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v. 2- things to be fought [for]; I stir up thy weapons with spells (vácas); I sharpen up thy powers (váyas) with incantation (bráhman).

6. Thou didst set that down in the lower and the higher, in what abode (duroṇá) thou didst aid with aid; cause ye to stand there the moving mother; from it send ye many exploits.

7. Praise thou fully, O summit, the many-tracked, skilful (? ṛ́bhvan), most active (iná) Āptya of the Āptyas; may he look on with might, he of much force; may he overpower the counterpart of the earth.

8. These incantations (bráhman) may Brihaddiva, foremost heaven-winner, make, a strain (çūṣá) for Indra; he rules, an autocrat, over the great stall (gotrá); may he, quick (? túra), rich in fervor, send (?) all.

9. So hath the great Brihaddiva Atharvan spoken of his own self (tanū́) [as of] Indra; the two blameless, mother-growing sisters—[men] both impel them with might (çávas) and increase them.