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vi. 36- but SPP. gives víçvā in his text, as we have done. AÇS. (viii. 9. 7) and ÇÇS. (x. 11. 9) read instead viçvam, and cākḷpat. TB. (ii. 4. 1$9-10$) makes an anuṣṭubh verse of our 3 b, c and 2 a, b; it reads, for our 2 a, sá idám práti paprathe.

3. Agni, in distant domains, the desire of what is and is to be, bears rule as the one universal ruler.

1. Hither hath come forth, having harnessed his chariot, the thousand-eyed curse, seeking after my curser, as a wolf the house of a sheepowner.

2. Avoid us, O curse, as a burning fire a pond; smite our curser here, as the bolt from heaven a tree.

3. Whoever shall curse us not cursing, and whoever shall curse us cursing, him, withered (?), I cast forth for death, as a bone (?) for a dog.