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9. The three-headed, the three-humped (-kakúd), the variegated, the whitish worm—I crush the ribs of it; I hew at what is its head.

10. Like Atri I slay you, O worms, like Kaṇva, like Jamadagni; with the incantation of Agastya I mash together the worms.

11. Slain is the king of the worms, also the chief of them is slain; slain is the worm, having its mother slain, its brother slain, its sister slain.

12. Slain are its neighbors, slain its further neighbors, also those that are petty, as it were—all those worms are slain.

13. Both of all worms and of all she-worms I split the head with a stone, I burn the mouth with fire.

1. Savitar ('the impeller') is overlord of impulses; let him favor (av) me, in this worship (bráhman), in this rite (kárman), in this representation