Stories 8
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Chyavana made young again
Chyavana is left behind on earth, decrepit and ghostlike.
Ghosha calls the Ashvins
Ghosha has grown old unmarried in her father's house.
Indra, Namuchi and the foam
Bound by an oath not to kill Namuchi by day or night, with anything dry or wet, Indra kills him at daybreak with the foam of the waters.
Saraswati and the Ashvins heal Indra
Indra's strength runs out of him after he drinks Tvashtri's Soma; Namuchi takes the rest; the Ashvins and Sarasvati restore him for a fee.
Subandhu's spirit is called back
Singers steady themselves and call a man's spirit back for sense, strength and life.
The Ashvins win their share of Soma
The gods sacrifice without the Ashvins, who are held unclean for wandering among men as physicians.
The hymns to the Waters
A hymn portrait of the Waters as the Rigveda addresses them, with the living uses of the same words on the riverbank.
Vishpala and the iron leg
At night, in Khela's battle, Vishpala's leg is cut off like a bird's wing.