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763 begins yád ṛté, has jartṛ́bhyas in b, purovásus in c, ⌊and víhṛtam in d in the Calcutta ed.: the Poona ed., p. 327, prints it víhrutam, with a virāma after the h!⌋. MS. has a very corrupt text for a, b (jári cétī́d etc.), and saṁdhís and puruv- in c; and the Āpast. text (Wint., p. 69 ⌊MP. i. 7. 1⌋) agrees throughout with TA. Ppp. writes āṛdaḥ for ātṛdaḥ. The needed description of the verse as a pathyābṛhatī is omitted by our Anukr. Vāit. 12. 7 has the verse used as expiation when anything is broken during the sacrifice; Kāuç. 77. 7, when anything on the bridal car needs mending; and also, 57. 7, when a student's staff is broken.

48. Away from us let the darkness shine (vas), that is deep blue, brown (piçán̄ga), also red; she who is consuming, spotted, her I fasten (ā-saj) on this pillar.

49. How many witchcrafts in the outer garment (? upavā́sana), how many fetters of king Varuṇa, what failures, what non-successes—them I cause to sit upon this pillar.

50. What is my dearest self (tanū́), that of me is afraid of the garment; of it do thou, O forest-lord, make first (ágre) for thyself an inner wrap (nīví); let us not suffer harm.

51. What ends [there are], how many edges (síc), what webs, and what lines; what garment woven by the spouses—may that touch us pleasantly.

52. Eager, these young girls, going to a husband from the father's world, have let go the consecration: hail!

All our mss. ⌊and SPP's authorities⌋ leave yatīḥ in b unaccented, as if 1. 32 c, as if pátiṁ yatīḥ were a sort of compound word, ⌊although the pada-text treats them as separate words!⌋. ⌊Cf. MP. i. 4. 4, and Wint, p. 54, vs. 4, p. 55 n. 1.⌋ The Anukr. counts in svā́hā at the end as a metrical part of the verse. According to Kāuç. 75. 24,