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7. Let them float forth downward, like a boat severed from its mooring (bándhana); of them, thrust forth by the expelling one, there is no returning again.

8. I thrust them forth with mind, forth with intent and incantation; forth with branch of tree, of açvatthá, we thrust them.

1. On the head of the swift-running gazelle (hariṇá) is a remedy; he by his horn hath made the kṣetriyá disappear, dispersing.

2. After thee hath the bull-gazelle stridden with his four feet; O horn, do thou unfasten (vi-sā) the kṣetriyá that is compacted (?) in his heart.

Ppp. has a different d: yadi kiṁcit kṣetriyaṁ hṛdi. The word-play in c, between viṣāṇā and vi-sā, is obvious; that any was intended with viṣūcīna in 1 d is very questionable. This verse, again, is found in ĀpÇS. ib., but with considerable variants: anu