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409 suṣṭutī́r, MS. suṣṭutī́, before it; while AÇS.ÇÇS. read instead suṣṭutir vām iyānā, evidently corrupt. Ppp. has, for b (putting it in the other verse), pātaṁ ghṛtasya guhyā juṣāṇaḥ. VS. (viii. 24) and MS. (in i. 3. 39), finally, have a second half-verse nearly like our c, d, but addressed to Agni, with a wholly different first half: it reads dáme-dame samídhaṁ yakṣy (MS. yákṣy) agne práti te jihvā́ ghṛtám úc caraṇyat. ⌊The "inversion" of the verses in Ppp., taken with the "exchange of pādas 1 b and 2 b," seems to mean that the Ppp. reading is as follows: agnāviṣṇū mahi dhāma priyaṁ vāṁ pātaṁ ghṛtasya guhyāni nāma: dame-dame etc.; and then, agnāviṣṇu mahi tad vāṁ mahitvaṁ pātaṁ ghṛtasya guhyā juṣāṇaḥ: dame-dame etc.⌋

 

1. Well anointed for me have heaven-and-earth, well anointed hath Mitra here made [it]; well anointed for me may Brahmaṇaspati, well anointed may Savitar make [it].

 

1. O Indra, with abundant best possible aids, O generous hero, quicken us today; whoever hates us, may he fall downward; and whom we hate, him let breath quit.

 

