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767 sahá réto dadhāvahāi puṁsé putrā́ya véttavāi; ÇB. nearly the same, but with saṁrabhā́vahāi, dadhā́vahāi, and víttaye; AGS. instead tāv e ’he vi vahāvahāi prajām pra janayāvahāi; PGS. spins out the longest ending: tāv e ’hi vi vahāvahāi saha reto dadhāvahāi prajām pra janayāvahāi putrān vindāvahāi bahūn te santu jaradaṣṭayaḥ. ⌊Cf. MP. i. 3. 14, and Wint., p. 52; also MGS. i. 10. 15 d, and p. 146, and i. 10. 15 e, and p. 150, s.v. tā; also GB. ii. 3. 20; JUB. i. 54.⌋ Kāuç. 79. 10 uses the verse, with i. 34. 1, after the consummation of the union.

72. The unmarried of us seek a wife, the liberal seek a son; may we (two), with uninjured life-breath, be companions (sac), in order to what is great, to winning of strength (? vā́ja-).

73. What bride-beholding Fathers have come to this bridal-car, let them bestow on this bride, with her husband, protection accompanied with progeny.

74. She who hath come hither before, girdling herself (?), having given to this woman here progeny and property—her let them carry along the road of what is not gone; this one, a virā́j, having good progeny, hath conquered.

75. Continue thou awake, waking with good awakening, unto length of life of a hundred autumns; go to the houses that thou mayest be house-mistress; let Savitar make for thee a long life-time.