X, 186. To Vâta

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MANDALA X, HYMN 186.

ASHTAKA VIII, ADHYÂYA 8, VARGA 44.

To Vâta.

1. May Vâta waft medicine, healthful, delightful to our heart; may he prolong our lives!

2. Thou, O Vâta, art our father, and our brother, and our friend; do thou grant us to live!

3. O Vâta, from that treasure of the immortal which is placed in thy house yonder, give us to live!

NOTES.

Ascribed to Ula Vâtâyana, and addressed to Vâyu, under the name of Vâta. The metre is Gâyatrî. Verse 1 occurs in SV. I, 184; II, 1190; Taitt. Br. II, 4, 1, 8; Taitt. Âr. IV, 42, 8. Verse 3 in SV. II, 1192; Taitt. Br. II, 4, 1, 8; Taitt. Âr. IV, 42, 7.