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vi. 70- 3. As the felly (pradhí), as the rim (upadhí), as the nave upon the felly; as of a lustful man etc. etc.

1. What food of various form I eat oftentimes (bahudhā́)—gold, horse, also cow, she-goat, sheep, just whatsoever I have accepted—let Agni the offerer (hótar) make that well-offered.

2. Whatever, offered [or] unoffered, hath come to me, given by the Fathers, assented to by human beings (manuṣyà), what my mind is as it were excited at—let Agni the offerer make that well-offered.

3. What food I eat unrighteously, O gods, and promise, intending to give [or] not intending to give—by the greatness of the great Vāiçvānara let [it] be propitious honeyed food for me.

TA. (11. 6. 2$12$) has the first half-verse, adding the same three pādas as above (see under vs. 1). For the doubtful saṁgṛṇā́mi it reads vā kariṣyán, and Ppp. has the