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v. 13- 9. The eared hedgehog said this, coming down from the mountain: whichsoever of these (f.) are produced by digging, of them the poison is most sapless.

10. Tābúva, not tābúva; verily thou art not tābúva; by tābúva [is] the poison sapless.

11. Tastúva, not tastúva; verily thou art not tastúva; by tastúva [is] the poison sapless.

1. An eagle (suparṇá) discovered thee; a hog dug thee with his snout; seek thou to injure, O herb, him that seeks to injure; smite down the witchcraft-maker.

2. Smite down the sorcerers, smite down the witchcraft-maker; then, whoever seeks to injure us, him do thou smite, O herb.

3. Having cut around out of [his] skin a strip (pariçāsá), as it were of a stag, fasten, O gods, upon the witchcraft-maker the witchcraft, like a necklace.

That is, apparently, with a thong cut out of his own skin, like a buck-skin thong. As usual, the mss. vary in a between ṛ́çy- and ríçy-, E. even reading ríṣy-, but the