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HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA.
7. (The waters) thus embracing him, the tiger, promote hin, the lion, to great good fortune. Him, the leopard in the midst of the waters, as though standing in the ocean, the beneficent (floods, or the vigorous priests) cleanse thoroughly!
III, 3. Charm for the restoration of an exiled
king. 1. (Agni) has shouted loud: may he here well perform his work! Spread thyself out, О Agni, over the far-reaching hemispheres of the world! The allpossessing Maruts shall engage thee: bring hither that (king) who devoutly spends the offering!
2. However far he be, the red (steeds) shall urge hither Indra, the seer, to friendship, since the gods, (chanting) for him the gayatri, the brihati, and the arka (songs), infused courage into him with the sautrâmani-sacrifice !
3. From the waters king Varuna shall call thee, Soma shall call thee from the mountains, Indra shall cite thee to these clans! Turn into an eagle and fly to these clans !
4. An eagle shall bring hither from a distance him that is fit to be called, (yet) wanders exiled in a strange land! The Asyins shall prepare for thee a path, easy to travel! Do ye, his kinfolk, gather close about him!
5. Thy opponents shall call thee; thy friends have chosen thee! Indra, Agni, and all the gods have kept prosperity with this people.
6. The kinsman or the stranger that opposes thy call, him, O Indra, drive away; then render this (king) accepted here!
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