One\n2 Who, guiding worshippers aright, withers, untouched by age,\n6 Wht eh ne f wo oe r: shipped fair to look upon 5\n3 Who for his glory i... |
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"content": ": : ; :;\nHYMN 10.] the may eda. 269\nA Agni, best Priest, pay worship with oblation quickly com-\n;\nmend the gift to be presented\nFor thou art Lord of gathered wealth and treasure of the\n:\nbright song of praise thou art inventor.\n5 The twofold opulence, 0 Wonder-Worker, of th&e new-born\neach day ... |
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"content": "—\n: ;: : : ; ;\n270 THE MYMJtfS OF [BOOK It\n6 By choice victorious, recognize thy portion : with thee for\nenvoy may we speak like Manu.\nObtaining wealth, I call on perfectAgni whowith aneloquent\ntongue dispenses sweetness,\nHYMN XL\nIndra.\nHijab thou my call, 0 Indra ; be not heedless : thine may ... |
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"content": ": :\nBYMtt IT.] THE MormA, 271\n7 Indra, thy BaySteeds showing forth their rigour have sent a\nloud cry out that droppeth fatness.\nThe earth hath spread herself in all her fulness the cloud\n:\nthat was about to move hath rested.*\n8 Down, neverceasing, hath the rain-cloud settledr bellowing',\nit hath... |
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"content": ": :\n272 THE HYMNS OF [BOOK IT.\n16 Great, verily, are they, 0 thou Protector, who by their songs\nofpraise have won thy blessing.\nTheywho strew sacred grass tobethydwelling,hoZpeubythee\nhave got them strength, 0 Indra,\n17 Upon the great Trikadruka days, Hero, rejoicingthee, O Indra,\ndrink the Soma.... |
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"content": ": : : :; ;\nHYMN THE MOVED\n12.] A. 27$\n2 He who fixed fast and firm the earth that staggered, and set\nat rest the agitated mountains,\nWho measured out the air’s wide middle region and gave the *\nheaven support, He, men, is Indra.\n3 Who slew the Dragon, freed the Seven Rivers, anS drove the\nkine f... |
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"content": ":: : ; ; ;\n274 THE HYMNS OF [BOOK 1L\n11 Hewho discoveredinthefortiethautumnSambara ashedwelt\namong the mountains\nWho slewthe Dragonputtingforthhisvigour, thedemonlying\nthere, He, men, is Indra.\n12 Who with seven guiding reins, the Bull, the Mighty, set free\nthe Seven great Floodsto how atploasuro... |
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"content": "—\n: ; : ;\nHYMN 13.] THE RIGVEDA. 275\n3 One priest announces what the instroutor gives one, altering\n:\nthe forms, zealously plies his task.\nThethird corrects the imperfections left by each. Thou who\ndidst these things first art worthy of our lauds.\n4 Dealing out food unto their people there they ... |
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"content": "—\n; : : :\n276 THE HYMNS OF ' [BOOK II.\nThou for Dabhiti boundest Dasyus not with cords; thou wast\na mighty help. Worthy of lauds artthou.\n10 All banks of rivers yielded to his manly might to him they\n;\ngave, to him, the Strong, gave up their wealth.\nThesixdirectionshastthoufixed, afivefoldview\n... |
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"content": "—\n: : ; ;; ; :\nfl¥MN 14.] ‘ TEE niGVBDA, 277\n,3 Ye ministers* to him who smote Dfibhika, who drove the kine\nforth, and discovered Yala,\n- Offer this draught, like Y&ta in the region : clothe him with\nSoma even as steeds with trappings.\n4 Him who did Urapa to death* Adhvaryus though showing\n!\nar... |
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"content": ": : : :\n278 THE HYMNS OF [BOOK II.\n11 Him, ministers, the Lord of heavenly treasure and all terrest-\nrial wealth that earth possesses,\nHim, Indra, fill with Soma as a garner is filled with harley\nfull be this your labour.\n:\n12 Prepare uhyself to grant us that great booty, 0 Yasu, for\nabundant is... |
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"content": ": ;\nHYMN THE RIGVEDA. 279\n16.]\n7 Knowingthe place whereinthe maids were hiding, the outcast\nshowed himself and stood before them.\nThe cripple stood erect, the blind beheld them. These things\ndid indra in the Soma's rapture.\n8 Praised by the Angirases he slaughtered Vala, an$burstapart\nthe bulwar... |
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"content": ": : :\n80 THEHYMNS OF [BOOK II.\n5 The vessel of the strong hows forth, the hood ofmeath, unto\nthe Strong whofeedsupon the strong, for drink.\nStrong are the two Adhv&ryus, strong are both the stones.\nThey press the Soma that is strong forhim the Strong.\n6 Strong m thy thunderbolt, yea, and thy caris... |
