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THE SAMA VEDA<br />
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our prayer!<br />
Go to the foemen, strike them home, and let not one be left alive!<br />
VI Indra and others<br />
1. Let ravens and strong-pinioned birds pursue them: yea, let that army be the food of vultures!<br />
Indra, let none escape, no sin-remover: behind them all let following birds be gathered!<br />
2. This host of foemen Maghavan! that cometh on in warlike show--<br />
Meet it, O Vritra-slayer, thou, Indra, and Agni, with your flames!<br />
3. There where the flights of arrows fall like boys whose locks are yet unshorn.<br />
Even there may Brahmanaspati, may Aditi protect us well, protect us well through all our days!<br />
VII Indra<br />
1. Drive Rakshasas and foes away, break thou in pieces Vritra's jaws:<br />
O Vritra-slaying Indra, quell the foeman's wrath who threatens us!<br />
2. O Indra, beat our foes away, humble the men who challenge us:<br />
Send down to nether darkness him who seeks to do us injury!<br />
3. Strong, ever-youthful are the arms of Indra, fair unassailable, never to be vanquished:<br />
These first let him employ when need hath come on us, wherewith the Asuras' great might was<br />
overthrown.<br />
VIII Soma, Varuna<br />
1. Thy vital parts I cover with thine armour: with immortality King Soma clothe thee!<br />
Varuna give thee what is more than ample, and in thy victory may Gods be joyful!<br />
2. Blind, O my foemen, shall ye be, even as headless serpents are<br />
May Indra slay each best of you when Agni's flame hath struck you down!<br />
3. Whoso would kill us, whether he be a stranger foe or one of us,<br />
May all the Gods discomfit him! My nearest, closest mail is prayer, my closest armour and defence.<br />
IX Indra. All-Gods<br />
1. Like a dread wild beast roaming on the mountain thou hast approached us from the farthest<br />
distance.<br />
Whetting thy bolt and thy sharp blade, O Indra, crush thou the foe and scatter those who hate us!<br />
2. Gods, may our ears hear that which is auspicious, may our eyes see that which is good, ye holy!<br />
Extolling you with still strong limbs and bodies, may we attain the age by Gods appointed!<br />
3. Illustrious far and wide, may Indra bless us, may Pushan bless us, master of all riches!<br />
May Tarkshya with uninjured fellies bless us! Brihaspati bestow on us his favour! Brihaspati bestow<br />
on us his favour!<br />
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