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47 Agni's 'fellows' because, like him, born from the mouth of Brahman, and hence that sajāta here means Brāhmans. The metrical definition of the verse (11 + 11: 8 + 11 = 41) is wholly artificial and bad.

5. Over enviers, over delinquents, over the thoughtless, over haters,—verily all difficult things, O Agni, do thou cross; then mayest thou give us wealth accompanied with heroes.

1. Hated by mischief, god-born, the curse-effacing plant hath washed away from me all curses, as waters do filth.

2. Both the curse that is a rival's, and the curse that is a sister's, what a priest (? brahmán) from fury may curse—all that [be] underneath our feet.