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    "chapter": 69
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    "n": 69,
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    "bookCode": "RV10",
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        "n": 1,
        "refId": "RV10-69:1",
        "text": "translated by"
      },{
        "n": 2,
        "refId": "RV10-69:2",
        "text": "1. Auspicious is the aspect of Vadhryasva's fire good is its guidance, pleasant are its visitings."
      },{
        "n": 3,
        "refId": "RV10-69:3",
        "text": "When first the people Of Sumitra kindle it, with butter poured thereon it crackles and shines bright."
      },{
        "n": 4,
        "refId": "RV10-69:4",
        "text": "2. Butter is that which makes Vadhryaiva's fire growstrong: the butter is its food, the butter makes it fat."
      },{
        "n": 5,
        "refId": "RV10-69:5",
        "text": "It spreads abroad when butter hath been offered it, and balmed with streams of butter shines forth like the Sun."
      },{
        "n": 6,
        "refId": "RV10-69:6",
        "text": "3. Still newest is this face of thine, O Agni, which Manu and Sumitra have enkindled."
      },{
        "n": 7,
        "refId": "RV10-69:7",
        "text": "So richly shine, accept our songs with favour, so give us strengthening food, so send us glory."
      },{
        "n": 8,
        "refId": "RV10-69:8",
        "text": "4. Accept this offering, Agni, whom aforetime Vadhryasva, hath entreated and enkindled."
      },{
        "n": 9,
        "refId": "RV10-69:9",
        "text": "Guard well our homes and ople, guard our bodies, protect thy girt to us which thou hast granted."
      },{
        "n": 10,
        "refId": "RV10-69:10",
        "text": "5. Be splendid, guard us Kinsman of Vadhryasva: let not the enmity of men o'ercome thee,"
      },{
        "n": 11,
        "refId": "RV10-69:11",
        "text": "Like the bold hero Cyavana, I Sumitra tell forth the title of Vadhryaiva's Kinsman."
      },{
        "n": 12,
        "refId": "RV10-69:12",
        "text": "6. All treasures hast thou won, of plains and mountains, and quelled the Dasas' and Aryas' hatred."
      },{
        "n": 13,
        "refId": "RV10-69:13",
        "text": "Like the bold hero Cyavana, O Agni, mayst thou subdue the men who long for battle."
      },{
        "n": 14,
        "refId": "RV10-69:14",
        "text": "7. Deft Agni hath a lengthened thread, tall oxen, a thousand heifers, numberless devices."
      },{
        "n": 15,
        "refId": "RV10-69:15",
        "text": "Decked by the men, splendid among the splendid, shine brightly forth amid devout Sumitras."
      },{
        "n": 16,
        "refId": "RV10-69:16",
        "text": "8. Thine is the teeming cow, O Jatavedas, who pours at once her ceaseless flow, Sabardhuk,"
      },{
        "n": 17,
        "refId": "RV10-69:17",
        "text": "Thou. art lit up by men enriched with guerdon, O Agni, by the pious-souled Sumitras."
      },{
        "n": 18,
        "refId": "RV10-69:18",
        "text": "9. Even Immortal Gods, O Jatavedas, Vadhryasva's Kinsman, have declared thy grandeur."
      },{
        "n": 19,
        "refId": "RV10-69:19",
        "text": "When human tribes drew near with supplication thou conqueredst with men whom thou hadst strengthened."
      },{
        "n": 20,
        "refId": "RV10-69:20",
        "text": "10. Like as a father bears his son, O Agni, Vadhryasva bare thee in his lap and served thee."
      },{
        "n": 21,
        "refId": "RV10-69:21",
        "text": "Thou, Youngest God, having enjoyed his fuel, didst vanquish those of old though they were mighty."
      },{
        "n": 22,
        "refId": "RV10-69:22",
        "text": "11. Vadhryasva's Agni evermore hath vanquished his foes with heroes who had pressed the Soma."
      },{
        "n": 23,
        "refId": "RV10-69:23",
        "text": "Lord of bright rays, thou burntest up the battle, subduing, as our help, e'en mighty foemen."
      },{
        "n": 24,
        "refId": "RV10-69:24",
        "text": "12. This Agni of Vadhryasva, Vrtra-slayer, lit from of old, must be invoked with homage."
      },{
        "n": 25,
        "refId": "RV10-69:25",
        "text": "As such assail our enemies, Vadhryasva, whether the foes be strangers or be kinsmen."
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