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75. Here is svadhā́ for thee, O great-grandfather, and for them that are after (ánu) thee.

76. Here is svadhā́ for thee, O grandfather, and for them that are after thee.

77. Here is svadhā́ for thee, O father.

78. Svadhā́ to the Fathers that sit upon the earth.

79. Svadhā́ to the Fathers that sit in the atmosphere.

80. Svadhā́ to the Fathers that sit in the sky (dív).

81. Homage, O Fathers, to your refreshment (ū́rj); homage, O Fathers, to your sap.

82. Homage, O Fathers, to your terror* (bhā́ma); homage, O Fathers, to your fury.

83. Homage, O Fathers, to that of yours which is terrible; homage, O Fathers, to that of yours which is cruel.

84. Homage, O Fathers, to that of yours which is propitious; homage, O Fathers, to that of yours which is pleasant.

85. Homage to you, O Fathers; svadhā́ to you, O Fathers.

For a wonder, these formulas are written by all the mss. without variation and without error. Corresponding passages are to be found in many other texts: VS. ii. 32; TB. i. 3. 10$1$; MS. i. 10. 3; K. ix. 6; ÇÇS. iv. 5. 1; AÇS. ii. 7. 7; Āp. i. 10. 2 and xiii. 12. 10; GGS. iv. 3. 18-21; MB. ii. 3. 8-11; none of them agree closely with our text; but the details of accordance and of difference are not worth giving. In Kāuç. (88. 26)