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797 4. Let both the releaser (vimoká) and the wet-rimmed one not desert me; let both him of wet drops (-dā́nu) and Mātariçvan not desert me.

5. Brihaspati my soul, manly-minded by name, hearty (hṛ́dya).

6. Free from torment my heart, a wide pasture, an ocean am I by extent (vídharman).

1. May I be the navel of riches, the navel of my equals.

2. Of good seat (? svāsát) art thou, of good dawns, an immortal among mortals.

3. Let not breath quit me; nor let expiration, deserting me, go away.

4. Let the sun protect me from the sky, Agni from the earth, Vāyu from the atmosphere, Yama from men (manuṣyà), Sarasvatī from them of the earth.

5. O breath-and-expiration, do not desert me; let me not perish (pra-mī) among the people (jána).

6. With well-being today, O waters, may I, whole [and] with my whole train (-gaṇá), attain dawns and evenings.

7. Puissant (çákvarī) are ye; may cattle approach me; let Mitra-and-Varuṇa [assign] me breath-and-expiration; let Agni assign me dexterity.