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ii. 24- the names of kimīdíns. The Anukr. says that Brahman in each verse praised with verses the deity mentioned in it; and gives a long description of the meters that is too confused and corrupt to be worth quoting in full.

Translated: Weber, xiii. 182; Griffith, i. 62.

1. O çerabhaka, çerabha! back again let your familiar demons go; back again your missile, ye kimīdíns! whose ye are, him eat ye; who hath sent you forth, him eat ye; eat your own flesh.

2. O çevṛdhaka, çévṛdha! back again let your familiar etc. etc.

3. O mroká, anumroka! back again let your familiar etc. etc.

4. O sarpá, anusarpa! back again let your familiar etc. etc.

5. O júrṇī! back again let your familiar demons go; back again your missile, ye she-kimīdíns; whose ye are etc. etc.

6. O upabdi! back again let your familiar etc. etc.

7. O árjunī! back again let your familiar etc. etc.

8. O bharūjī! back again. let your familiar etc. etc.

1. Weal for us, woe (áçam) for Nirṛti ('perdition') hath the divine