10. Thou, Indra, hast preserved Su_s_ravas by thy succour, Tûrvayâ_n_a, by thy assistance: thou hast made Kutsa, Atithigva, and Âyu subject to the mighty though youthful Su_s_ravas. 11. Protected by the gods, we remain, Indra, at the close of the sacrifice, thy most fortunate friends: we praise thee, as enjoying through thee excellent offspring, and a long and prosperous life.] [Footnote 19: Favete linguis.] [Footnote 20: Cf. Rv. I. 112, 25, 'dyúbhir aktúbhi_h_,' by day and by night; also Rv. III. 31, 16. M. M., 'Todtenbestattung,' p. v.] [Footnote 21: Professor Benfey reads durayanta_h_, but all MSS. that I know, without exception, read darayanta_h_.] The next hymn is one of many addressed to Agni as the god of fire, not only the fire as a powerful element, but likewise the fire of the hearth and the altar, the guardian of the house, the minister of the sacrifice, the messenger between gods and men: [Footnote 22: See Spiegel, 'Erân,' p. 269, on Khai Khosru = Su_s_ravas.] HYMN TO AGNI (Rv. II. 6). 1. Agni, accept this log which I offer to thee, accept this my service; listen well to these my songs. 2. With this log, O Agni, may we worship thee, thou son of strength, conqueror of horses! and with this hymn, thou high-born! 3. May we thy servants serve thee with songs, O granter of riches, thou who lovest songs and delightest in riches. 4. Thou lord of wealth and giver of wealth, be thou wise and powerful; drive away from us the enemies! 5. He gives us rain from heaven, he gives us inviolable strength, he gives us food a thousandfold. 6. Youngest of the gods, their messenger, their invoker, most deserving of worship, come, at our praise, to him who worships thee and longs for thy help. 7. For thou, O sage, goest wisely between these two creations (heaven and earth, gods and men), like a friendly messenger between two hamlets. 8. Thou art wise, and thou hast been pleased; perform thou, intelligent Agni, the sacrifice without interruption, sit down on this sacred grass! The following hymn, partly laudatory, partly deprecatory, is addressed to the Maruts or Rudras, the Storm-gods: HYMN TO THE MARUTS (Rv. I. 39).[23] 1. When you thus from afar cast forward your measure, like a blast of fire, through whose wisdom is it, through whose design? To whom do you go, to whom, ye shakers (of the earth)? 2. May your weapons be firm to attack, strong also to withstand! May yours be the more glorious strength, not that of the deceitful mortal! 3. When you overthrow what is firm, O ye men, and whirl about what is heavy, ye pass through the trees of the earth, through the clefts of the rocks. 4. No real foe of yours is known in heaven, nor in earth, ye devourers of enemies! May strength be yours, together with your race, O Rudras, to defy even now.