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Plain text of Rig Veda - Book The Tenth · Hymn XLVII. In Praise of God the Mighty

1 Thy right hand have we grasped in ours, O Mighty One, longing for treasure, Treasure-Lord of treasures!

Because we know thee, Hero, Lord of cattle: vouchsafe us mighty and resplendent riches.

2 Wealth, fully armed, good guard and kind protector, sprung from four seas, the prop and stay of treasures,

Fraught with great bounties, meet for praise and glory; vouchsafe us mighty and resplendent riches.

3 Wealth, with good scholars, Lord! attended by the righteous, high, wide, and deep, and based on broad foundations,

Strong, with famed seers, conquering our foemen: vouchsafe us mighty and resplendent riches.

4 Victorious, winning strength, with hero sages, confirmed in power, most useful, wealth-attracting,

True, Lord! crushing forts and slaying wrongdoers: vouchsafe us mighty and resplendent riches.

5 Wealthy in heroes and in cars and horses, strength hundredfold and thousandfold, O Lord,

With manly sages, happy troops, light-winning: vouchsafe us mighty and resplendent riches.

6 To Saptagu the sage, the holy-minded, to him, the Lord of Prayer, the song approaches,

Son of Angiras who must be met with homage: vouchsafe us mighty and resplendent riches.

7 My lauds, like envoys, craving loving-kindness, go forth to the Mighty with their strong entreaty,

Moving his heart and uttered by my spirit: vouchsafe us mighty and resplendent riches.

8 Grant us the boon for which I pray, O Lord, a spacious home unmatched among the people.

To this may Heaven and Earth accord approval: vouchsafe us mighty and resplendent riches.