MANDALA EIGHT
VATSA KANWA
sukta 11
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O Fire, thou art the guardian of the law of all workings, thou art the divine in mortals; thou art one to be prayed in the sacrifices.
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O forceful one, it is thou who art to be expressed in the findings of knowledge; O Fire, thou art the charioteer of the pilgrim-sacrifices.
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So do thou remove away from us the enemies, O knower of all things born, even the undivine and hostile forces, O Fire.
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Even when it is near, O surely thou comest not to the sacrifice of our mortal foe, O knower of all things born.
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Mortals illumined we meditate on the many names of thee
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the immortal, the knower of all things born.
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We call the Fire with our words, illumined we call the illumined for our guard, mortals we call the god for our protection.
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Vatsa compels thy mind even from the supreme world of thy session, O Fire, by his Word that longs for thee.
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Thou art the equal lord of all peoples in many lands; we call to thee in the battles.
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We call to the Fire to guard us in our battles, we who seek the plenitudes; in the plenitudes richly manifold is his achievement.
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For thou art of old one to be prayed in the pilgrim-sacrifices, and from time eternal thou sittest as the ever-new Priest of the call; O Fire, gladden thy own body and bring happiness to us by the sacrifice.
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