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द्विषो नो विश्वतोमुखाति नावेव पारय।
स नः सिन्धुमिव नावयाति पर्षाः स्वस्तये।

"Do Thou Whose countenance is turned to all sides send off our adversaries, as if in a ship to the opposite shore: do Thou convey us in a ship across the sea for our welfare." [Rig-Veda, I., 97, 7 and 8.]