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WHAT wish of Saramā k�m�chantī saramā

hath brought her predamānaḍ dūre hya-
hither? The path leads dhvā jaghur�ḥparāca�ḥ
far away to distant kāsmeh�t�ḥ kā par�tak-
places. myāsīt kathaṃ
What charge hast thou rasāyāataraḥ payāṃs�
for us? Where turns thy �ndrasya dūtīr�ṣ�tā
journey? How hast carām� maha �chantī
thou made thy way o’er paṇayo n�dhīnvaḥ
Rasā's waters.
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I come appointed mes- at�ṣkado bh�yasā tan

senger of Indra, seeking na āvat tathā rasāyā
your ample stores of atarampayāṃs�
wealth, O Panis. kīdṛṃṃ �ndraḥ sarame
This hath preserved me kā dṛśīkā yasyedaṃ
from the fear of cros- dūtīrasaraḥ parākāt
sing: thus have I made
my way o’er Rasā's
waters.
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WHAT is that Indra ā ca ghachān m�tra-

like, what is his aspect menā dadhāmāthāg-
whose envoy, Saramā, havāṃ ghopat�rno
from afar thou comest? bhavāt�
Let him approach, and nāhaṃ taṃ veda da-
we will show him frien- bhyaṃ dabhat sa yas-
dship: he shall be made yedaṃ dūtīrasaraṃ
the herdsman of our parākāt
cattle.
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I know him safe from na taṃ ghūhant� sra-

harm: but he can vato ghabhīrā hatā�nd-
punish who sent me reṇa paṇayaḥ śayadh-
hither from afar as ve
envoy. �mā ghāvaḥ sarame yā
Him rivers flowing with a�chaḥ par� d�vo antān
deep waters bide not. subhaghepatantī
Low will ye be, O Pa is,
slain by Indra.
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THESE are the kine kasta enā ava sṛjāda-

which, Saramā, thou yudhvyutāsmākamā-
seekest, flying, O Blest yudhāsant� t�ghmā
One, to the ends of asenyā vaḥ paṇayo
heaven. vacāṃsyan�ṣavyāstan-
Who will loose these vaḥ santu pāpīḥ
for thee without a
battle? Yea, and
sharp-pointed are our
warlike weapons.
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EVEN if your wicked adhṛṣṭo va etavā astu

bodies, O ye Panis, were panthā bṛhaspat�rva
arrow-proof, your ubhayā namṛḷāt
words are weak for ayaṃ n�dh�ḥ sarame
wounding; adr�budhno ghobh�-
And were the path to raśvebh�rvasubh�rn-
you as yet unmastered, yṛṣṭaḥ
B haspati in neither
case will spare you.
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PAVED with the rock is rakṣant� taṃ paṇayo

this our treasure-cham- ye sughopā reku pada-
ber; filled full of preci- malakamā jaghantha
ous things, of kine, and eha ghamannṛṣayaḥ
horses. somaś�tā ayāsyo aṅg-
These Panis who are h�raso navaghvāḥ
watchful keepers guard
it. In vain hast thou ap-
proached this lonely
station.
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is will come inspiri- ta etamūrvaṃ v� bha-

ted with Soma, A gira- janta ghonāmatha�tad
ses unwearied, and Na- vacaḥ paṇayovaman-
vagvas. n�t
This stall of cattle will evā ca tvaṃ sarama
they part among them: ājaghantha prabādh�tā
then will the Pa is wish sahasā da�vyena
these words unspoken.
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EVEN thus, O Saramā, svasāraṃ tvā kṛṇava�

hast thou come hither, mā punarghā apa te
forced by celestial ghavāṃ subhagheb-
might to make the jour- hajāma
ney. nāhaṃ veda bhrātṛt-
Turn thee not back, for vaṃ no svasṛtvam�nd-
thou shalt be our sister: ro v�duraṅgh�rasaśca
O Blest One, we will ghorāḥ
give thee of the cattle.
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BROTHERHOOD, ghokāmā me achada-

sisterhood, I know not yan yadāyamapāta �ta
either: the dread A gi- paṇayovarīyaḥ
rases and Indra know dūram�ta paṇayo
them. varīya ud ghāvo yantu
They seemed to long for m�natīrtena
kine when I departed.
Hence, into distance, be
ye gone, O Pa is.
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HENCE, far away, ye bṛhaspat�ryā av�ndan

Pa is! Let the cattle n�ghūḷāḥ somo gh-
lowing come forth as rāvāṇa ṛṣayaśca
holy Law commandeth, v�prāḥ
Kine which B haspati,
and Soma, is, sages,
and pressing-stones
have found when
hidden.