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xiv. 1- Ppp. puts the verse next after our vs. 16; ⌊but further it makes our 19 c, d change place with our 58 c, d, reading, however, ‘stu sahapatnī vadhū for our astu sahásambhalāyai.

20. Let Bhaga lead thee hence, grasping thy hand; let the Açvins carry thee forth by a chariot; go to the houses, that thou mayest be housewife; thou, having control, shalt speak unto the council.

21. Let what is dear succeed (sam-ṛdh) here for thy progeny; watch thou over this house in order to housewife-ship; mingle thy self (tanū́) with this husband; then shalt thou in advanced age speak to the council.

22. Be ye (two) just here; be not separated; attain your whole lifetime, sporting with sons [and] grandsons, rejoicing, well-homed.

23. These two move on one after the other by magic; two sporting young ones go about the ocean; the one looks abroad upon all beings; thou, the other, disposing the seasons art born new.

24. Ever new art thou, being born; sign of the days, thou goest to the apex of the dawns; thou disposest to the gods their share as thou comest; thou extendest, O moon, a long life-time.

25. Give thou away the çāmulyà; share out goods to the priests (brahmán); it, becoming a walking (padvánt) witchcraft, enters the husband [as] a wife.

RV. (x. 85. 29) differs only by reading bhūtvī́ in c; our pada-text has bhūtvā́: ā́: j-. According to Kāuç. 79. 20, the verse accompanies the giving away of the bride's