BOOK I

HYMN I

A prayer to Vāchaspati for divine illumination and help.

1Now may Vāchaspati assign to me the strength and powers of
  Those
  Who, wearing every shape and form, the triple seven, are
   wandering round.
2Come thou again, Vāchaspati, come with divine intelligence.
  Vasoshpati, repose thou here. In me be Knowledge, yea, in me.
3Here, even here, spread sheltering arms like the two bow-ends
   strained with cord.
  This let Vāchaspati confirm. In me be Knowledge, yea, in me.
4Vāchaspati hath been invoked: may he invite us in reply.
  May we adhere to Sacred Lore. Never may I be reft thereof.

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