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MANDALA V, HYMN 52.
whether by their strength they cut the mountain asunder with the tire of their chariot;
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10. Call them comers, or goers, or enterers, or followers, under all these names, they watch on the straw' for my sacrifice.
II. The men (the Maruts) watch, and their steeds watch. Then, so brilliant are their forms to be seen, that people say, Look at the strangers1!
12. In measured steps1 and wildly shouting' the gleemen3 have danced toward the well (the cloud). They who appeared one by one like thieves, were helpers to me to see the light*.
13. Worship, therefore, O seer, that host of Maruts, and keep and delight them with your voice, they who are themselves wise1 poets, tall heroes armed with lightning-spears.
14. Approach, O seer, the host of Maruts, as a woman approaches a friend, for a gift1; and you, Maruts, bold in your strength, hasten hither, even from heaven, when you have been praised by our hymns.
15. If he, after perceiving them, has approached them as gods with an offering, then may he for a gift remain united with the brilliant (Maruts), who by their ornaments are glorious on their march.
16. They, the wise1 Maruts, the lords, who, when there was inquiry for their kindred, told me of the cow, they told me of Prisni as their mother, and of the strong Rudra as their father.
17. The seven and seven heroes' gave me each a hundred. On the Yamunâ I clear off glorious wealth in COWS, I clear wealth in horses.
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| SR No. | 007685 |
| Book Title | Grihya Sutras |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Hermann Oldenberg |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1886 |
| Total Pages | 2642 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 49 MB |