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        "n": 1,
        "refId": "RV10-120:1",
        "text": "translated by"
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        "n": 2,
        "refId": "RV10-120:2",
        "text": "1. IN all the worlds That was the Best and Highest whence sprang the Mighty Gods, of splendid valour."
      },{
        "n": 3,
        "refId": "RV10-120:3",
        "text": "As soon as born he overcomes his foemen, be in whom all who lend him aid are joyful."
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        "n": 4,
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        "text": "2. Grown mighty in his strength, with ample vigour, he as a foe strikes fear into the Dasa,"
      },{
        "n": 5,
        "refId": "RV10-120:5",
        "text": "Eager to win the breathing and the breathless. All sang thy praise at banquet and oblation."
      },{
        "n": 6,
        "refId": "RV10-120:6",
        "text": "3. All concentrate on thee their mental vigour, what time these, twice or thrice, are thine assistants."
      },{
        "n": 7,
        "refId": "RV10-120:7",
        "text": "Blend what is sweeter than the sweet with sweetness: win. quickly with our meath that meath in battle."
      },{
        "n": 8,
        "refId": "RV10-120:8",
        "text": "4. Therefore in thee too, thou who winnest riches, at every banquet are the sages joyful."
      },{
        "n": 9,
        "refId": "RV10-120:9",
        "text": "With mightier power, Bold God, extend thy firmness: let not malignant Yatudhanas harm thee."
      },{
        "n": 10,
        "refId": "RV10-120:10",
        "text": "5. Proudly we put our trust in thee in battles, when we behold great wealth the prize of combat."
      },{
        "n": 11,
        "refId": "RV10-120:11",
        "text": "I with my words impel thy weapons onward, and sharpen with my prayer thy vital vigour."
      },{
        "n": 12,
        "refId": "RV10-120:12",
        "text": "6. Worthy of praises, many-shaped, most skillful, most energetic, Aptya of the Aptyas:"
      },{
        "n": 13,
        "refId": "RV10-120:13",
        "text": "He with his might destroys the seven Danus, subduing many who were deemed his equals."
      },{
        "n": 14,
        "refId": "RV10-120:14",
        "text": "7. Thou in that house which thy protection guardeth bestowest wealth, the higher and the lower."
      },{
        "n": 15,
        "refId": "RV10-120:15",
        "text": "Thou establishest the two much-wandering Mothers, and bringest many deeds to their completion."
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        "n": 16,
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        "text": "8. Brhaddiva, the foremost of light-winners, repeats these holy prayers, this strength of Indra."
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        "n": 17,
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        "text": "He rules the great self-luminous fold of cattle, and all the doors of light hath he thrown open."
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        "n": 18,
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        "text": "9. Thus hath Brhaddiva, the great Atharvan, spoken to Indra as himself in person."
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        "n": 19,
        "refId": "RV10-120:19",
        "text": "The spotless Sisters, they who are his Mothers, with power exalt him and impel him onward."
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