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799 1. We have conquered today, we have won today; we have become guiltless.

2. O dawn, of what evil-dreaming we have been afraid, let that fade away (apa-vas).

3. Carry that away to him that hates; carry that away to him that curses.

4. Whom we hate, and who hates us, to him we make it go.

5. Heavenly dawn, in concord with speech; heavenly speech, in concord with dawn;—

6. The lord of dawn, in concord with the lord of speech; the lord of speech, in concord with the lord of dawn:—

7. Let them carry away for yon man the niggards (arā́ya), the ill-named ones, the sadā́nvās,—

8. The kumbhī́kās, the spoilers (dūṣī́kā), the revilers (pī́yaka),—

9. Waking evil-dreaming, sleeping evil-dreaming.

10. Boons that will not come, plans of non-acquisition, fetters of hatred that does not release:—

11. That, O Agni, let the gods carry away for yon man, that he may be impotent (vádhri), faltering, not good (sādhú).

⌊Perhaps we should understand the definition 3-p. yavamadhyā gāyatrāvārcy anuṣṭup as an ' anuṣṭubh of 24 syllables, like (iva: not vā) a ''3-p. yavamadhyā gāyatrī'' '