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HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA.
about us, shall bring again to us what has been lost: we shall come upon what has been lost!
VI, 128.
Propitiation of the weather-prophet.
1. When the stars made Sakadhûma their king they bestowed good weather upon him: This shall be his dominion,' they said.
2. Let us have good weather at noon, good weather at eve, good weather in the early morning, good weather in the night!
3. For day and night, for the stars, for sun and moon, and for us prepare good weather, O king Sakadhûma!
4. To thee, O Sakadhûma, ruler of the stars, that gavest us good weather in the evening, in the night, and by day, let there ever be obeisance!
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XI, 6. Prayer for deliverance from calamity, addressed to the entire pantheon.
1. To Agni we speak and to the trees, to the plants and to the herbs; to Indra, Brihaspati, and Sûrya: they shall deliver us from calamity!
2. We speak to king Varuna, to Mitra, Vishnu and Bhaga. To Amsa and Vivasvant do we speak : they shall deliver us from calamity!
3. We speak to Savitar, the god, to Dhâtar, and to Pushan; to first-born Tvashtar do we speak: they shall deliver us from calamity!
4. We speak to the Gandharvas and the Apsaras, to the Asvins and to Brahmanaspati, to the god whose name is Aryaman: they shall deliver us from calamity!
5. Now do we speak to day and night, to Surya
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