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The Religions of India

CHAPTER V
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seven milk-streams sing to the yellow one as he purifies himself with the wave in the sieve of sheep's wool.

The active strong ones have sent forth the wise seer in the lap of the waters." If one wishes to clear his mind in respect of what the Hindu attributes to the divine drink (expressly drink, and not moon), let him read IX.

104, where he will find that "the twice powerful god-rejoicing intoxicating drink" finds goods, finds a path for his friends, puts away every harmful spirit and every devouring spirit, averts the false godless one and all oppression; and read also ix.21.

I-4: "These _soma_-drops for Indra flow rejoicing, maddening, light-( or heaven-) finding, averting attackers, finding desirable things for the presser, making life for the singer.

Like waves the drops flow into one vessel, playing as they will.


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