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    "chapter": 76
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        "n": 1,
        "refId": "RV10-76:1",
        "text": "translated by"
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        "n": 2,
        "refId": "RV10-76:2",
        "text": "1. I GRASP at you when power and strength begin to dawn: bedew ye, Indra and the Maruts, Heaven and Earth,"
      },{
        "n": 3,
        "refId": "RV10-76:3",
        "text": "That Day and Night, in every hall of sacrifice, may wait on us and bless us when they first spring forth."
      },{
        "n": 4,
        "refId": "RV10-76:4",
        "text": "2. Press the libation out, most excellent of all: the Pressing-stone is grasped like a hand-guided steed."
      },{
        "n": 5,
        "refId": "RV10-76:5",
        "text": "So let it win the valour that subdues the foe, and the fleet courser's might that speeds to ample wealth."
      },{
        "n": 6,
        "refId": "RV10-76:6",
        "text": "3. Juice that this Stone pours out removes defect of ours, as in old time it brought prosperity to man."
      },{
        "n": 7,
        "refId": "RV10-76:7",
        "text": "At sacrifices they established holy rites on Tvastar's milk-blent juice bright with the hue of steeds."
      },{
        "n": 8,
        "refId": "RV10-76:8",
        "text": "4. Drive ye the treacherous demons far away from us: keep Nirrti afar and banish Penury."
      },{
        "n": 9,
        "refId": "RV10-76:9",
        "text": "Pour riches forth for us with troops of hero sons, and bear ye up, O Stones, the song that visits Gods."
      },{
        "n": 10,
        "refId": "RV10-76:10",
        "text": "5. To you who are more mighty than the heavens themselves, who, finishing your task with more than Vibhvan's speed,"
      },{
        "n": 11,
        "refId": "RV10-76:11",
        "text": "More rapidly than Vayu seize the Soma juice, better than Agni give us food, to you I sing."
      },{
        "n": 12,
        "refId": "RV10-76:12",
        "text": "6. Stirred be the glorious Stones: let it press out the juice, the Stone with heavenly song that reaches up to heaven,"
      },{
        "n": 13,
        "refId": "RV10-76:13",
        "text": "There where the men draw forth the meath for which they long, sending their voice around in rivalry of speed."
      },{
        "n": 14,
        "refId": "RV10-76:14",
        "text": "7. The Stones press out the Soma, swift as car-borne men, and, eager for the spoil, drain forth the sap thereof"
      },{
        "n": 15,
        "refId": "RV10-76:15",
        "text": "To fill the beaker, they exhaust the udder's store, as the men purify oblations with their lips."
      },{
        "n": 16,
        "refId": "RV10-76:16",
        "text": "8. Ye, present men, have been most skillful in your work, even ye, O Stones who pressed Soma for Indra's drink."
      },{
        "n": 17,
        "refId": "RV10-76:17",
        "text": "May all ye have of fair go to the Heavenly Race, and all your treasure to the earthly worshipper."
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