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iv. 25- or three of SPP's mss., reads samidām (for çímidām) in his text in b, but explains samidhām (by saṁdīpāṁ kṛtyāṁ ca); itás in a he takes from root i, and paraphrases by gamayathas! Emendation in a to duṣkṛ́tam, 'evil-doer,' would be acceptable; the comm. takes it as accented (= asmadīyam pāpam).

5. Let Savitar and Vāyu engender (ā-sū) in my body (tanū́) wealth, prosperity, very propitious dexterity; do ye put here freedom from yákṣma, greatness; do ye free us from distress.

6. O Savitar, Vāyu, [give] forth favor in order to aid; ye cause to revel in the intoxicating jovial [soma]; hitherward from the height (pravát) confirm ye of what is pleasant (vāmá); do ye free us from distress.

7. The best blessings (āçís) have come unto us in the domain (dhā́man) of the two gods; I praise god Savitar and Vāyu: do ye free us from distress.

1. I reverence you, O heaven-and-earth, ye well-nourishing ones (subhójas), who, like-minded (sácetas) did spread out unmeasured intervals (yójana); since ye became foundations (pratiṣṭhā́) of good things, do ye free us from distress.

Ppp. omits the intrusive and meter-disturbing sácetasāu (which, on account of its