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5. In that he says to him: Vrātya, let them gratify [thee], he thereby makes his breath (prāṇá) longer.

6. In that he says to him: Vrātya, be it so as is dear to thee, he thereby gains possession of what is dear.

7. To him cometh what is dear, he becometh dear to his dear one (m.), who knoweth thus.

8. In that he says to him: Vrātya, be it so as is thy will, he thereby gains possession of [his] will.

9. Unto him cometh [his] will, a will-possessor of will-possessors becometh he who knoweth thus.

10. In that he says to him: Vrātya, be it so as is thy desire, he thereby gains possession of [his] desire.

11. To him cometh [his] desire, he cometh to be (bhū) in the desire of desire, who knoweth thus.

1. Now then, to whosesoever houses a thus-knowing Vrātya may come as guest when the fires are taken up and the fire-offering (agnihotrá) set on,—

Not one of the mss. writes the first four words of the verse, they being viewed as repeated from 10. 1; and here also (compare note to 11. 1) the Anukr. reckons them as