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vi. 134- 'truth, or sacrifice,' and regards a staff (dhāryamāṇo daṇḍaḥ) as intended by vajra; in b he apparently overlooks and omits ava. The pada-reading at end of c is uṣṇíhā, as if for -hāu, dual; the comm. reads -hāḥ, which is doubtless the right form. Ppp. leaves off the last pāda, but whether it ends c with uṣṇihāḥ I am not informed. Ppp. also has jīvam for jīvitam in b, and skandhā for grivās in c. ⌊The Anukr. ignores the jagatī rhythm of a and c.⌋

2. Beneath, beneath them that are above, hidden, may he not creep out of the earth; let him lie smitten down by the thunderbolt.

3. Whoever scathes, him seek thou after; whoever scathes, him smite; the crown of the scather, O thunderbolt, do thou cause to fall following after.

1. When (yát) I eat, I make strength; thus do I take the thunderbolt, cutting to pieces (çat) the shoulders of him yonder, as Cachīpati of Vritra.

2. When I drink, I drink up, an up-drinker like the ocean; drinking up the breath of him yonder, we drink him up.

3. When I swallow, I swallow up, a swallower-up like the ocean; swallowing up the breath of him yonder, we swallow him up.