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VEDIC HYMNS.
MANDALA I, HYMN 6.
ASHTAKA I, ADHYÅYA 1, VARGA 11-12.
TO INDRA AND THE Maruts (THE STORM-GODS).
1. Those who stand around him while he moves on, harness the bright red (steed)"; the lights in heaven shine forth 3.
2. They harness to the chariot on each side his (Indra's)' two favourite bays, the brown, the bold, who can carry the hero.
3. Thou who createst light where there was no light, and form, O men?! where there was no form, hast been born together with the dawns &
4. Thereupon they (the Maruts), according to their wont ?, assumed again the form of new-born babes, taking their sacred name.
5. Thou, O Indra, with the swift Marüts', who break even through the stronghold ?, hast found even in their hiding-place the bright ones: (days or clouds).
6. The pious singers (the Maruts) have, after their own mind?, shouted towards the giver of wealth, the great, the glorious (Indra).
7. Mayest thou? (host of the Maruts) be verily seen coming together with Indra, the fearless : you are both happy-making, and of equal splendour.
8. With the beloved hosts of Indra, with the blameless, hasting? (Maruts), the sacrificer' cries aloud
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