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VEDIC HYMNS.
MANDALA I, HYMN 167. ASHTAKA II, ADHYÅYA 4, VARGA 4-5.
TO THE MARUTS (THE STORM-GODS). 1. O Indra, a thousand have been thy helps accorded to us, a thousand, O driver of the bays, have been thy most delightful viands. May thousands of treasures richly to enjoy, may goods 1 come to us a thousandfold.
2. May the Maruts come towards us with their aids, the mighty ones, or with their best aids from the great heaven, now that their furthest steeds have rushed forth on the distant shore of the sea;
3. There clings 1 to the Maruts one who moves in secret, like a man's wife (the lightning 2), and who is like a spear carried behind , well grasped, resplendent, gold-adorned; there is also with them Våk (the voice of thunder), like unto a courtly, eloquent woman.
4. Far away the brilliant, untiring Maruts cling to their young maid, as if she belonged to them all“; but the terrible ones did not drive away Rodast (the lightning), for they wished her to grow? their friend.
5. When the divine Rodast with dishevelled locks, the manly-minded, wished to follow them, she went, like Sarya (the Dawn), to the chariot of her servant, with terrible look, as with the pace of a cloud.
6. As soon as the poet with the libations, O Maruts, had sung his song at the sacrifice, pouring out Soma, the youthful men (the Maruts) placed the young maid (in their chariot) as their companion for victory, mighty in assemblies.
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| SR No. | 007673 |
| Book Title | Zend Avesta Part 03 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | L H Mills |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1887 |
| Total Pages | 2618 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 49 MB |