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iv. 16- meant for chin-), which SPP. accordingly retains; the comm. has chinattu, explaining it as for chindantu. Ppp's version of the verse is found with that of the half of vs. 4; it reads chinadya; it also has saptasaptatīs in a, and ruṣatā ruṣantaḥ at end of b; and its d is yas sabhyavāg ati taṁ sṛjāmi. The comm. also reads in b ruṣantas, which is, as at iii. 28. 1, an acceptable substitute for the inept ruç-; in b he apparently has visitās, and takes it as tatra tatra baddhās, while the true sense obviously is "laid open ready for use"; the "triply" he regards as alluding to the three kinds of fetter specified in vii. 83. 3 a, b.

7. With a hundred fetters, O Varuṇa, do thou bridle (abhi-dhā) him; let not the speaker of untruth escape thee, O men-watcher; let the villain sit letting his belly fall [apart], like a hoopless vessel, being cut round about.

8. The Varuṇa that is lengthwise (samāmyà), that is crosswise (vyāmyà); the Varuṇa that is of the same region (saṁdeçyà), that is of a different region (videçyà); the Varuṇa that is of the gods, and that is of men—

9. With all those fetters I fasten (abhi-sā) thee, O so-and-so, of such-and-such a family, son of such-and-such a mother; and all of them I successively appoint for thee.