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iv. 12- 7. If, falling into a pit, he hath been crushed (sam-çṛ), or if a stone hurled (pra-kṛ) hath smitten [him]—as a Ṛbhu the parts of a chariot, may it put together joint with joint.

1. Both, O ye gods, him that is put down, O ye gods, ye lead up again, and him that hath done evil (ā́gas), O ye gods, O ye gods, ye make to live again.

2. These two winds blow from the river as far as the distance; let the one blow hither dexterity for thee; let the other blow away what complaint (rápas) [thou hast].

Besides RV. (vs. 2), TB. (ii. 4. 1$7$) and TA. (iv. 42. 1, vs. 6) have this verse. Both accent in c āvā́tu, as does SPP's text, and as ours ought to do, since all the mss. so read, and the accent is fully justified as an antithetical one; our text was altered to agree with the ā́ vātu of RV., which is less observant of the antithetical accent than AV., as both alike are far less observant of it than the Brāhmaṇas. All the three other texts have párā for ví at beginning of d; and TB.TA. give me instead of te in c. The second pāda is translated in attempted adaptation to the third and fourth; of course,