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16. The two wheels of thee, O Sūryā, the priests (brahmán) know seasonably; further, the one wheel that is in secret—that, verily, the enlightened (addhātí) know.

17. We make offering to Aryaman of good connections, husband-finder; like a gourd from its bond, from here I release, not from yonder.

18. I release [her] from here, not from yonder; I make her well-bound yonder, that she, O gracious Indra, may be rich in sons, well-portioned.

19. I release thee from Varuṇa's fetter, with which the very propitious Savitar bound thee; in the lair (yóni) of righteousness, in the world of the well-done, be it pleasant for thee accompanied by the wooer (-sambhalá).

The first three pādas are the same with RV. x. 85. 24 a-c, the only RV. variant being suçévaḥ at end of b; for d, RV. has áriṣṭāṁ tvā sahá pátyā dadhāmi. TS. (i. 1. 10$2$; iii. 5. 6$2$) has a nearly corresponding verse: imáṁ ví ṣyāmi váruṇasya pā́çaṁ yám ábadhnīta savitā́ sukétaḥ: dhātúç ca yónāu sukṛtásya loké syonám me sahá pátyā karomi. Our first half-verse is repeated below as 58 a, b; and the pratīka quoted in Vāit. 4. 11 doubtless belongs to the latter, and not to this verse as assigned by the editor. On the other hand, the pratīka quoted in Kāuç. 75. 23, used in connection with loosing the scarf (veṣṭa) tied about the bride, doubtless belongs here. The Āpastamba-text (Winternitz, p. 63) gives two slightly differing versions of the verse ⌊MP. i. 5. 16⌋.