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215 4. She who delights (pra-mud) in the dice (akṣá), bringing (bhṛ) pain and anger—the rejoicing, the dehghting one: that Apsaras I call on here.

5. They who (f.) go about (sam-car) after the rays of the sun, or who go about after [its] beams (márīci); of whom the mighty (? vājínīvant) bull from afar moves around (pari-i) at once all the worlds, defending—let him come unto us, enjoying this libation, together with the atmosphere, he the mighty one.

6. Together with the atmosphere, O mighty one; defend thou here the karkī́ calf, O vigorous one (vājín); here are abundant drops (stoká) for thee; come hitherward; this is thy karkī́; here be thy mind.

7. Together with the atmosphere, O mighty one; defend thou here the karkī́ calf, O vigorous one; this is fodder; this is the pen; here we bind (ni-bandh) the calf; according to name we master you: hail!

The comm., with one of SPP's oral authorities, has again vatsān in b, and also vatsān in d (this time, with our P.M.W.E.). Kāuç. (21. 11) quotes c and d, with the direction to do "as directed in the text"; the comm. ⌊Keçava⌋ explains that a rope is to be prepared with twelve ties (dāman); and that with c fodder is to be offered to the kine, and with d the calves are to be tied to the rope. If this is correct, the reading would seem to be properly vatsān in all cases, and perhaps karkyā̀(ḥ) vatsā́n in 6 b and 7 b