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        "n": 1,
        "refId": "RV10-4:1",
        "text": "translated by"
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        "n": 2,
        "refId": "RV10-4:2",
        "text": "1. To thee will send praise and bring oblation, as thou hast merited lauds when we invoked thee."
      },{
        "n": 3,
        "refId": "RV10-4:3",
        "text": "A fountain in the desert art thou, Agni, O Ancient King, to man who fain would worship,"
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        "n": 4,
        "refId": "RV10-4:4",
        "text": "2. Thou unto whom resort the gathered people, as the kine seek the warm stall, O Most Youthful."
      },{
        "n": 5,
        "refId": "RV10-4:5",
        "text": "Thou art the messenger of Gods and mortals, and goest glorious with thy light between them."
      },{
        "n": 6,
        "refId": "RV10-4:6",
        "text": "3. Making thee grow as 'twere some noble infant, thy Mother nurtures thee with sweet affection."
      },{
        "n": 7,
        "refId": "RV10-4:7",
        "text": "Over the desert slopes thou passest longing, and seekest, like some beast set free, thy fodder."
      },{
        "n": 8,
        "refId": "RV10-4:8",
        "text": "4. Foolish are we, O Wise and free from error: verily, Agni, thou dost know thy grandeur."
      },{
        "n": 9,
        "refId": "RV10-4:9",
        "text": "There lies the form: he moves and licks, and swallows, and, as House-Lord, kisses the Youthful Maiden."
      },{
        "n": 10,
        "refId": "RV10-4:10",
        "text": "5. He rises ever fresh in ancient fuel: smoke-bannered, gray, he makes the wood his dwelling."
      },{
        "n": 11,
        "refId": "RV10-4:11",
        "text": "No swimmer, Steer, he presses through the waters, and to his place accordant mortals bear him."
      },{
        "n": 12,
        "refId": "RV10-4:12",
        "text": "6. Like thieves who risk their lives and haunt the forest, the twain with their ten girdles have secured him."
      },{
        "n": 13,
        "refId": "RV10-4:13",
        "text": "This is a new hymn meant for thee, O Agni: yoke as it were thy car with parts that glitter."
      },{
        "n": 14,
        "refId": "RV10-4:14",
        "text": "7. Homage and prayer are thine, O Jatavedas, and this my song shall evermore exalt thee."
      },{
        "n": 15,
        "refId": "RV10-4:15",
        "text": "Agni, protect our children and descendants, and guard with ever-watchful care our bodies."
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