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iv. 10- out of the ocean—by the shell having slain the demons, we overpower the devourers.

3. By the shell [we overpower] disease, misery; by the shell also the sadā́nvās; let the all-healing shell, of pearl, protect us from distress.

4. Born in the sky, ocean-born, brought hither out of the river, this gold-born shell [is] for us a life-prolonging amulet.

5. The amulet born from the ocean, born from Vṛtra, making day—let it protect us on all sides from the missile of gods and Asuras.

6. One of the golds art thou; out of soma wast thou born; thou art conspicuous on the chariot, lustrous (rocaná) on the quiver thou. May it prolong our lives!

7. The gods' bone became pearl; that goes about within the waters, possessing soul; that do I bind on thee in order to life-time, splendor, strength, to length of life for a hundred autumns: let [the amulet] of pearl defend thee.

Karçanás in e, though read by all our mss. and nearly all of SPP's, is hardly to be tolerated; we should have either kṛ́çanas, as above, or kārçanas, which the comm.