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1. In the sap of what is earthly, O gods, in the strength of Bhaga's self (tanū́)—length of life to this man may Agni, Sūrya—splendor may Brihaspati impart.

2. Length of life to him assign thou, O Jātavedas; progeny, O Tvashṭar, do thou bestow on him; abundance of wealth, O Savitar ('impeller'), do thou impel to him; may he live a hundred autumns of thee.

3. Our blessing [assign him] refreshment, possession of excellent progeny; do ye (two), accordant, assign [him] dexterity, property (dráviṇa); [let] this man [be] conquering fields with power, O Indra, putting (kṛ) other rivals beneath him.

The verse is difficult, and, as the parallel texts show, badly corrupted. Āçī́r ṇas (for which Weber ingeniously suggested ā́çīrṇe) is supported by āçī́r nas in MS. (iv. 12. 3) and āçī́r me in TS. (iii. 2. 85) and KÇS. (x. 5. 3); and all these versions give it a verb in b, dadhātu, instead of the impracticable dual dhattam, with which our sácetasāu is in the same combination. The alteration of this to the sávarcasam of TS. MS., or the suvarcasam of KÇS. and Ppp., would indicate that of dhattam to -tām (as middle), and allow sense to be made of the pāda. All the other texts, including Ppp., give in a suprajāstvám instead of the anomalous and bad sāupr-. TS. MS. KÇS. have iṣam for dákṣam in b. The translation implies emendation of jáyam in c to jáyan