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vi. 45- 2. If (yát) by down-utterance, out-utterance, forth-utterance we have offended (upa-ṛ), waking or (yát) sleeping, let Agni put far away from us all disagreeable ill-deeds.

3. If (yát), O Indra, O Brahmaṇaspati, we also proceed falsely, let the Ān̄girasa, forethoughtful, protect us from difficulty, from distress.

1. Thou who art not alive, not dead, immortal-embryo of the gods art thou, O sleep; Varuṇāni is thy mother, Yama thy father; Araru by name art thou.

2. We know thy place of birth (janítra), O sleep; thou art son of the gods' sisters (-jāmí), agent of Yama; end-maker art thou; death art