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Mandala V

HYMN XLVII. Viśvedevas.

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Urging to toil and making proclamation, seeking Heaven’s daughter comes the Mighty Mother: She comes, the youthful Hymn, to the Fathers, inviting them to her home and calling out loudly.

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Swift in their motion, hastening to their duty, reaching the central point of immortal life, Around the earth and sky, vast paths stretch out without any bounds.

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Guide the Sea, Red Bird with strong wings, he has entered the dwelling-place of the Primordial Father. A gem-set in the middle of heaven, he has gone forth and guards between the air’s two limits.

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Four support him and give him rest and quiet, and ten invigorate the infant for travel. His cows, most excellent, of three natures, pass swiftly around the boundaries of heaven.

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Wondrous, O people, is the mystic knowledge that while the waters stand, the streams flow: That, separate from his Mother, two support him, closely united, twins, here made manifest.

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For him they lengthen prayers and acts of worship; the Mothers weave garments for him, their offspring. Joyfully, for the Steer’s impregnating touch, his Spouses move on paths to meet him.

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This be our praise, O Varuṇa and Mitra, may this be health and strength to us, O Agni. May we obtain firm ground and room for resting: Glory to Heaven, the lofty abode!

Source: Sacred Texts Archive
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