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VEDIC HYMNS.
MANDALA I, HYMN 65. ASHTAKA I, ADHYAYA 5, VARGA 9.
il Thee who hidest thyself in secret like a thief with an animal? (which he has stolen)—who hadst harnessed 3 adoration and carriedst adoration
2. The wise unanimously followed by thy footmarks?. All (gods) deserving worship (reverentially) sat down near thee.
3. The gods followed the laws of Rita. There was an encompassing as the heaven (encompasses) the earth.
4. In the lap, in the womb of Rita, the waters nourish the fine child with praise, him who is well born.
5. Like good fortune, like a broad abode, like the fertile hill ?, like the refreshing stream,
6. Like a racer urged forward in the race, like the rapids of the Sindhu 'who can hold him back?
7. (He is) the kinsman of the rivers, as a brother of his sisters. He eats the forests as a king (eats, i.e. takes the wealth of) the rich ?.
8. When he has spread through the forests, driven by the wind, Agni shears the hair of the
earth.
9. Sitting in the waters he hisses like a swan. (He is) most famous by his power of mind, he who belongs to the clans, awakening at dawn
10. A performer of worship like Soma, the god born from Rita, like a young (?)' beast, far-extending, far-shining
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