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227 pāda: asmā́kam astu kévalaḥ). ⌊Our 10 occurs at the end of the hymn in Ppp., which reads in a ye naç çapanty upa te, in b apa bādhāma yonim, in c mām for naḥ, and ends with akran.⌋

11. Hitherward do we call Indra from yonder, who is kine-conquering, riches-conquering, who is horse-conquering; let him hear this sacrifice of ours at our separate call; of us, O thou of the bay horses, hast thou been the ally (medín).

1. Thou that wast born on the mountains, strongest of plants, come, O kúṣṭha, effacer (-nā́çana) of takmán, effacing the fever (takmán) from here.

2. On an eagle-bearing (-súvana) mountain, born from the snowy one (himávant); they go to [it] with riches, having heard [of it], for they know the effacer of fever.

3. The açvatthá, seat of the gods, in the third heaven from here; there the gods won the kúṣṭha, the sight (cákṣaṇa) of immortality (amṛ́ta).

4. A golden ship, of golden tackle (-bándhana), moved about in the sky; there the gods won the kúṣṭha, the flower of immortality.