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HYMN CXXIV

HYMN CXXIV 1. With what help will he come to us, wonderful, ever-waxing   Friend,   With what most mighty company? 2. What genuine and most liberal draught will spirit thee with    juice to burst.   Open e'en strongly-guarded wealth? 3. Do thou who art protector us thy friends who praise thee   With hundred aids approach us. 4. We will, with Indra and all Gods to help us, bring these existing    worlds into subjection.   Our sacrifice, our bodies, and our offspring shall Indra form    together with the Ādityas. 5. With the Ādityas, with the band of Maruts, may Indra be pro-    tector of our bodies.   As when the Gods came after they had slaughtered the Asuras,    keeping safe their Godlike nature, 6. Brought the Sun hitherward with mighty powers, and looked    about them on their vigorous Godhead. p. 359   With this may we obtain strength God-appointed, and joy with    brave sons through a hundred winters.