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461 rather the grass that lies about; the comm. gives several diverse guesses. A corresponding verse is found in TB. iii. 7. 5$13$ and Āp. iii. 13. 5: they read abhí for pári at beginning of a; jāmím mā́ hiṅsir amuyā́ çáyānā for b; -danā háritāḥ suvárṇāḥ in c, and, in d, imé for eté and bradhné for loké.

 

1. I turn away from evil-dreaming, from bad dreaming, from ill-success (ábhūti); I make bráhman my inner [defense]; [I put] away the pains having the aspect of dreams.

 

1. What food I eat in dream, [and that] is not found in the morning—be all that propitious to me, for that is not seen by day.

 

1. Having paid homage to heaven and earth, to the atmosphere, to Death, I will urinate standing erect; let not the lords (īçvará) harm me.

All the authorities read mekṣā́mi in c, and SPP. retains it in his text, although it is a wholly impossible form, and the misreading of ṣ for ṣy is an easy and familiar one; even