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vii. 73-

5. Let the heated gharmá, its own invoker (hótar), attain to you; let your offerer (adhvaryú) move forward, rich in milk; of the milked sweet, O Açvins, of the offspring (?), eat (vī) ye, drink ye, of the milk of the ruddy [cow].

6. Run up with milk, O cow-milker, quickly; pour in the milk of the ruddy [cow] in the gharmá; the desirable Savitar hath irradiated (vi-khyā) the firmament; after the forerunning of the dawn he shines forth (vi-rāj).

7. I call upon that easy-milking milch-cow; a skilful-handed milker also shall milk her; may the impeller (savitár) impel us the best impulse; the hot drink is kindled upon—that may he kindly proclaim.

8. Lowing (hin̄-kṛ), mistress of good things, seeking her calf with her mind, hath she come in; let this inviolable one (aghnyā́) yield (duh) milk for the Açvins; let her increase unto great good-fortune.

RV. (as above) reads abhyā́gāt (p. abhí: ā́: agāt) at end of b. The RV. pada-text divides hin̄॰kṛṇvatī́ at the beginning, and SPP. gives the same reading; but our