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# A History of Sanskrit Literature c8.55

A History of Sanskrit Literature c8.55

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### [c8.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.macdonell-1900.c8.55)

\*These living ones are from the dead divided:\*  
\*Our calling on the gods is now auspicious.\*  
\*We have come forth prepared for dance and laughter,\*  
\*Till future days prolonging our existence.\*  
  
\*As days in order follow one another,\*  
\*As seasons duly alternate with seasons,\*  
\*As the later never forsakes the earlier,\*  
\*So fashion thou the lives of these, Ordainer.\*

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