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xii. 1- 30. Let cleansed (çuddhá) waters flow for our body; what mucus (? syédu) is ours, that we deposit on him we love not (ápriya); with a purifier (pavítra), O earth, do I purify myself.

31. What forward directions are thine, what upward, what are thine, O earth (bhū́mi), downward, and what behind, let those be pleasant to me going about; let me not fall down [when] supported (çri) on creation (bhúvana).

32. Do not push (nud) us behind, nor in front, nor above and below; become thou welfare for us, O earth (bhū́mi); let not the waylayers find [us]; keep very far off the deadly weapon.

33. How much of thee I look forth upon, O earth (bhū́mi), with the sun for ally (medín), so far let my sight not fail (mī), from one year (sámā) to another.

34. In that, lying, I turn myself about upon the right [or] the left side, O earth (bhū́mi); in that we with our ribs lie stretched out upon thee that meetest us—do not in that case injure us, O earth (bhū́mi), thou underlier of everything.