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327 what] untrue.' The comm. reads viçam for viças at the end. He understands viveca in a as 'winnow, separate' (parasparavivikte asaṁkīrṇarūpe kṛtavān asmi).

3. I generated earth and heaven; I generated the seasons, the seven rivers; I speak true what is untrue (?): [I] who enjoyed Agni-and-Soma as companions.

1. Let Vāiçvānara (Agni) by his rays purify us, the wind, lively with mists (? nábhas), by his breath; let heaven-and-earth, rich in milk, righteous, worshipful, purify us by milk.

2. Take ye hold upon the pleasantness of Vāiçvānara, of which the regions are the smooth-backed bodies; with that, singing in joint revelings, may we be lords of wealth (pl.).

3. Take ye hold upon that (f.) of Vāiçvānara in order to splendor, becoming cleansed, clear, purifying; here, reveling in joint reveling with Iḍā, may we long see the sun going up.