Book 6: Hymn 119: A prayer for release from debts incurred without intention of payment

1The debt which I incur, not gaming, Agni! and, not intending to repay, acknowledge, p. a256 That may Vaisvānara, the best, our sovran, carry away into the world of virtue. 2I cause Vaisvānara to know, confessing the debt whose payment to the Gods is promised. He knows to tear asunder all these nooses: so may we dwell with him the gentle-minded. 3Vaisvānara the Purifier purge me when I oppose their hope and break my promise, Unknowing in my heart. With supplication, whatever guilt there is in that, I banish.