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of rain; verily he has recourse to Prajapati with his own share; verily he makes Parjanya rain for
him. It is black, that is the form of rain; verily by its form he wins rain. It is spotted; verily he
produces the lightning and makes rain for him. It has low horns; verily he brings down the rain for
him.
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Food came not to Varuna when he had pressed. He beheld this black cow which is Varuna's; it he
offered to its own deity; then food came to him. He to whom being fit for food food does not come
should offer to Varuna this black cow; verily he has recourse to Varuna with his own form; verily
he gives him food; he becomes an eater of food [1]. It is black, for it has Varuna as its deity; (verily
it serves) for prosperity. He who desires food should offer a white (beast) to Mitra and a black to
Varuna at the union of the waters and the plants; the plants are connected with Mitra, and the waters
with Varuna; on the sap of the water and of the plants do we live; verily lie has recourse to Mitra
and Varuna with their own share; verily they give him food; he becomes an eater of food [2]. He
should offer at the union of the waters and of the plants, to attain both. The sacrificial post is
bifurcate, for there are two deities; (verily it serves) for prosperity. He who is long ill should offer a
white (beast) to Mitra, and a black to Varuna; in that one is offered to Mitra, by means of Mitra he
appeases Varuna for him; in that one is offered to Varuna, straightway he sets him free from
Varuna's noose; even if his life be gone, he yet lives. The gods could not find prosperity [3]; they
saw it in the pair; they could not agree about it; the Açvins said, 'Ours is it; do not claim it.' It
became the Açvins' only. He who desires prosperity should offer to the Açvins a twin cow; verily
he has recourse to the Açvins with their own share; verily they bestow prosperity upon him; he
prospers in offspring and cattle.
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He who being a bad Brahman desires to drink Soma should offer to the Açvins a dusky (beast) with
spots on the forehead; the Açvins were among the gods those who did not drink Soma; they later
acquired the drinking of Sonia; the Açvins are the gods of the bad Brahman who desires to drink
Soma; verily he has recourse to the Açvins with their own share; verily they give to him the
drinking of Soma; the drinking of Soma comes to him. In that it is dusky, verily he drives away the
darkness from him. In that it has spots on the forehead [1], verily at the beginning he bestows
brilliance on him. He whom men calumniate though he has slain no one should offer a Gayal to
Vayu; impure speech comes to him whom men calumniate though he has slain no one; the Gayal is
neither a domestic nor a wild animal; he is neither in the village nor the forest whom men
calumniate though he has slain no one; Vayu is the purifier of the gods; verily he has recourse to
Vayu with his own share; verily he [2] purifies him. The dawn shines away from him and he enters
the darkness, the evil, to whom when the litany to the Açvins is being recited the sun becomes not
visible; he should offer to Surya (a beast) of many forms; verily he has resort to yonder sun with its
own share; verily it drives away the darkness, the evil, from him, the dawn shines upon him, he
strikes away the darkness, the evil.
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a Indra on all sides.
b On Indra men.
c O Maruts, what time from the sky.
d The protection which ye.
e In contests we invoke Indra, swift to hear,
The divine folk working good, freeing from distress,
Agni, Mitra, Varuna, for gain, Bhaga,
Sky and earth, the Maruts for welfare.
f May the moving one who strikes at morning delight us;
May Vata delight us, pourer of waters;
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