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83 accepted (as elsewhere) in our edition, and -lg- in the other; Ppp. reads -lg-, the comm. -gg-. Ppp. has further vayam ukṣo atho bhaga; and, in c-d, adhuḥ patik-. The comm. defines guggulu as "a well-known kind of article for incense," and for āukṣa he quotes from Keçava (kāuçikasūtrabhāṣyakārās) the couplet given in Bloomfield's Kāuçika on p. 335 (but reading surabhīn gandhān kṣīraṁ). The comm., p. 332, explains that with this verse is to be performed a binding on and fumigation and anointing of the girl with ornaments, bdellium, and āukṣa respectively. ⌊BR., iv. 947, suggests pratikāmyā̀ya.⌋

8. Hither let Savitar conduct for thee, conduct a husband that is according to thy wish; do thou assign [him] to her, O herb.