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Post by Anne Terri on Oct 25, 2011 11:00:19 GMT 1
RIGVEDA - BOOK 8- HYMN LXXII. Viśvedevas.
1. WE choose unto ourselves that high protection of the Mighty Gods That it may help and succour us. 2 May they be ever our allies, Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman, Far-seeing Gods who prosper us. 3 Ye furtherers of holy Law, transport us safe o’er many woes, As over water-floods in ships. 4 Dear wealth be Aryaman to us, Varuṇa dear wealth meet for praise: Dear wealth we choose unto ourselves. 5 For Sovrans of dear wealth are ye, Ādityas, not of sinner's wealth, Ye sapient Gods who slay the foe. 6 We in our homes, ye Bounteous Ones, and while we journey on the road, Invoke you, Gods, to prosper us. 7 Regard us, Indra, Viṣṇu, here, ye Aśvins and the Marut host, Us who are kith and kin to you. 8 Ye Bounteous Ones, from time of old we here set forth our brotherhood, Our kinship in. the Mother's womb. 9 Then come with Indra for your chief, as early day, ye Bounteous Gods Yea, 1 address you now for this.
Bibliography: Rigveda, translated by Ralph Thomas Hotchkin Griffith, (1896)
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