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iv. 20- 9. Whichever flies through the atmosphere, and whichever creeps across the sky; whichever thinks the earth a refuge (nāthá)—that piçācá do thou show forth.

1. The kine have come, and have done what is excellent; let them stay (sad) in the stall (goṣṭhá); let them take pleasure with us; may they be rich in progeny here, many-formed, milking for Indra many dawns.

2. To the sacrificer and singer, to the helpful one (?), Indra verily gives further, steals not what is his; increasing more and more the wealth of him, he sets the godly man (devayú) in an undivided domain (? khilyá).

3. They shall not be lost; no thief shall harm [them]; no hostile