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xix. 56- in the RV. text (viii. 47. 15 and 17) of matter corresponding to our 56. 4 and 57. 1 (see under those verses); and hymns 56 and 57 are translated together by Ludwig.⌋

Translated: Ludwig, p. 467; Griffith, ii. 313.

1. Out of Yama's world hast thou come hither (ā-bhū); with mirth (?) dost thou, wise, make use of (pra-yuj) mortals; knowing, thou goest in alliance (sarátham) with the solitary one, fashioning (mā) sleep in the lair (yóni) of the Asura.

2. The all-vigorous bond saw thee in the beginning, in the one day before the birth of night; from thence, O sleep, didst thou come (ā-bhū) hither, hiding thy form from the physicians.