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i. 35 khila to RV. x. 128 (9, Aufrecht, p. 685). The Kāuç. speaks of yugmakṛṣṇala as the amulet: probably a pair of beads of gold like kṛṣṇala berries. The comm. quotes AB. viii. 21. 5 for Çatānīka.

2. Not demons, not piçācás overcome him, for this is the first-born force of the gods; whoso bears the gold of the descendants of Dakṣa, he makes for himself long life among the living.

3. The waters' brilliancy, light, force, and strength, also the heroic powers (vīryà) of the forest trees, do we maintain in him, as in Indra Indra's powers (indriyá); this gold shall he, being capable, bear.

4. With seasons of summers (? sámā), of months, we [fill] thee, with the milk of the year I fill [thee]; let Indra-and-Agni, let all the gods, approve thee, not bearing enmity.