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vi. 131- 2. O Anumati, assent to (anu-man) this; O design (ā́kūti), mayest thou constrain (sam-nam) this. Ye gods, send etc. etc.

3. If (yát) thou runnest three leagues, five leagues, a horseman's day's journey, thence shalt thou come back; thou shalt be father of our sons.

1. The love that the gods poured within the waters, greatly burning, together with longing—that I heat for thee by Varuṇa's ordinance (dhárman).

2. The love that all the gods poured etc. etc.

3. The love that Indrāṇī poured etc. etc.

4. The love that Indra-and-Agni poured etc. etc.,

5. The love that Mitra-and-Varuṇa poured etc. etc.

1. The god that bound on this girdle, that fastened [it] together (sam-nah), and that joined (yuj) [it] for us, the god by whose instruction we move—may he seek the further shore, and may he release us.

Ppp. has in c the singular carāmi. 'Further shore' is a familiar expression for the end of a difficult or dangerous act or process (prāripsitasya karmaṇaḥ samāptim,