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1. Right here do I erect a firm house: may it stand upon a
(good) foundation, dripping with ghee! Thee may we inhabit, O house, with
heroes all, with strong heroes, with uninjured heroes!
2. Right here, do thou, O house, stand firmly, full of
horses, full of cattle, full of abundance! Full of sap, ful.] of ghee, full of
milk, elevate thyself unto great happiness!
3. A supporter art thou, O house, with broad roof,
containing purified grain! To thee may the calf come, to thee the child, to
thee the milch-cows, when they return in the evening!
4. May Savitar, Vâyu, Indra, Brihaspati cunningly erect
this house! Alay the Alaruts sprinkle it with moisture and with ghee; may king
Bhaga let our ploughing take root!
5. O mistress of dwelling, as a sheltering and kindly
goddess thou wast erected by the gods in the bealrinina; clothed in grass, be
thou kindly disposed; give us, moreover, wealth along with heroes!
6. Do thou, O cross-beam, according to regulation ascend
the post, do thou, mightily ruling, hold off the enemies! May they that
approach thee reverently, O house, not suffer injury, may we with all our
heroes live a hundred autumns!
7. Hither to this (house) hath come the tender child,
hither the calf along with (the other) domestic animals; hither the vessel
(full) of liquor, together with bowls of sour milk!
8. Carry forth, O woman, this full jar, a stream of ghee
mixed with ambrosia! Do thou these drinkers supply with ambrosia; the sacrifice
and the gifts (to the Brahmans) shall it (the house) protect!
9. These waters, free from disease, destructive of disease,
do I carry forth. The chambers do I enter in upon together with the immortal
Agni (fire).
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