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    "chapter": 52
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        "n": 1,
        "refId": "RV10-52:1",
        "text": "translated by"
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        "n": 2,
        "refId": "RV10-52:2",
        "text": "1. INSTRUCT me, all ye Gods, how I, elected your Priest, must seat me here, and how address you."
      },{
        "n": 3,
        "refId": "RV10-52:3",
        "text": "Instruct me how to deal to each his portion, and by what ' path to bring you man's oblation."
      },{
        "n": 4,
        "refId": "RV10-52:4",
        "text": "2. I sit as Priest most skilled in sacrificing: the Maruts and all Deities impel me."
      },{
        "n": 5,
        "refId": "RV10-52:5",
        "text": "Asvins, each day yours is the Adhvaryu's duty: Brahman and wood are here: 'tis yours to offer."
      },{
        "n": 6,
        "refId": "RV10-52:6",
        "text": "3. Who is the Priest? Is he the Priest of Yama? On whom is thrust this God-appointed honour?"
      },{
        "n": 7,
        "refId": "RV10-52:7",
        "text": "He springs to life each month, each day that passes; so Gods have made him their oblation-bearer."
      },{
        "n": 8,
        "refId": "RV10-52:8",
        "text": "4. The Gods have made me bearer of oblations, who slipped away and passed through many troubles."
      },{
        "n": 9,
        "refId": "RV10-52:9",
        "text": "Wise Agni shall ordain for us the worship, whether five-wayed, threefold, or seven-threaded."
      },{
        "n": 10,
        "refId": "RV10-52:10",
        "text": "5. So will I win you strength and life for ever. O Gods, that I may give you room and freedom."
      },{
        "n": 11,
        "refId": "RV10-52:11",
        "text": "To Indra's arms would I consign the thunder; in all these battles shall he then be victor."
      },{
        "n": 12,
        "refId": "RV10-52:12",
        "text": "6. The Deities three hundred and thirty-nine, have served and honoured Agni,"
      },{
        "n": 13,
        "refId": "RV10-52:13",
        "text": "Strewn sacred grass, anointed him with butter, and seated him as Priest, the Gods' Invoker."
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