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xvii. 1- But Ppp. reads instead saptabhiṣ p- 'with seven.' ⌊With reference to the rays, Griffith (note to xi. 1. 36) cites Mahīdhara as quoted by Eggeling on ÇB. i. 9. 3$16$.⌋ The comm. has the bad reading nādhamānas for bādh-. We have to resolve a saṁdhi in a in order to make 58 syllables in the verse.

18. Thou art Indra, thou great Indra, thou the world, thou Prajāpati; for thee the sacrifice is extended; to thee the offerers make oblation.—Thine, O Vishṇu etc. etc.

19. In the non-existent is the existent made firm; in the existent is being (bhūtá) made firm; being is set in what is to be; what is to be is made firm in being. Thine, O Vishṇu etc. etc.

20. Brilliant (çukrá) art thou; shiny art thou; as thou art shiny by the shining one (bhrā́jant), so may I by the shining one shine.

21. Brightness art thou, bright art thou; as thou by brightness art bright, so may I by both cattle and Brahman-splendor be bright (ruc).

22. To the rising one be obeisance; to the one coming up be obeisance; to the arisen one be obeisance; to the wide ruler (virā́j) be obeisance; to the self-ruler (svarā́j) be obeisance; to the universal ruler (samrā́j) be obeisance.