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757 p. 146.⌋ The verse accompanies in Kāuç. 77. 22 the leading of the bride thrice about the fire. PCS. i. 4. 16 and HGS. i. 20.2 have it in its RV. form, with slight variants in HGS. Our verse (11 + 11: 7 + 13 = 42) is metrically much too irregular to be set down as simply a triṣṭubh.

18. Not brother-in-law-slaying, not husband-slaying be thou here, propitious to the cattle, of easy control, very splendid, having progeny, hero-bearing, loving brothers-in-law (?), pleasant, do thou worship (sapary) this householder's fire.

19. Stand up from here; desiring what hast thou (f.) come hither? I [am] thine overcomer, O Iḍā, out of [my] own house; thou that hast come hither, O perdition, seeking the empty—stand up, O niggard; fly forth; rest not here.

20. When this bride hath worshiped the householder's, the former (pū́rva) fire, then, O woman, do thou pay homage to Sarasvatī and to the Fathers.

21. Take this protection, defense, to spread under this woman; O Sinīvālī, let her have progeny; may she be in the favor of Bhaga.