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MANDALA I, HYMN 66.
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MANDALA I, HYMN 66. ASHTAKA I, ADHYÅYA 5, VARGA 10.
1. Like unto excellent wealth, like unto the shine of the sun, like unto living breath, like unto one's own son
2. Like unto a quick takvan' he (Agni) holds the wood, like milk, like a milch cow ?, bright and shining.
3. He holds safety, pleasant like a homestead, like ripe barley, a conqueror of men,
4. Like a Rishi uttering (sacred) shouts, praised among the clans; like a well-cared-for race-horse, Agni bestows vigour. .
5. He to whose flame men do not grow accustomed ', who is like one's own mind ?, like a wife on a couch, enough for all (happiness).
6. When the bright (Agni) has shone forth, he is like a white (horse [?])' among people, like a chariot with golden ornaments, impetuous in fights.
7. Like an army which is sent forward he shows his vehemence, like an archer's shaft with sharp point.
8. He who is born is one twin; he who will be born 1 is the other twin—the lover of maidens, the husband of wives 2.
91. As cows go to their stalls, all that moves and we, for the sake of a dwelling, reach him who has been kindled.
10. Like the flood of the Sindhu 1 he has driven forward the downwards-flowing (waters). The cows lowed at the sight of the suns.
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