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835 after cremation, in connection with sprinkling and collecting the bones. The Anukr. takes no notice of the deficiency of a syllable in d. ⌊As to çeṣas, see my note on this vs., Reader, p. 379-380: W's interpretation seems to me much better than either of those there noted.⌋

11. Run thou past the two four-eyed, brindled dogs of Saramā, by a happy (sādhú) road; then go unto the beneficent Fathers, who revel in common revelry with Yama.

12. What two defending dogs thou hast, O Yama, four-eyed, sitting by the road, men-watching, with them, O king, do thou surround him; assign to him well-being and freedom from disease.

13. Broad-nosed, feeding on lives (? asutṛ́p), copper-colored, Yama's two messengers go about after men (jána); let them give us back here today excellent life (ásu), to see the sun.

14. Soma purifies itself for some; some wait upon (upa-ās) ghee; for whom honey runs forward (?), unto them do thou go.

The 'go' in these verses is gachatāt, imperative of remoter or after action. The translation implies restoration in c of the RV. (x. 154. 1) reading pradhā́vati, of which