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685 13. Whenever the black bird, coming hither, hath sat upon the orifice, surprising (tsar) what is resolved (vi-sañj), or when the barbarian woman (dāsī́) with wet hands smears over—cleanse, ye waters, the mortar [and] pestle.

14. Let this pressing-stone, broad-based, vigor-bestowing, purified by purifiers, smite away the demon; mount thou the hide; yield great protection; let not the husband-and-wife fall into evil proceeding from sons (pāútra).

15. The forest tree hath come to us together with the gods, forcing off the demon, the piçācás; he shall rise up (ut-çri), shall speak forth his voice; with him may we conquer all worlds.

16. Seven sacrifices (médha) the cattle enclosed—which ⌊the relative pronoun⌋ of them was full of light, and which was pining; to them thirty deities attach themselves; do thou (m.) conduct us (pl.) unto the heavenly (svargá) world.

17. Unto the heavenly world shalt thou conduct us (pl.); may we be united with wife, with sons; I grasp [her (?)] hand; let her (?) come here after me; let not destruction pass us, nor the niggard.