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HYMN CXIX

A prayer for release from debts incurred without intention of payment 1. The debt which I incur, not gaming, Agni! and, not intending    to repay, acknowledge,   That may Vaisvānara, the best, our sovran, carry away into the    world of virtue. 2. I cause Vaisvānara to know, confessing the debt whose payment    to the Gods is promised.   He knows to tear asunder all these nooses: so may we dwell    with him the gentle-minded. 3. Vaisvānara the Purifier purge me when I oppose their hope and    break my promise,   Unknowing in my heart. With supplication, whatever guilt there    is in that, I banish.