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863 Ludwig renders úc chv- by 'gäne empor': cf. Eggeling's version of ucchvan̄ka and the context at ÇB. v. 4. 1$9$. In neither RV. passage does Sāyaṇa seem convincing.⌋

51. Let the earth kindly remain swelling up, for let a thousand props support (upa-çri) it; let these houses, dripping with ghee, pleasant, be forever a refuge for him there (átra).

52. I brace up (ut-stabh) the earth from about thee; setting down this clod (? logá), let me take no harm; this pillar do the Fathers maintain for thee; let Yama there make seats for thee.

53. This bowl, O Agni, do not warp (vi-hvṛ); [it is] dear to the gods and the delectable [Fathers]; this bowl here for the gods to drink from—in it let the immortal gods revel.

54. The bowl that Atharvan bore full to Indra the vigorous, in that he makes a draught of what is well done; in that, soma (índu) ever purifies itself.