6 Most near, most oft comes Indra with protection, and she Sarasvati, who swells with rivers − 7 Hear this mine invocation; come hither, O Universal Gods, 8 To him who comes to meet you, Gods, with offerings bathed in holy oil− 9 All Sons of Immortality shall listen to the songs we sing, 10 May all the Gods who strengthen Law, with Rtus, listening to our call, 11 May 1ndra, with the Marut host, with Tvastar, Mitra, Aryaman, 12 O Agni, Priest, as rules ordain, offer this sacrifice of ours, 13 Listen, All−Gods, to this mine invocation, Ye who inhabit heaven, and air's midregions, 14 May the All−Gods who claim our worship hear my thought; may the two World−halves hear it, and th 15 And those who, Mighty, with the wiles of serpents, were born on earth, in heaven, where waters gather 16 At this my call, O Agni and Parjanya, help, swift to hear, my thought and our laudation.RV 51 (5)b · Rig Veda · null
RV 51 (5)b
Rig Veda · translated by Ralph T.H. Griffith
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