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vii. 89- verse is repeated as x. 5. 46, and its second half is the last part of ix. 1. 14. Ppp. agrees in a with RV., and has aganmahi in b. The comm. glosses acāyiṣam with pūjayāmi.

2. Unite me, O Agni, with splendor, with progeny, with life-time; may the gods know me as such; may Indra know, together with the seers (ṛ́ṣi).

3. O waters, do ye carry forth both this reproach and what is foul (mála), and what untruth I have uttered in hate, and what I have sworn fearlessly (?).

4. Fire-wood (édhas) art thou, may I be prosperous (edh); fuel (samidh) art thou, may I altogether prosper (sam-edh); brightness art thou, put thou brightness in me.

 

1. Hew on, after ancient fashion, as it were the knot of a creeper; harm the force of the barbarian (dāsá). 