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Rişhi: Madhuchhandas  (RV 1.5.7)

ā tvā vishantv-āshavaĥ somāsa indra girvaņaĥ, sham te santu prachetase.

May the fiery Soma-juices enter into thee, O Indra, thou who hast delight in the Word; May there be peace to thee in thy Forward-acting awareness.

May the flowings of the purified, intense delights of life reach Indra, the Lord of the Mind. He takes joy in the consecrated Word that rises on the crest of the wave of the heart's yearning bliss. Let there be, however, peace unto him. Let not excitement and disturbance enter in the wake of the rush of vitality and joy; may the delight-nourished Power in the mind act in full possession of calm and awareness.

The Delight shall not be spilled. It shall not be merely contained either. It is to be put out in a movement of effective action proceeding from a calm, wakeful, poised consciousness.

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