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115 the portent of mixed-up plows (whatever that may be*); vs. 4, again, accompanies the marking out of the sacrificial hearth at 137. 19. In Vāit. (28. 30-32), vss. 1, 3, and 2 b appear in the agnicayana, in the ceremony of plowing the sacrificial hearth, and vs. 7 (9. 27) at the end of the cāturmāsya sacrifice, with an oblation to the çunāsīrā. *⌊"Wenn zwei Pflüge sich verstricken beim Ackern," says Weber, Omina, p. 368.⌋

Translated: Weber, xvii. 255; Griffith, i. 106.—Vs. 3 is elaborately discussed by Roth, Festgruss an Böhtlingk, p. 95 ff. See also Weber, Omina und Portenta, p. 371.

1. The poets (kaví) harness the plows (sī́ra), they extend severally the yokes—they the wise ones (dhī́ra), with desire of favor (?) toward the gods.

2. Harness ye the plows, extend the yokes; scatter (vap) the seed here in the prepared womb; may the bunch (?) of virā́j be burdened for us; may the sickles draw in (ā-yu) the ripe [grain] yet closer.

3. Let the plow (lā́n̄gala), lance-pointed, well-lying, with well-smoothed handle, turn up (ud-vap) cow, sheep, an on-going chariot-frame, and a plump wench.