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95 tvā hariṇo mṛgaḥ paḍbhiç caturbhir akramīt: viṣāṇe vi ṣyāi ’taṁ granthiṁ yad asya gulphitaṁ hṛdi; here it is a "knot" that is to be untied by means of the horn. One of our mss. (O.) has in c paḍbhís, like ĀpÇS. The comm., followed by a couple of SPP's mss., further agrees with ĀpÇS. by reading gulphitam in c, and explains it as gulphavad grathitam. The occurrence of the rare and obscure guṣpita ⌊misprinted guṣṭitam⌋ in ÇB. iii. 2. 2. 20 is also in connection with the use of a deer's horn.

3. What shines down yonder, like a four-sided roof (chadís), therewith we make all the kṣetriyá disappear from thy limbs.

4. The two blessed stars named Unfasteners (vicṛ́t), that are yonder in the sky—let them unfasten of the kṣetriyá the lowest, the highest fetter.

5. The waters verily [are] remedial, the waters disease-expelling, the waters remedial of everything; let them release thee from kṣetriyá.

6. If from the drink (? āsutí) that was being made the kṣetriyá hath come upon (vi-aç) thee, I know the remedy of it; I make the kṣetriyá disappear from thee.

7. In the fading-out of the asterisms, in the fading-out of the dawns also, from us [fade] out all that is of evil nature, fade out (apa-vas) the kṣetriyá.