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v. 10-

1. My stone-defense art thou; whoever from the eastern quarter, malicious, shall assail me, this may he come upon (ṛch).

2. My stone-defense art thou; whoever from the southern quarter etc. etc.

3. My stone-defense art thou; whoever from the western quarter etc. etc.

4. My stone-defense art thou; whoever from the northern quarter etc. etc.

5. My stone-defense art thou; whoever from the fixed quarter etc. etc.

6. My stone-defense art thou; whoever from the upward quarter etc. etc.

7. My stone-defense art thou; whoever from the intermediate quarters of the quarters etc. etc.

8. By the great one (bṛhát) I call unto mind; by Mātariçvan, unto breath and expiration; from the sun [I call] sight, from the atmosphere hearing, from the earth body; by Sarasvatī, mind-yoked, we call unto speech.