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51 for sa in a, and has a more intelligible second half-verse: sa eva tubhyaṁ bheṣajaṁ cakāra bhiṣajāti ca; our bhiṣájā in d is probably to be emended to -jām ⌊'the clean one of the healers'?⌋. The comm. understands sa at the beginning either as "the great sage Atharvan" or as the creator of the universe; and niṣkarat as grahavikārasya çamanaṁ or niṣkṛtiṁ karotu. Weber renders the latter "shall put it to rights."

1. From kṣetriyá, from perdition, from imprecation of sisters (jāmí-), from hatred (drúh) do I release thee, from Varuṇa's fetter; free from guilt (-ā́gas) I make thee by [my] incantation; be heaven-and-earth both propitious to thee.

2. Weal to thee be Agni, together with the waters; weal [be] Soma, together with the herbs: so from kṣetriyá, from perdition, etc. etc.