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iii. 21- the wind, Parjanya, then also Agni—these have appeased the flesh-eating one.

1. Let elephant-splendor, great glory, spread itself, which came into being from Aditi's body; that same have all together given to me—all the gods, Aditi, in unison.

2. Let both Mitra and Varuṇa, Indra and Rudra, [each] take notice; the all-nourishing gods—let them anoint me with splendor.

3. With what splendor the elephant came into being, with what the king among men (manuṣyà), among waters, with what the gods in the beginning went to godhood—with that splendor do thou, O Agni, now make me splendid.

Apsú, in b, is an impertinent intrusion as regards both sense and meter; it is wanting in Ppp. In c all the mss. give āyam (saṁh., āyaṁ); our edition makes the necessary