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119 to (úpa) for thee the very powerful one; after me let thy mind run forth as a cow after her calf, run as water on its track.

1. Sharpened up is this incantation (? bráhman) of mine; sharpened up [my] heroism, strength; sharpened up, victorious, be the unwasting authority (kṣatrá) [of them] of whom I am the household priest (puróhita).

2. Up I sharpen the royalty of them, up their force, heroism, strength; I hew [off] the arms of the foes with this oblation.

3. Downward let them fall, let them become inferior, who shall fight against (pṛtany-) our bounteous patron (sūrí); I destroy the enemies by my incantation; I lead up our own men.

Ppp. reads adhas pad- at the beginning, and indram for sūrim in b. The second