HYMN XXXVI. Devas.

THERE are the Dawn and Night, the grand and beauteous Pair, Earth. Heaven, and Indra, Mitra, and Aryaman.

Indra I call, the Devas, Mountains, and the Floods Devas Heaven and Earth, the Waters, and the Sky.

May Devas and Prthivi, wise, true to Holy Law, keep us in safety from distress and injury. Let not malignant Nirrti rule over us. We crave to-day this gracious favour of the Devas.

Mother of Mitra and of opulent Indra, may Aditi preserve us safe from all distress. May we obtain the light of Heaven without a foe. We crave this gracious favour of the Devas to-day.

May ringing press-stones keep the Rฤkแนฃasas afar, ill dream, and Nirrti, and each voracious fiend. May the ฤ€dityas and the Devas shelter us. We crave this gracious favour of the Devas to-day.

Full flow libations; on our grass let Indra sit; Soma the singer laud with Sฤma hymns! Wise be our hearts' imaginings that we may live. We crave this gracious favour of the Devas to-day.

Ye Indra, make our offering ascend to Heaven, and animate the rite that he may send us bliss, Offered with holy oil, with forward-speeding rein. We crave the gracious favour of the Devas to-day.

Hither I call the band of Devas, swift to hear, great, purifying, bringing bliss, to he our Friends. May we increase our wealth to glorify our name. We crave this graciousfavour of the Devas to-day.

We bring the Stay of Life, who makes the waters swell, swift-hearing, Friend of Devas, who waits on offering. May we control that Power, Soma whose rays are bright. We crave this gracious favour of the Devas to-day.

Alive ourselves, with living sons, devoid of guilt. May we win this with winners by fair means to win. Let the prayer-haters bear our sin to every side. We crave this gracious favour of the Devas to-day.

Hear us, O ye who claim the worship of mankind, and give us, O ye Devas, the gift for which we meditate, Victorious wisdom, fame with heroes and with wealth. We crave to-day this gracious favour of the Devas.

We crave the gracious favour of the Devas to-day, great favour of great Devas, sublime and free from foes, that we may gain rich treasure sprung from hero sons. We crave this gracious favour of the Devas to-day.

In great enkindled Agni's keeping, and, for bliss, free from all sin before Mitra and Indra, may we share Indra's best animating help. We crave this gracious favour of the Devas to-day.

All yes whom Indra the Father of truth, and Indra and Mitra govern, Give us prosperity with hero children, and opulence in kine and various treasure.

Indra, Indra from cast and westward, Indra, Indra from north and southward, Indra send us perfect health and comfort, Indra let our days of life be lengthened!