Page:Atharva-Veda samhita.djvu/282

iii. 15- juhomi (the pada-text puts a sign of pāda-division after the word, but also before it). The verse is not at all likely to have been an original part of our hymn; the word çataséyāya in d has caused its addition. The comm. renders tárase by vegāya çīghragamanāya, and applies yā́vad ī́çe in two ways, to the winning or to the worshipping.

4. This offense (? çaráṇi) of ours mayest thou, O Agni, bear with (mṛṣ), what distant road we have gone. Successful (çuná) for us be bargain and sale; let return-dealing make me fruitful; do ye two enjoy this oblation in concord; successful for us be our going about and rising.

5. With what riches I practise (car) bargaining, seeking riches with riches, ye gods—let that become more for me, not less; O Agni, put down (ni-sidh) with the oblation the gain-slaying gods.

6. With what riches I practise bargaining, seeking riches with riches, ye gods—therein let Indra assign me pleasure (? rúci), let Prajāpati, Savitar, Soma, Agni.