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669 46. What stinging (vṛ́çcika) harsh-biting serpent of thine lies in secret, winter-harmed, torpid (? bhṛmalá); whatever worm, O earth, becoming lively, stirs in the early rainy season—let that, crawling, not crawl upon us; be thou gracious to us with that which is propitious.

47. What many roads thou hast, for people to go upon, a track (vártman) for the chariot, and for the going of the cart, by which (pl.) men of both kinds, excellent and evil, go about—that road, free from enemies, free from robbers, may we conquer; be thou gracious to us with that which is propitious.

48. Bearing the fool, bearer of what is heavy, enduring (titikṣú) the death (? nidhána) of the excellent and of the evil, the earth, in concord with the boar, opens itself to the wild (mṛgá) hog.

49. What forest animals of thine, wild beasts set in the woods, lions, tigers, go about man-eating—the jackal (? ulá), the wolf, O earth, misfortune, the ṛkṣī́kā, the demon, do thou force (bādh) away from us here.

50. What Gandharvas, Apsarases [there are], and what arā́yas, kimīdíns: the piçācás, all demons—them do thou keep away from us, O earth (bhū́mi).