Comma for either/or — dharma, courage. Spelling forgiving — corage finds courage.

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    Bhaga

    deity figure · 3 works · 56 mentions · 97 anchored passages

    King Bhaga · fierce Bhaga · king Bhaga · our king Bhaga · the Bountiful Lord

    in the texts

    RigvedaAncient · Sanskrit

    God of allotted fortune and share, who keeps his diligent servant free from censure.

    We, who are partakers of your portion, Bhaga, would rise up through your aid;
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    For he who thus has diligently served you, Bhaga, is kept free from censure and without enmity in his hands.
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    the wondrously mighty one sustained the two world-halves, considering himself like Bhaga in the highest vault.
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    Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)Ancient · Sanskrit

    Deity of fortune and allotment, invoked for battle-luck, for the return of the mind, and listed in the sovereignty hymn.

    Sarasvan and Bhaga, and all the gods are under my sway.
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    May Anumati, may Sarasvatī, may King Bhaga lead him back home.
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    I invoke Indra, the slayer of Vṛtra, the breaker of strongholds — may we today, through Bhaga's grace, be endowed with fortune.
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    SāmavedaAncient · Sanskrit

    A deity of fortune/allotment used as a point of comparison for devotion to Indra.

    As one follows Bhaga, so we follow you, O hero, glorious and the finder of wealth.
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    May Bhaga's glory find me;
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    This Soma, Pūṣan, wealth, and Bhaga, flows along purifying himself.
    prapathaka 6