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vi. 114- ceremony (23. 12) in an expiatory rite; also 114 alone (30. 22), in the sāutrāmaṇī sacrifice, with washing of the māsara vessel.

Translated: Ludwig, p. 443; Grill, 45, 172; Griffith, i. 308; Bloomfield, 164, 528.

1. O gods! whatever cause of the wrath of the gods we, O gods, have committed—from that do ye, O Ādityas, release us by right of right (ṛtá).

2. By right of right, O Ādityas, worshipful ones, release ye us here, in that, O ye carriers of the sacrifice, we, desirous of accomplishing (çak) the sacrifice, have not accomplished it.

3. Sacrificing with what is rich in fat, making oblations of sacrificial butter (ā́jya) with the spoon, without desire, to you, O all gods, desirous of accomplishing we have not been able to accomplish.