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341 or paralysis.⌋ The comm. reads in the Kāuç. text an̄gam maniroktamṛttikayā for mantroktaṁ can̄kramayā of BI's ed.); the latter has vs. 3 in the agniṣṭoma sacrifice, accompanying (23. 20) the avabhṛha iṣṭi etc.

Translated: Ludwig, p. 373; Bloomfield, JAOS. xv. 163, with detailed discussion and comment; Griffith, i. 288; Bloomfield, again, SBE. xlii. 13, 500.—Bloomfield identifies the two "heavenly dogs" spoken of in various places with the dogs of Saramā and of Yama, and ultimately with the sun and moon.

1. He flies through the atmosphere, looking down upon all existences; what the greatness is of the heavenly dog, with that oblation would we pay worship to thee.

2. The three kālakāñjás that are set (çritá) in the sky like gods—all them I called on for aid, for this man's unharmedness.

3. In the waters [is] thy birth, in heaven thy station, within the ocean thy greatness, on the earth; what the greatness is of the heavenly dog, with that oblation would we pay worship to thee.

1. Thou art a holder, thou boldest (yam) the two hands, thou drivest away the demons. Seizing (grah) progeny and riches, this hath become a hand-clasp (parihastá).