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 let the Maruts sprinkle it with water, with ghee; let king Bhaga deepen (ni-tan) our ploughing.

5. O mistress of the building (? mā́na), as sheltering, pleasant, hast thou, a goddess, been fixed by the gods in the beginning; clothing thyself in grass, mayest thou be well-willing; then mayest thou give us wealth together with heroes.

6. With due order, O beam (vaṅçá), ascend the post; formidable, bearing rule, force away (apa-vṛj) the foes; let not the attendants (upasattár) of thy houses be harmed, O dwelling; may we live a hundred autumns with all our heroes.

7. To it the tender boy, to it the calf, with moving creatures (jágat), to it the jar of parisrút, with mugs of curd, have come.

Ppp. has tvā for imām in a and c, and in c pariçṛtaṣ; and it ends d with kalaçaç ca yā. The mss. vary between parisrútas and -çrút- (our Bp.H.O.Op.Kp. have ç); the comm. has s, and renders the word by parisravaṇaçīlasya madhunaḥ 'foaming over sweet.' The word is quoted in the comment to Prāt. ii. 106 as an example of s after i protected from lingualization by a following r. The comm. reads in c kumbhās, and