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91 no variants for the verse. Many of our saṁhitā-mss. (P.M.W.E.I.H.) retain the final visarga of saṁvidānāḥ before hv- in c; SPP. does not report any of his as guilty of such a blunder. ⌊V. and K. recognize vaçehá as a variant.⌋

Ppp. appends another verse: yadi jareṇa haviṣā datvā gamayāmasi: atrā ta indraṣ kevalīr viço balihṛtas karat (cf. RV. x. 173. 6 c, d).

1. Hither hath come this parṇá-amulet, strong, by strength slaughtering our rivals; force of the gods, milk of the herbs, let it quicken me with splendor unremittingly.

2. In me [maintain] dominion, O parṇá-amulet, in me maintain wealth; may I in the sphere of royalty be familiar (? nijá), supreme.

3. The dear amulet which the gods deposited hidden in the forest-tree—that let the gods give to us to wear, together with length of life (ā́yus).

4. The parṇá, Soma's formidable power, hath come, given by Indra, governed (çās) by Varuṇa; may I, shining greatly, wear it in order to length of life for a hundred autumns.

The translation implies emendation in c of the unmanageable priyāsam to bhriyāsam, an obvious improvement, adopted also by Weber, and supported by the reading of Ppp.,