HYMN LXXXIX

A prayer for purification and prosperity

The heavenly Waters have I ranged: we have been sated with
their dew.
Here, Agni, bearing milk, am I. Endow me with the gift of
strength.
Endow me with the gift of strength, with children, and a length-
ened life.
May the Gods mark this prayer of mine, may Indra with the
Rishis mark.
Ye Waters, wash away this stain and whatsoever taint be here,
Each sinful wrong that I have done and every harmless curse
of mine.
Thou art the wood, may I succeed! fuel, may I be glorified!
splendour, give splendour unto me.