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5. With it will I overpower the foes, as Indra did the sālāvṛkás: smite the dispute etc. etc.

6. O Rudra, thou of healing (?) remedies, of dark (nī́la) crests, deed-doer! smite the dispute etc. etc.

7. Do thou smite the dispute of him, O Indra, who vexes us; bless us with abilities (çákti); make me superior in the dispute.

1. For just thee, O old age, let this one grow; let not the other deaths, that are a hundred, harm him; as a forethoughtful mother in her lap a son, let Mitra protect him from distress that comes from a friend (mitríya).