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VEDIC HYMNS.
MANDALA I, HYMN 2. ASHTAKA I, ADHYÅYA I, VARGA 3-4.
To VÂyu. 1. Come hither, O Vâyu, thou beautiful one?! These Somas are ready, drink of them, hear our
call !
2. O Vâyu, the praisers celebrate thee with hymns, they who know the feast-days !, and have prepared the Soma.
3. O Vâyu, thy satisfying stream 1 goes to the worshipper, wide-reaching, to the Soma-draught.
4. O Indra and Vayu, these (libations of Soma) are poured out ; come hither for the sake of our offerings, for the drops (of Soma) long for you.
5. O Indra and Vâyu, you perceive the libations, you who are rich in booty 1; come then quickly hither!
6. O Vâyu and Indra, come near to the work of the sacrificer, quick, thus is my prayer ?, O ye men!
7. I call Mitra, endowed with holy strength, and Varuna, who destroys all enemies; who both fulfil a prayer accompanied by fat offerings ?.
8. On the right way, O Mitra and Varuna, you have obtained great wisdom, you who increase the right and adhere to the right?;
9. These two sages, Mitra and Varuna, the mighty, wide-ruling, give us efficient strength.
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