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641 4. The Gandharvas-and-Apsarases we address, the (two) Açvins, Brahmaṇaspati, the god that is Aryaman by name: let them free us from distress.

5. Day-and-night now we address, sun-and-moon both; all the Ādityas we address: let them free us from distress.

6. The wind we address, Parjanya, the atmosphere, also the quarters, and all regions we address: let them free us from distress.

7. Let day-and-night, likewise dawn, free me from what comes from a curse; let god Soma free me, whom they call the moon.

8. The earthly, the heavenly cattle, also the beasts (mṛgá) that are of the forest; we address the hawks (çakúnta), the birds (pakṣín): let them free us from distress.

9. Bhava-and-Çarva now we address, Rudra and him that is lord of cattle; the arrows of them which we well know (saṁ-vid)—let those be ever propitious to us.

10. We address the sky, the asterisms, the earth, the yakṣās, the mountains; the oceans, the rivers, the pools—let them free us from distress.

11. The seven seers now we address, the heavenly waters, Prajāpati; the Fathers with Yama as their chief (çréṣṭha) we address: let them free us from distress.

12. The gods that are seated in the sky, and that are seated in the atmosphere, the mighty ones (çakrá) that are set (çri) on the earth—let them free us from distress.

13. The Ādityas, the Rudras, the Vasus, the gods in heaven, the Atharvans, the An̄girases full of wisdom—let them free us from distress.