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497 18. Whoever shall handle thy embryo, or shall make it born dead—let the brown one, with formidable bow, make him pierced to the heart.

19. They who suddenly make die those that are born, [who] lie by the bearing [women]—the Gandharvas, woman-seekers (?), let the brown one drive, as the wind a cloud.

20. Let [her] maintain what is left (?); what is set, let not that fall down; let the two formidable remedies, to be borne in the under garment, defend thine embryo.

21. From the rim-nosed, the tan̄galvà, the shady (? chā́yaka) and naked, from the kimīdín, let the brown one protect thee about for progeny, for husband.

22. From the two-mouthed, the four-eyed, the five-footed, the fingerless one, from the much twining twiner (vṛ́nta) that creeps forth upon [one], do thou protect [her] about.

23. They who eat raw meat, and who the flesh of men, the hairy ones [that] devour embryos—them we make to disappear from here.