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i. 29- (which, however, Ppp. has), would leave the hymn of normal length, and composed of four out of the five verses of RV. x. 174 ⌊, of the fourth of which the excision is called for⌋.

5. Up hath gone yon sun, up this spell (vácas) of mine, that I may be slayer of foes, without rivals, rival-slayer.

6. A rival-destroying bull, conquering royalty, overpowering—that I may bear rule over these heroes and the people (jána).

1. O all ye gods, ye Vasus, protect this man; likewise ye Ādityas, watch ye over him; him let not one related (sánābhi) nor one unrelated—him let not any deadly weapon of men (pāúruṣeya) reach.

Ppp. has in b the false form jāgrata. The comm. paraphrases -nābhi in c by garbhāçaya. ⌊For the syntax, cf. Caland, KZ. xxxiv. 456.⌋

2. Whoso of you, O gods, are fathers and who sons, do ye, accordant (sácetas), hear this utterance of mine; to you all I commit this man; happily unto old age shall ye carry him.

3. Ye, O gods, that are in the heaven, that are on earth, that are in the atmosphere, in the herbs, in the cattle, within the waters—do ye make old age the length of life for this man; let him avoid the hundred other deaths.