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1. The same light with the sun—night possesses the same with the day; I make what is effective (satyá) for aid; sapless be the makers (f.) [of witchcraft].

2. Whoso, O gods, having made witchcraft, shall take it to the house of one unknowing—let it, like a sucking (dhārú) calf to its mother, go back unto him.

3. Whoso, having made evil at home, desires to slay another with it—numerous stones make a loud crash when it (f.) is burned.

4. O thou of a thousand abodes (? -dhā́man), do thou make them lie (?) crestless, neckless; take back the witchcraft to him that made it, like a sweet-heart (priyā́) to a lover (priyā́vant).

For víçikhān in a, Ppp. reads viṣākhāṁ (our P.M.W.E. have víçīṣān, our Bp.I.H.