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xviii. 4- is doubtless good. The defective meter suggests a corruption of the text. The comm. takes iha and bhojanāu in d as two independent words, and renders bhojanāu by bhojayitārāu or pālayitārāu. Two of SPP's mss. also accent the words separately. ⌊On his margin Whitney pencilled the memorandum, "Recast this note."⌋ ⌊In Ppp., immediately after our xvii. 1. 30, comes this verse. Its appearance in that place is possibly to be interpreted as a hint at the existence in Ppp. of our book xviii., of which, however, there are no other traces in Ppp. save the straggling verses 1. 46 (in ii.), 2. 13 (in xix.), 2. 17 and 3. 56 (in xx.).⌋

50. This sacrificial gift hath come excellently to us, given by him, well-milking, vigor-bestowing; old age, coming close to (? upa-pṛc) them living in youth, shall lead these away together unto the Fathers.

51. This barhís I bring forward for the Fathers; a living, higher one I strew for the gods; that do thou ascend, O man, becoming sacrificial; let the Fathers acknowledge thee who art departed.

52. Thou hast sat upon this barhís, thou hast become sacrificial; let the Fathers acknowledge thee who art departed; collect thy body according to its joints; I arrange thy members with bráhman.