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    "chapter": 96
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    "n": 96,
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        "n": 1,
        "refId": "RV10-96:1",
        "text": "translated by"
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        "n": 2,
        "refId": "RV10-96:2",
        "text": "1. In the great synod will I laud thy two Bay Steeds: I prize the sweet strong drink of thee the Warrior-God,"
      },{
        "n": 3,
        "refId": "RV10-96:3",
        "text": "His who pours lovely oil as 'twere with yellow drops. Let my songs enter thee whose form hath golden tints."
      },{
        "n": 4,
        "refId": "RV10-96:4",
        "text": "2. Ye who in concert sing unto the gold hued place, like Bay Steeds driving onward to the heavenly seat,"
      },{
        "n": 5,
        "refId": "RV10-96:5",
        "text": "For Indra laud ye strength allied with Tawny Steeds, laud him whom cows content as 'twere with yellow drops."
      },{
        "n": 6,
        "refId": "RV10-96:6",
        "text": "3. His is that thunderbolt, of iron, golden hued, gold-coloured, very dear, and yellow in his arms;"
      },{
        "n": 7,
        "refId": "RV10-96:7",
        "text": "Bright with strong teeth, destroying with its tawny rage. In Indra are set fast all forms of golden hue."
      },{
        "n": 8,
        "refId": "RV10-96:8",
        "text": "4. As if a lovely ray were laid upon the sky, the golden thunderbolt spread out as in a race."
      },{
        "n": 9,
        "refId": "RV10-96:9",
        "text": "That iron bolt with yellow jaw smote Ahi down. A thousand flames had he who bore the tawny-hued."
      },{
        "n": 10,
        "refId": "RV10-96:10",
        "text": "5. Thou, thou, when praised by men who sacrificed of old. hadst pleasure in their lauds, O Indra golden-haired."
      },{
        "n": 11,
        "refId": "RV10-96:11",
        "text": "All that befits thy song of praise thou welcomest, the perfect pleasant gift, O Golden-hued from birth."
      },{
        "n": 12,
        "refId": "RV10-96:12",
        "text": "6. These two dear Bays bring hither Indra on his car, Thunder-armed, joyous, meet for laud, to drink his fill."
      },{
        "n": 13,
        "refId": "RV10-96:13",
        "text": "Many libations flow for him who loveth them: to Indra have the gold-hued Soma juices run."
      },{
        "n": 14,
        "refId": "RV10-96:14",
        "text": "7. The gold-hued drops have flowed to gratify his wish: the yellow drops have urged the swift Bays to the Strong."
      },{
        "n": 15,
        "refId": "RV10-96:15",
        "text": "He who speeds on with Bay Steeds even as he lists hath satisfied his longing for the golden drops."
      },{
        "n": 16,
        "refId": "RV10-96:16",
        "text": "8. At the swift draught the Soma-drinker waxed in might, the Iron One with yellow beard and yellow hair."
      },{
        "n": 17,
        "refId": "RV10-96:17",
        "text": "He, Lord of Tawny Coursers, Lord of fleet-foot Mares, will bear his Bay Steeds safely over all distress."
      },{
        "n": 18,
        "refId": "RV10-96:18",
        "text": "9. His yellow-coloured jaws, like ladles move apart, what time, for strength, he makes the yellow-tinted stir,"
      },{
        "n": 19,
        "refId": "RV10-96:19",
        "text": "When, while the bowl stands there, he grooms his Tawny Steeds, when he hath drunk strong drink, the sweet juice that he loves."
      },{
        "n": 20,
        "refId": "RV10-96:20",
        "text": "10. Yea, to the Dear One's seat in homes of heaven and earth the Bay Steeds' Lord hath whinnied like a horse for food."
      },{
        "n": 21,
        "refId": "RV10-96:21",
        "text": "Then the great wish hath seized upon him mightily, and the Beloved One hath gained high power of life,"
      },{
        "n": 22,
        "refId": "RV10-96:22",
        "text": "11. Thou, comprehending with thy might the earth and heaven, acceptest the dear hymn for ever new and new."
      },{
        "n": 23,
        "refId": "RV10-96:23",
        "text": "O Asura, disclose thou and make visible the Cow's beloved home to the bright golden Sun."
      },{
        "n": 24,
        "refId": "RV10-96:24",
        "text": "12. O Indra, let the eager wishes of the folk bring thee, delightful, golden-visored, on thy car,"
      },{
        "n": 25,
        "refId": "RV10-96:25",
        "text": "That, pleased with sacrifice wherein ten fingers toil, thou mayest, at the feast, drink of our offered meath."
      },{
        "n": 26,
        "refId": "RV10-96:26",
        "text": "13. Juices aforetime, Lord of Bays, thou drankest; and thine especially is this libation."
      },{
        "n": 27,
        "refId": "RV10-96:27",
        "text": "Gladden thee, Indra, with the meath-rich Soma: pour it down ever, Mighty One! within thee."
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