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With fair realms, do ye help me.
e Thou art the fetter of the strong steed; for rain I yoke thee.
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a O gods granting protection, O Mitra and Varuna, Aryaman;
O gods who drink together, O son of the waters, with swift onset,
Give of the water, cleave the holder of the waters; from the sky, from Parjanya, from the
atmosphere, from the earth, thence do ye help us with rain.
b Even by day they make the darkness,
With Parjanya, water bearer;
What time they inundate the earth.
c The treasure-house of sky which the heroes rich in dew
Make to shake for the generous giver,
The Parjanyas set thee free from along the firmaments;
The rains pour over the desert [1].
d From the ocean, O Maruts, ye make (the rain) to start,
Ye make the rain to fall, O ye that are rich in moisture;
Your cows, O ye wondrous, fail not;
As ye fly swiftly your chariots turned.
e Set free the rain from heaven;
With waters fill the ocean;
Thou art born of waters, first-born;
Thou art the might of the ocean.
f Flood the earth,
Break this divine cloud;
Give to us of the divine water,
Ruling loosen the water bag.
g The gods whose portion is in the sky, the gods whose portion is in the atmosphere, the gods
whose portion is on earth, may they aid this sacrifice, may they enter this place, may they inhabit
this place.
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'Thou art connected with the Maruts, thou art the force of the Maruts', (with these words) he puts on
a black garment with a black fringe; that is the hue of rain; verily becoming of like hue he causes
Parjanya to rain. 'Stay, O Maruts, the speeding falcon', (with these words) he pushes back the west
wind; verily he produces the east wind, to win the rains. He makes offering to the names of the
wind; the wind rules the rain; verily he has recourse to the wind with its own share; verily it makes
Parjanya rain for him. Eight offerings [1] he makes; the quarters are four, the intermediate quarters
are four; verily from the quarters he makes the rain to move. He unites (them) on a black antelope
skin; verily he makes the offering; he unites within the Vedi, for accomplishment. When the Yatis
were being eaten, their heads fell away; they became Kharjuras; their sap rose upwards, they
became Kariras; the Kariras are connected with Soma; the offering connected with Soma makes
rain to move from the sky; in that there are Kariras (in the sacrifice) [2], by means of an offering
which is connected with Soma he wins the rain from the sky. With honey he unites (them); honey is
the sap of the waters and the plants; verily it rains from the waters and the plants; verily also he
brings down rain from the waters and the plants. 'Gladdening, obedient', (with these words) he
unites (them); verily he approaches them by their names; just as one may say, 'Come hither, N. N.',
so by their names [3] he makes them move forward. Thou art the fetter of the strong horse; for rain I
yoke thee', he says the horse is strong, Parjanya is strong; becoming black as it were he rains; verily
he unites him with his hue, to win the rains.
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