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"content": ": : : :\nI1YMN 18.] TEE MG VEDA. 281\n4 HemadehimselfbymightLordof all livingthings, and strong\nin vital power waxed great above them all.\nHe, borne on high, overspread with light the heavenand earth,\nand, sewing up the turbid darkness, closed it in.\n§ He with his might made firm the forward-bending... |
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"content": ": : :\n282 THE HYMNS OF [BOOK //.\n2 This is prepared for him the first, the second, and the third\ntime : he is man’s Priest and Herald.\nOthers get offspring of another parent : he goeth, as a noble\nBull, with others.\n3 To India’s car the Bay Steeds have I harnessed, that new\nwell-spoken words may ... |
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"content": ": ;: ; ;\nHYMN 19,] THE RIGVEDA. 283\nHYMN\nXIX. Indra.\nDraughts of this sweet juice have been drunk for rapture, of\nthe wise Soma-presser’s offered dainty,\nWherein, grown mightyinthedaysaforetime, Indra^hathfound\ndelight, and men who worship.\n2 Cheered by this meath Indra, whose handwieldsthunder,... |
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"content": "; : :\n234 TIIB HYMNS OF [BOOK It.\n7 So have we brought our hymn to thee, 0 Indra, strengthening\nthee and fain ourselves for glory,\nMay we with best endeavours gain this friendship, andmayst\nthoubend the godless scorner’s weapons,\n8 Thus the Gritsamadas for thee, 0 Hero, have wrought their\nhymn an... |
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"content": "; : : : i:\nHTMN 21.] THE MOVED A. 28^\n6 He verily, the God, the glorious Indra, hath raised him up for\nman, best Wonder-Worker.\nHe, self-reliant, mighty and triumphant, brought low the dear\nhead of the wicked D&sa.\n7 IndratheVritra-slayer,Fort-destroyer, scatteredtheD&sahosts\nwho dwelt in darknes... |
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"content": "—\n:;; ;:: ;\n286 THE HYMNS OF [BOOK IL\n4 The-strong who never yields, who slew the furious fiend, the\ndeep, the vast, of wisdom unattainable\nWho speeds thegood, the breaker-down, t; he firm, the vast,\nIndra whose rites bringjoy hath made the light of Dawn.\n5 By sacrifice the yearning sages sending... |
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"content": "— —\n: :\nHYMN- 23.] THE RIGVEDA. 287\nHYMN\nXXIII. Brahmanaspati.\nWe call thee. Lord and Leader of theheavenlyhosts,the wise\namongdhe wise, the famousest of all,\nThe Kingsupreme of prayers, 0 Brahmanaspati]: h^ar us with\nhelp sit down in place of sacrifice.\n;\n2 Brihaspati, God immortal verily the... |
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"content": "—\n289 8 THE HYMNS OF [BOOK It,\nThroughthee, kindprospered 0Brahmanaspati, mayweobtain\nthe wealth of men which all desire :\nAnd all our enemies, who near or far away prevail against us,\ncrush, andleave them destitute.\n;\n10 With thee as our own rich and liberal allymaywe, Brihaspati,\ngain highest ... |
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"content": ": ; -\nZTTAfy 24.] TIIE UIGVEDA . 1589\n18 The mountain, for thy glory, cleft itself apart when, Angir&s !\nthou openedst the stall of kine.\nThou, 0 Brihaspati, with Indra for ally didsthurldownwater-\nfloods which gloom had compassed round.\n19 0 Brahmanaspati, he thou controller of this ouffhymn and\... |
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"content": "——\n: : : :\n2,90 THE HYMNS OF [WOK IL\n6 Theywho with much endeavour searchinground obtained the\nPams5 noblest treasure hidden inthe cave,\nThose SrgT*!, \"having luarko i-lm falsehoods, turned them hack\n:\nwhence they had come, and sought again to enter in.\n7 The pious ones when theyhadseenthefalse... |
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"content": "BYMN THE RIGVEDA. 291\n26.]\n13 The sacrificial femes most swiftly hear the call: the priest of\nthe assembly gaineth wealth for hymns.\nHating the stern, remitting at his will the debt, strong in the\nshock of fight is Brahmanaspati.\n14 The wrath of Brahmanaspati according to his will had full\neffect... |
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"content": ": : :\nm\nTEE HYMNS OF [BOOK 11\n2 Worship, thou hero; chase the arrogant' afar: put oil aus-\npicious courage for the fight with foes.\nPrepare oblation so that thou mayst have success we crave\n:\nthe favouring help of Brahmanaspati.\n3 -Ho with*his folk, his house, his family, his sons, gains booty\n... |
