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581 12. Yama's portion are ye, sperm of the etc. etc.

13. The Fathers' portion are ye, sperm of the etc. etc.

14. God Savitar's portion are ye, sperm of the etc. etc.

15. What of you, O waters, is the portion of waters within the waters, of the nature of sacrificial formula, sacrificing to the gods, that now I let go; that let me not wash down against myself; that do we let go against him who hates us, whom we hate; him may I slay (vadh), him may I lay low, with this spell (bráhman), with this act, with this weapon (mení).

16. What of you, O waters, is the wave of the waters within the waters, etc. etc.

17. What of you, O waters, is the young (vatsá) of the waters within the waters, etc. etc.

18. What of you, O waters, is the bull of the waters within the waters etc. etc.

19. What of you, O waters, is the golden embryo of the waters within the waters, etc. etc.

20. What of you, O waters, is the heavenly spotted stone of the waters within the waters, etc. etc.

21. What of you, O waters, are the fires of the waters within the waters, of the nature of sacrificial formula, sacrificing to the gods, them now I let go; them let me not wash down against myself; them we let go against him who hates us, etc. etc.

22. What untruth soever we have spoken since a three years' period,—let the waters protect me from all that difficulty, from distress.