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ii. 10- 3. Weal to thee may the wind in the atmosphere bestow (dhā) vigor; weal to thee be the four directions: so from kṣetriyá, etc. etc.

4. These four heavenly (devá) directions, having the wind as lord, upon which the sun looks out—so from kṣetriyá, etc. etc.

5. Within them I set thee in old age; let the yákṣma, let perdition go forth far away: so from kṣetriyá, etc. etc.

6. Thou hast been released from yákṣma, from difficulty (duritá), from reproach (avadyá); from the fetter of hatred and from seizure hast thou been released: so from kṣetriyá, etc. etc.

7. Thou hast left niggardy, hast found what is pleasant; thou hast come to be in the excellent world of what is well done: so from kṣetriyá, etc. etc.

8. The gods, releasing from the seizure of darkness the sun whom it had befallen, let him loose from sin (énas): so from kṣetriyá, etc. etc.