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"content": "m\n&Tmn 27%] $uB Rwvtii)A (\n85 May I, Adityas, share in this your favour which, Aryaman,\nbrings profit e’en in danger.\nUnder your guidance, Vanina and Mitra, round troubles may\nt pass, like rugged places.\nSmooth is your path, 0 Aryainan and Mitra; excellent is it,\nVanina,^and thornless.\nThereon, ... |
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"content": ": ; : :\n294 THE HYMNS OF [BOOK IL\n14 Aditi, Mitra, Yaruna, forgive us however we have erred and\nsinned against you.\nMay I obtain the broad light free from peril : 0 Indra, let\nnot during darkness seize us.\n15 For him*’the Twain united pour their fulness, the rain from\nheaven he thrives most highl... |
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"content": "—\nHYMN THE RIGVEDA. 295\n29.]\nThesefeelnoweariness, norceasefrom flowing: swift havethey\nflown like birds in airaround us.\n5 Loose me from sin as from a bond that binds me : may We\nswell, Varuna, thy spring of Order.\nLet not my thread, while I weave song, be severed, nor my\nwork’s sum, before the... |
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"content": ";; :: :\n296 THE HYMNS OF [BOOR II.\nAsgiversofgood thingsdeal with ns kindly; thisday begraci-\nous to us.and hereafter.\n3 What service may we do you with our future, what service,\nVasus, with ourancient friendship?\nO Aditif and Varuna and Mitra, Indra and Maruts, make us\n-well and happy.\n4 Ye, 0 ... |
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"content": ": :\nHYMN 31,] THE RTOYEDA. 297\n4 As with a bolt, Brihaspati, fiercely flaming, pierce thou\nYrik&dvaras’, the Asura’s, heroes.\nEven as iu time of old with might thou siewest, so slay even\nnow our enemy, 0 Indra.\n5 Gast down from heaven on high thy bolt of thuftder where-\nwith in joy thou smitest d... |
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"content": ":: : :; :: ; . ; ;\n298 THE HYMNS OF [BOOK IL\n2 Yea, now ye Gods of one accord speed on our car what time\namong the folk it seeks an act of might\nWhen, hasting through the region with the stamp of hoofs,\nour swift steeds trample on the ridges of the earth.\n3 Or mayour Indrahere, theFriend of all ma... |
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"content": "—\n: : : * :\nHYMN 33.] THE RIGVET)A. 299\n3 Bring hither with benignant mind the willing Cow teeming\nwith plenteous milk, full, inexhaustible.\n0 thou invoked by many, day by day I urge thee with my\nword, a charger rapid in his tread.\n4 With eulogy I callonRakaswiftto hear mayshe^auspicious,\n:\nhea... |
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"content": ": : :\nm\nTHE HYMNS OF [tiOOK If.\nDo thou with strengthening halms incite our heroes : I hear\nthee famed as best of all physicians.\n5 May I with praise-songs win that Rudra’sfavourwhois adored\nwith gifts and invocations.\nNe’er may the tawny God, fair-cheeked, and gracious, swift-\nhearing,'yield us... |
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"content": ": :\nmYmk U.] THE R1QYEBA. 301\n14 May Rudra’s missile turn aside and spare us, the great wrath\nof the impetuous One avoid us.\nTurn, Bounteous God, thy strong bow from ourprinces, and\nbe thou gracious to our seed and offspring.\n15 0 tawny Bull, thus showing forth thy nature, as neither to\nbe wroth,... |
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"content": ": ;\n302 THE HYMNS Of BOOK 1L\n[\n0 Maruts, of one mind, like swans who seek their nests, come\nto the rapturous enjoyment of the meath.\n6 To these our prayers, 0 Maruts, come unanimous, come ye to\nour libations like the praise of men, *\nMake it swell like a mare,in udder like acow, and for the\nsing... |
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"content": ":\nHYMN 35,] THE RIGVESA. 303\n12 They, the Dasagvas, first of all brought sacrifice : they at the\nbreak of mornings shall inspirit us.\nDawn with her purple beams uncovereth the nights, with\ngreat light glowing like a billowy sea of milk.\n13 The Rudras have rejoiced them in thegathered bands at seat... |
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"content": "—\n: : : : 1\nm\nTEEHYMNS OF [EOOE\nIT.\n5 To him three Dames are offering food to fecvl him, Goddesses\nto the God whom none may injure.\nWithin the waters hath he pressed, as hollows, and drinks\ntheir5milk who now are first made mothers.\n6 Here was the horse’s birth his was the sunlight. Save thou\n... |
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