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vi. 52- 2. The kine have sat down in the stall; the wild beasts have gone to rest (ni-viç); the waves of the streams, the unseen ones, have disappeared (ni-lip).

3. The life (ā́yus)-giving, inspired (vipaçcít), famous plant of Kaṇva, the all-healing one, have I brought; may it quench this man's unseen ones.

1. Let both the sky now and the earth, forethoughtful—let the bright (çukrá) great one, by the sacrificial gift, rescue (pṛ) me; let the svadhā́ favor (anu-ci) [me, let] Soma, Agni; let Vāyu protect us, [let] Savitar and Bhaga.

2. Again let breath, again let soul (ātmán) come unto us; again let sight, again let spirit (ásu) come unto us; let Vāiçvānara, our unharmed body-protector, stand between [us and] all difficulties.

Compare TA. ii. 5$2$, MS. i. 2. 3, Āp. x. 18. 3, all of which have a different (and TA. a much longer) enumeration in a, b, with the verb ā́ ’gāt 'hath come.' In c, MS. and