FROM A VEDIC HYMN
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O Indra, drink according to the law of truth the Soma- wine; let the nectar-sweetnesses enter into thee, rapturous, that have there their home.
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O Maruts, drink according to the truth, purify the Yajna by the process of purification for ye are steadfast and very bold.
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About the Yajna utter for us thy cry, active and exhilarated drink thou by the truth for thou art the disposer of delight.
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O Agni, bring hither the gods, make them to sit in the three wombs, surround all and drink by the truth.
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O Indra, drink thou the Soma of the soul's bliss according to the truths of things, for it is thy friendship that never sinks.
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Do you, O Mitra and Varuna, whose function it is to uphold Daksha,... enjoy the Yajna by the truth.
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The lord of substance laden-handed in the sacrifice propitiateth the god in the Yajnas.
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May the lord of substance give to us the riches of which 'tis told; for these we pray the gods.¹
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The lord of substance would drink, make the offering and stand forward ye subject to the laws of truth by the process of...
¹Or, desire in the gods.
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