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vi. 60-  in b, vísita॰stupaḥ, is quoted under Prāt. iv. 77. In c, asyā́ ichán is the chosen example in the Prāt. commentary (under ii. 21 et al.) of the saṁdhi it illustrates, although the meter shows that the irregular combination asye ’chan requires to be made, and the Anukr. apparently winks at it. Ppp. has the corrupt reading sa vāi chāyad ag- ⌊intending sa vāi ’ched?⌋. ⌊Correct the ed. to -stupaḥ.⌋

2. This woman, O Aryaman, hath toiled, going to other women's assembly; now, O Aryaman, shall another woman come to her assembly.

3. The creator (dhātár) sustains the earth; the creator [sustains] the sky and the sun; let the creator assign (dhā) to this spinster a husband that is according to her wish.

1. To me let the waters send what has sweetness; to me the sun brought [it] in order to light; to me the gods, and all those born of penance—to me let god Savitar assign expansion ⌊vyácas⌋.

2. I expanded (?) earth and heaven, I generated the seasons, seven together; I speak true what is untrue; I encompass (pári) divine speech and people (víças).

For the doubtful viveca in a, Ppp. has dadhāra, and K. astabhnām. Some of the mss. read ajanayan in b (also in 3 b); K. has ajanam (if the reading is correct); Ppp. substitutes sindhūn sasṛje (for ṛtūṅr aj-). The second half-verse in K. is quite different: ahaṁ vācam pari sarvām babhūva ya indrāgni asanaṁ sakhāyāu (the last pāda is parallel with our 3 d). The sense of c is obscure, and the rendering given only tentative; it implies vadāmi instead of vádāmi: perhaps, 'I declare what [is] true [and