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<font size="4">Hymn to All-Gods</font></b></h1>
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<font size="4">RIGVEDA</font><o:p></o:p></p>

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none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><font size="4">Mandala I: Sukta 89 </font> <o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoBodyText style="line-height: 150%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>MAY the happy (blissful)
Sacrifices come to us from every­where, indomitable, invincible, <span
class=GramE>upsoaring.</span> May the Gods be there for our increase, may they
never abandon us, may they protect us day after day.</span><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoBodyText style="line-height: 150%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>May the perfect, the happy
Mind of the Gods who move in the straight <span class=GramE>path,</span> and
their gifts be turned towards us. May we share the friendship of the <span
class=GramE>Gods.</span> May they carry forward our span of <span class=GramE>life.</span></span><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoBodyText style='line-height:150%; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>With
the ancient mantra we invoke them all – Bhaga and Mitra and Aditi and the
unstumbling Daksha, Aryaman too, and Varuna and the twin Aswins. May Saraswati,
Mother of bliss, create happiness for <span class=GramE>us.</span></span><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

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none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>That healing draught,
creative of Delight, may the Wind blow over to us; may Earth the mother and
Heaven the<o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoBodyText style="line-height: 150%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>father and also the Grinding Stones that press out
soma-juice and create delight blow over the same to us. O Aswins, Masters of
knowledge, listen to us, both of you.</span></span><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%;mso-pagination:
none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Him, the Supreme Master,
Lord of the moving and the unmoving, approachable through the understanding, we
call for protection. May the Fosterer be there too to increase our realms of <span
class=GramE>knowledge.</span> May he be there for our welfare, the inviolable
guardian and <span class=GramE>saviour.</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoBodyText style="line-height: 150%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>May lndra of the full-grown
hearing bring to us the Su­preme Welfare. May the all-knowing Fosterer also
bring to us the Supreme <span class=GramE>Welfare.</span> And the Fashioner
whose cha­riot wheels move on unhurt, may he too <span class=GramE>bring</span>
to us the Supreme Welfare. And the same Supreme Welfare may Brihaspati
establish in us.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Dappled steeds are the
Storm-Gods and their Mothers are of dappled hue. Happy is their journey and
they move from knowledge to knowledge. They have tongues of fire, thinking
beings are they, sun-eyed, may all these Gods come to us for guarding us.<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%;mso-pagination:
none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Happy <span class=GramE>be</span>
the hearing to our ears, happy be the seeing to our eyes. O Gods, Lords of the
Sacrifice, we invoke them with all our limbs firm and steady; may we enjoy that
span of life established in the Gods.<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoBodyText style="line-height: 150%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Beside us
stretch a hundred autumns. They bring
age to our bodies there, therein the sons become fathers. In this fleeting
life-span do not be hostile to us, O Gods.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>The One Mother is the
heaven and the mid-space. She is the mother and the father and the son. All the
Gods are Herself, Herself are the Five Peoples. The One Mother is the creature
(created being) and the creatrix.<o:p></o:p></p>

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