Which Indra's hand in seven had cleft:[213]

“No fault, O Lord of Gods, is thine;

The blame herein is only mine.

But for one grace I fain would pray,

As thou hast reft this hope away.

This bud, O Indra, which a blight

Has withered ere it saw the light—

From this may seven fair spirits rise

To rule the regions of the skies.

Be theirs through heaven's unbounded space