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HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA.
by (her) magic! May she come to us full of abundance! Let them not win this wealth of ours !
4. The (Apsarâs) who rejoice in dice, who carry grief and wrath-that joyful and exulting Apsara, do I call hither.
B. Prayer to secure the return of calves that
have strayed to a distance. 5. They (the cattle) who wander along the rays of the sun, or they who wander along the flood of light, they whose bull (the sun), full of strength, from afar protecting, with the day wanders about all the worlds—may he (the bull), full of strength, delighting in this offering, come to us together with the atmosphere!
6. Together with the atmosphere, O thou who art full of strength, protect the white (karki) calf, O thou swift steed (the sun)! Here are many drops (of ghee) for thee; come hither! May this white calf (karki) of thine, may thy mind, be here!
7. Together with the atmosphere, () thou who art full of strength, protect the white (karki) calf, O thou swift steed (the sun)! Here is the fodder, here the stall, here do we tie down the calf. Whatever (are your) names, we own you. Hail!
VII, 50. Prayer for success at dice. 1. As the lightning at all times smites irresistibly the tree, thus would I to-day irresistibly beat the gamesters with my dice!
2. Whether they be alert, or not alert, the fortune of (these) folks, unresisting, shall assemble from all sides, the gain (collect) within my hands!
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