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vi. 81- 2. O hand-clasp, hold apart the womb, in order to placing of the embryo; O thou sign (? maryā́dā), put in a son; him do thou make to come, thou comer (? ā́gamā).

3. The hand-clasp that Aditi wore [when] desiring a son—may Tvashṭar bind that on for her, saying "that she may give birth to a son."

1. I take the name of the arriving, the arrived, the coming one; Indra the Vritra-slayer I win (van), him of the Vasus, of a hundred-fold power.

2. By what road the Açvins carried Sūryā, daughter of Savitar, by that, Bhaga said to me, do thou bring a wife.

3. The good-giving, great, golden hook that is thine, O Indra—with that, O lord of might (çácī-), assign thou a wife to me who seek a wife.