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811 23. To the setting one be obeisance; to the one about to set be obeisance; to the one that has set be obeisance; to the wide ruler be obeisance; to the self-ruler be obeisance; to the universal ruler be obeisance.

24. This Āditya hath arisen, together with all ardor (tápas), making subject to me my rivals; and let me not be subject to my hater.—Thine, O Vishṇu etc. etc.

25. O Āditya, thou hast ascended a boat of a hundred oars in order to well-being; thou hast made me to pass over the day, make thou me likewise (satrā́) to pass over the night.

26. O sun, thou hast ascended a boat of a hundred oars in order to well-being; thou hast made me to pass over the night, make thou me likewise to pass over the day.

27. With Prajāpati's worship (bráhman) [as] defense am I covered, with Kaçyapa's light and splendor; long-lived, of finished heroism, vigorous (? víhāyas), having a thousand life-times, well-made, may I go about.

28. Encompassed with worship [as] defense am I, with Kaçyapa's light and splendor; let not the arrows that are the gods' attain me, nor those of men, let loose in order to slay (vadhyā́ya).