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    "chapter": 79
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        "n": 1,
        "refId": "RV10-79:1",
        "text": "translated by"
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        "n": 2,
        "refId": "RV10-79:2",
        "text": "1. I HAVE beheld the might of this Great Being. Immortal in the midst of tribes of mortals."
      },{
        "n": 3,
        "refId": "RV10-79:3",
        "text": "His jaws now open and now shut together: much they devour, insatiately chewing."
      },{
        "n": 4,
        "refId": "RV10-79:4",
        "text": "2. His eyes are turned away, his head is hidden: unsated with his tongue he eats the fuel."
      },{
        "n": 5,
        "refId": "RV10-79:5",
        "text": "With hands upraised, with reverence in the houses, for him they quickly bring his food together."
      },{
        "n": 6,
        "refId": "RV10-79:6",
        "text": "3. Seeking, as 'twere, his Mother's secret bosom, he, like a child, creeps on through wide-spread bushes."
      },{
        "n": 7,
        "refId": "RV10-79:7",
        "text": "One he finds glowing like hot food made ready, and kissing deep within the earth's realms."
      },{
        "n": 8,
        "refId": "RV10-79:8",
        "text": "4. This holy Law I tell you, Earth and Heaven: the Infant at his birth devours his Parents."
      },{
        "n": 9,
        "refId": "RV10-79:9",
        "text": "No knowledge of the God have I, a mortal. Yea, Agni knoweth best, for he hath wisdom."
      },{
        "n": 10,
        "refId": "RV10-79:10",
        "text": "5. This man who quickly gives him food, who offers his gifts of oil and butter and supports him, -"
      },{
        "n": 11,
        "refId": "RV10-79:11",
        "text": "Him with his thousand eyes he closely looks on: thou showest him thy face from all sides, Agni."
      },{
        "n": 12,
        "refId": "RV10-79:12",
        "text": "6. Agni, hast thou committed sin or treason among the Gods? In ignorance I ask thee."
      },{
        "n": 13,
        "refId": "RV10-79:13",
        "text": "Playing, not playing, he gold-hued and toothless, hath cut his food up as the knife a victim."
      },{
        "n": 14,
        "refId": "RV10-79:14",
        "text": "7. He born in wood hath yoked his horses rushing in all directions, held with reins that glitter."
      },{
        "n": 15,
        "refId": "RV10-79:15",
        "text": "The well-born friend hath carved his food with Vasus: in all his limbs he hath increased and prospered."
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