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321 Āp. omit nas, TA. reads instead me; in d, for antás tiṣṭhāti, TA. and Āp. have áva bādhatām, MS. ápa b-. Ppp. agrees nearly with MS. by reading in a punar manaḩ punar āyur na mā ”gaṅ; in c it has adbhutas for adabáhas; its d is antas tiṣṭhāsi duritād avadyāt; and it combines tanūpāntas.⌋ ⌊Cf. also MGS. 1. 3. 2 and p. 152, s.v. punar me; and MB. i. 6. 34.⌋

3. We have become united with splendor, with fatness (páyas), with bodies (tanū́), with propitious mind; let Tvashṭar make for us here wider room; let him smooth down what of our body is torn apart.

1. Now do I adorn this man as superior to his fellow, for attainment of Indra; do thou increase his authority, his great fortune, as the rain the grass.

2. For him, O Agni-and-Soma, maintain ye dominion, for him wealth; in the sphere of royalty make ye him superior to his fellow.