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ii. 33-

1. Forth from thy (two) eyes, (two) nostrils, (two) ears, chin, brain, tongue, I eject (vi-vṛh) for thee the yákṣma of the head.

2. From thy neck (grīvás), nape (uṣṇíhās), vertebræ (kī́kasā), backbone, (two) shoulders, (two) fore-arms, I eject for thee the yákṣma of the arms.

3. Forth from thy heart, lung (klomán), hálīkṣṇa, (two) sides, (two) mátasnas, spleen, liver, we eject for thee the yákṣma.

4. Forth from thine entrails, guts, rectum, belly, (two) paunches, plāçí, navel, I eject for thee the yákṣma.

The comm. explains gudābhyas by āntrasamīpasthebhyo malamūtrapravahaņamārgebhyaḥ, and plāçés by bahucchidrān malapātrāt; and he quotes ÇB. xii. 9. 1. 3, where many of the names in the verse occur. RV. (also MP.) has the first half-verse,