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1. Spoiler's spoiler (dū́ṣi) art thou; missile's missile (hetí) art thou; weapon's weapon (mení) art thou: attain (āp) the better one, step beyond the equal (samá).

2. Sraktyà. art thou; re-entrant (pratisará) art thou; counter-conjuring art thou: attain the etc. etc.

3. Conjure (abhi-car) against him who hates us, whom we hate: attain the etc. etc.

4. Patron (sūrí) art thou; splendor-bestowing art thou; body-protecting art thou: attain the etc. etc.

5. Bright (çukrá) art thou; shining (bhrājá) art thou; heaven (svàr) art thou; light art thou: attain the etc. etc.

Found in Pāipp. ii., but in the verse-order 1, 3, 2, 4-6, 8, 7. The hymn is called by Kāuç. (47. 12) bharadvājapravraskam 'Bharadvāja's hewer-off' ⌊or 'cleaver'⌋ (from expressions in the verses), and is to accompany the cutting of a staff for use in rites of