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63 5. O Agni! with the brilliancy (téjas) that is thine, make him unbrilliant who hates us, whom we hate.

1. O Vāyu! with the heat that is thine etc. etc.

2-5. O Vāyu! with etc. etc.

1. O Sūrya! with the heat that is thine etc. etc.

2-5. O Sūrya! with etc. etc.

1. O moon! with the heat that is thine etc. etc.

2-5. O moon! with etc. etc.

1. O waters! with the heat that is yours etc. etc.

2-5. O waters! with etc. etc.

⌊Not metrical.⌋ Part of the hymn is found in Pāipp. ii., but in a very corrupt condition: see under the verses below. Kāuç. makes no use of it that is characteristic, or that casts any light upon its difficulties, but prescribes it simply as to be employed in a certain ceremony (19. 9-13) for prosperity (according to the comm., for removal of a bad sign), called "of the sea" (sāmudra: the comm. says, offering in a çāpeṭastha fire, in the midst of the sea); it is also reckoned (19. 1, note) to the mantras called puṣṭika 'for prosperity.' The words that precede the refrain in each verse are apparently