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397 upa mā sa tiṣṭhet sacetano bhavatu çaṅsathe janaḥ. The comm. explains upa çikṣāt as either upetya çikṣayatu: samīcīnaṁ vādayatu or māṁ vaktuṁ çaktaṁ samartham icchatu. He reads vadāmi in d. Henry renders upa-çikṣ by "pay homage," and emends pitaras to nṛṣu. The meter is irregular.

2. We know thy name, O assembly; verily sport (naríṣṭā) by name art thou; whoever are thine assembly-sitters, let them be of like speech with me.

3. Of these that sit together I take to myself the splendor, the discernment (vijñā́na); of this whole gathering (saṁsád) make me, O Indra, possessor of the fortune (bhagín).

4. Your mind that is gone away, that is bound either here or here—that of you we cause to turn hither; in me let your mind rest.

 

1. As the sun rising takes to itself the brilliancies (téjas) of the asterisms, so of both women and men that hate me I take to myself the splendor.

2. Ye, as many of my rivals as look upon me coming—as the rising sun that of sleepers, do I take to myself the splendor of them that hate me.

