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ii. 31- 3. I smite the algáṇḍus with a great deadly weapon; burnt [or] unburnt, they have become sapless; those left [or] not left I draw down by my spell (vā́c), that no one of the worms be left.

4. The one along the entrails, the one in the head, likewise the worm in the ribs, the avaskavá, the vyadhvará—the worms we grind up with our spell (vácas).

5. The worms that are in the mountains, in the woods, in the herbs, in the cattle, within the waters, that have entered our selves (tanū́)—that whole generation (jåniman) of worms I smite.

1. Let the sun (ādityá), rising, smite the worms; setting, let him smite [them] with his rays—the worms that are within the cow.