HYMN CXIX

A prayer for release from debts incurred without intention of payment

The debt which I incur, not gaming, Agni! and, not intending
to repay, acknowledge,
That may Vaisvanara, the best, our sovran, carry away into the
world of virtue.
I cause Vaisvanara 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.
Vaisvanara 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.