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VEDIC HYMNS.
MANDALA I, HYMN 150. ASHTAKA II, ADHYAYA 2, VARGA 19.
1. I thy indigent? worshipper say much to thee, O Agni, dwelling in thy protection as in the protection) of a great impeller?.
2. Away even from the libation of a rich man who is feeble, who is a niggard, who never comes forward and does not care for the gods.
3. The mortal (who worships thee ?), O priest, is brilliant, great, most powerful in heaven. May we, O Agni, addicted to thee, be always foremost.
NOTES.
The same Rishi. Metre, Ushnih.-Verse 1=SV. I, 97.
Verse 1. Note 1. On ari, see Bergaigne, Religion Védique, II, 218.
Note 2. Or, 'of the great impeller'-the Sun-god who impels or stimulates his horses? Comp. VI, 6, 6?
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