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VEDIC HYMNS.
Conduct then, O friends, our service to a good end, as the eye conducts the man in walking.
7. That man, O Maruts, is not overpowered, he is not killed, he does not fail, he does not shake, he does not drop, his goods do not perish, nor his protections, if you lead him rightly, whether he be a seer or a king.
8. The men with their steeds, like conquerors of clans, like Aryaman (Mitra and Varuna), the Maruts, carrying waterskins ?, fill the well; when the strong ones roar, they moisten the earth with the juice of sweetness 3.
9. When the Maruts come forth this earth bows, the heaven bows, the paths in the sky bow, and the cloud-mountains with their quickening rain.
10. When you rejoice at sunrise, O Maruts, toiling together, men of Svar (sun-light), men of Dyu (heaven), your horses never tire in running, and you quickly reach the end of your journey.
11. On your shoulders are the spears, on your feet rings, on your chests golden chains, O Maruts, on your chariot gems; fiery lightnings in your fists, and golden headbands tied round your heads?
12. O Maruts, you shake the red apple from the firmament, whose splendour no enemy ? can touch ; the hamlets bowed when the Maruts blazed, and the pious people (the Maruts) intoned their far-reaching shout.
13. O wise Maruts, let us carry off 1 the wealth of food which you have bestowed on us; give us, O Maruts, such thousandfold wealth as never fails 3, like the star Tishya from heaven!
14. O Maruts, you protect our wealth of excellent men, and the seer, clever in song ; you give to
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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 |