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    "chapter": 67
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        "n": 1,
        "refId": "RV10-67:1",
        "text": "translated by"
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        "n": 2,
        "refId": "RV10-67:2",
        "text": "1. THIS holy hymn, sublime and seven headed, sprung from eternal Law, our sire discovered."
      },{
        "n": 3,
        "refId": "RV10-67:3",
        "text": "Ayasya, friend of all men, hath engendered the fourth hymn as he sang his laud to Indra."
      },{
        "n": 4,
        "refId": "RV10-67:4",
        "text": "2. Thinking aright, praising eternal Order, the sons of Dyaus the Asura, those heroes,"
      },{
        "n": 5,
        "refId": "RV10-67:5",
        "text": "Angirases, holding the rank of sages, first honoured sacrifice's holy statute."
      },{
        "n": 6,
        "refId": "RV10-67:6",
        "text": "3. Girt by his friends who cried with swanlike voices, bursting the stony barriers of the prison,"
      },{
        "n": 7,
        "refId": "RV10-67:7",
        "text": "Brhaspati spake in thunder to the cattle, and uttered praise and song when he had found them."
      },{
        "n": 8,
        "refId": "RV10-67:8",
        "text": "4. Apart from one, away from two above him, he drave the kine that stood in bonds of falsehood."
      },{
        "n": 9,
        "refId": "RV10-67:9",
        "text": "Brhaspati, seeking light amid the darkness, drave forth the bright cows: three he made apparent."
      },{
        "n": 10,
        "refId": "RV10-67:10",
        "text": "5. When he had cleft the lairs and western castle, he cut off three from him who held the waters."
      },{
        "n": 11,
        "refId": "RV10-67:11",
        "text": "Brhaspati discovered, while he thundered like Dyaus, the dawn, the Sun, the cow, the lightning."
      },{
        "n": 12,
        "refId": "RV10-67:12",
        "text": "6. As with a hand, so with his roaring Indra cleft Vala through, the guardian of the cattle."
      },{
        "n": 13,
        "refId": "RV10-67:13",
        "text": "Seeking the milk-draught with sweat shining comrades he stole the Pani's kine and left him weeping."
      },{
        "n": 14,
        "refId": "RV10-67:14",
        "text": "7. He with bright faithful Friends, winners of booty, hath rent the milker of the cows asunder."
      },{
        "n": 15,
        "refId": "RV10-67:15",
        "text": "Brhaspati with wild boars strong and mighty, sweating with heat, hath gained a rich possession."
      },{
        "n": 16,
        "refId": "RV10-67:16",
        "text": "8. They, longing for the kine, with faithful spirit incited with their hymns the Lord of cattle."
      },{
        "n": 17,
        "refId": "RV10-67:17",
        "text": "Brhaspati freed the radiant cows with comrades self-yoked, averting shame from one another."
      },{
        "n": 18,
        "refId": "RV10-67:18",
        "text": "9. In our assembly with auspicious praises exalting him who roareth like a lion,"
      },{
        "n": 19,
        "refId": "RV10-67:19",
        "text": "Maywe, in every fight where heroes conquer, rejoice in strong Brhaspati the Victor."
      },{
        "n": 20,
        "refId": "RV10-67:20",
        "text": "10. When he had won him every sort of booty and gone to heaven and its most lofty mansions,"
      },{
        "n": 21,
        "refId": "RV10-67:21",
        "text": "Men praised Brhaspati the Mighty, bringing the light within their mouths from sundry places."
      },{
        "n": 22,
        "refId": "RV10-67:22",
        "text": "11. Fulfil the prayer that begs for vital vigour: aid in your wonted manner even the humble."
      },{
        "n": 23,
        "refId": "RV10-67:23",
        "text": "Let all our foes be turned and driven backward. Hear this, O Heaven and Earth, ye All-producers."
      },{
        "n": 24,
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        "text": "12. Indra with mighty strength cleft asunder the head of Arbuda the watery monster,"
      },{
        "n": 25,
        "refId": "RV10-67:25",
        "text": "Slain Ahi, and set free the Seven Rivers. O Heaven and Earth, with all the Gods protect us."
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