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MANDALA I, HYMN 167.
7. I praise what is the praiseworthy true greatness of those Maruts, that the manly-minded, proud, and strong one (Rodast) drives with them towards the blessed mothers.
8. They protect1 Mitra and Varuna from the unspeakable, and Aryaman also finds out the infamous. Even what is firm and unshakable is being shaken; but he who dispenses treasures 3, O Maruts, has grown (in strength).
9. No people indeed, whether near to us, or from afar, have ever found the end of your strength, O Maruts! The Maruts, strong in daring strength, have, like the sea, boldly1 surrounded their haters.
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10. May we to-day, may we to-morrow in battle be called the most beloved of Indra. We were so formerly, may we truly be so day by day, and may the lord of the Maruts be with us.
11. May this praise, O Maruts, this song of Mândârya, the son of Mâna, the poet, ask you with food for offspring for ourselves! May we have an invigorating autumn, with quickening rain!
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