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65 spotted-leaf made; since it is a formidable grinder-up (-jámbhana) of káṇvas, it, the powerful, have I used (bhaj).

2. This spotted-leaf was first born overpowering; with it do I hew [off] the head of the ill-named ones, as of a bird (çakúni).

3. The blood-drinking wizard, and whoso wants to take away fatness, the embryo-eating káṇva do thou make disappear, O spotted-leaf, and overpower.

4. Make them enter the mountain, the life-obstructing (-yopana) káṇvas; do thou, O divine spotted-leaf, go burning after them like fire.

5. Thrust them forth to a distance, the life-obstructing káṇvas; where the darknesses go, there have I made the flesh-eaters go.