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Mandala V

HYMN XL. Indra. Sūrya. Atri.

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CALL TO THOU THE STRONG, O LORD OF SOMA, DRINK SOMA, STRONG ONE WITH THE STRONG.

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STRONG IS THE STONE, STRONG IS THE DRINK, STRONG IS THIS SOMA THAT IS PRESSED, STRONG ONE WITH THE STRONG.

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AS STRONG AS I CALL ON THE STRONG, THUNDER-ARMED, WITH VARIOUS AID, STRONG ONE WITH THE STRONG.

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IMPETUOUS, THUNDERER, STRONG, CLEAVING THE MIGHTY, KING, POWERFUL, VENGEFUL, SURA-SLAYER, SOMA-TAKER, MAY HE COME HERE WITH HIS YOKEED HORSES; MAY INDRA GLADEN HIM AT NOON LIBATION.

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O SUN, WHEN THE DESCENDANT OF ASURA, SVARBHAVNU, PIERCED THOU THROUGH AND THROUGH WITH DARKNESS, ALL CREATURES LOOKED LIKE ONE WHO IS BESIDESTHAN, WHO KNOWETH NOT THE PLACE WHERE HE STANDS.

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WHAT TIME THOU SMOTE DOWN SVARBHAVNU'S MAGIC THAT SPREAD ITSELF UNDER THE SKY, O INDRA, BY HIS FOURTH SACRED PRAYER ATTI DISCOVERED THE SUN HIDDEN IN GLOOM THAT STOPPED HIS FUNCTION.

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LET NOT THE OPPRESSOR WITH THIS DREAD, THROUGH ANGER SWALLOW ME UP, FOR I AM THINE, O ATTI. MITRA ART THOU, THE BRINGER OF TRUE BLESSINGS: THOU AND KING VARUṾA BE BOTH MY HELPERS.

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THE BRAHMAN ATTI, SETTING THE PRESS-STONES, SERVING THE GODS WITH PRAISE AND ADORATION, ESTABLISHED IN THE HEAVEN THE EYE OF SUN AND CAUSED SVARBHAVNU'S MAGIC ARTS TO VANISH.

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THE ATRIS FOUND THE SUN AGAIN, HIM WHOM SVARBHAVNU OF THE BROOD OF ASURAS HAD PIERCED WITH GLOOM. NONE EXCEPT HIM HAD POWER TO DO SO.

Source: Sacred Texts Archive
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