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103 13. Thou whose son is Indra, whose son is Soma, daughter art thou of Prajāpati; fulfil thou our desires; accept our oblation.

1. I release thee by oblation, in order to living, from unknown yákṣma and from royal yákṣma; if now seizure (gráhi) hath seized him, from it, O Indra-and-Agni, do ye release him.

2. If of exhausted life-time, or if deceased, if gone down even to the presence (antiká) of death, him I take from the lap of perdition; I have won (spṛ) him for [life] of a hundred autumns.

3. With an oblation having a thousand eyes, a hundred heroisms, a hundred life-times, have I taken him, in order that Indra may lead him unto autumns, across to the further shore of all difficulty (duritá).

4. Live thou increasing a hundred autumns, a hundred winters, and a