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463 1. Striding away from what is of men, choosing the words (vácas) of the gods, turn thou unto guidances, together with all [thy] companions.}}

 

1. If (yát) in forgetfulness we have done aught, O Agni, have offended, O Jātavedas, in our behavior (cáraṇa), from that do thou protect us, O forethoughtful one; unto beauty be there immortality for us [thy] companions.

 

1. Down from the sky the seven rays of the sun make pass the waters, streams of ocean; these have made fall thy sting (çalyá).

 

1. Whoever seeks to harm us in secret, whoever us openly—us, O Agni, one of our people, knowingly, or a stranger—to meet them let the toothed áraṇī go; let there be of them no abode (vā́stu), O Agni, nor offspring. 