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Mandala VIII

HYMN LXXX. Indra.

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A maiden came down to the stream and found the Soma by the way. She carried it back to her home and said, "For Indra I will press it, for Śakra I will press it."

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Roaming there, little man, seeing every house in turn, Drink this Soma pressed with teeth, with grain and curds, with cake of meal, and with song of praise.

3

We wish to know you well, but we cannot reach you. Slowly and gradually, O Indu, flow to Indra.

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Will he not help us and make us richer? Shall we not, being hostile to our lord, join ourselves to Indra now?

5

O Indra, cause the three places to sprout again, those I declare— My father’s head, his cultivated field, and this part below my waist.

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Grow crops of hair, your cultivated field, my body, and my father’s head.

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Purify Apala, Indra! Three times you gave her sun-like skin, Drawn, Śatakratu! Through the hole of chariot, wagon, and yoke.

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