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861 44. Ye fire-sweetened Fathers, come hither; sit on each seat, well-conducting ones; eat on the barhís the presented oblations, and assign to us wealth having all heroes.

45. Called unto [are] our delectable (somyá) Fathers, to dear deposits on the barhís; let them come; let them listen here; let them bless, let them aid us.

46. They who, our father's fathers, who [his] grandfathers, followed after (? anu-hā) the soma-drinking, best ones—with them let Yama, sharing his gift of oblations, he eager with them eager, eat at pleasure.

47. They who thirsted panting among the gods, knowers of offering, praise-fashioned, with songs (arká)—come, O Agni, with the thousand god-revering true poets, seers sitting at the gharmá.

⌊This verse and the next correspond to RV. x. 15. 9 and 10; but AV. makes the third pāda of 9 change place with the third pāda of 10: cf. the shuffling at xviii. 2. 2 and note.⌋ The RV. verse occurs also in TB. ii. 6. 16$2$ and MS. iv. 10. 6. All these read in d