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5. "Scatter thou our scorners, O Indra'!''Like a terrible, creeping beast, dwelling in the mountains, hast thou come from the farthest distance: having sharpened thy pointed, piercing thunderbolt?, O Indra, beat thou off the foes, and scatter the spurners!' thus with the second two (verses) relating to (Indra) Vimridhs. For now the gods, having warded off the spurners, evil, performed this rite freed from evil ; and in like manner does the Sacrificer now, having warded off the spurners, evil, now perform this rite freed from evil.
6. May Agni Vaisvânara come forward from afar to our help, to hear our hymns of praise !'—'Sought after in the sky, sought after on earth, Agni, sought after, hath entered all the plants: Agni Vaisvânara, sought after, may guard us from injury by day and by night!' thus with the third two (verses) relating to (Agni) Vaisvânara. For now the gods, having, by Vaisvânara, burnt out evil, performed this rite, freed from evil; and in like manner does the Sacrificer now, by Vaisvânara, burn out evil, and perform this rite freed from evil.
7. May we obtain this wish, O Agni, with thy help! may we obtain, O wealthy one, · wealth with abundant heroes! striving for
strength, may we obtain strength; may we obtain undecaying glory, O thou 'ever-young!' thus with one (verse) containing wishes. For now
For the complete verse, see IV, 6, 4, 4. . Thus Mahidhara. s That is, the repeller of spurners, or enemies.
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