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5. Let Çatabhishaj [bring] to me what is great widely; let the double Proshṭhapadās [bring] to me good protection (suçárman); let Revatī and the two Açvayuj [bring] fortune to me; let the Bharaṇīs bring to me wealth.

Verses 4-6 are found in Pāipp. xx. The same viniyoga is pointed out by the comm. for this as for the preceding hymn.

⌊As to the asterisms, and as to the inclusion of the full text of this hymn in the Nakṣatra Kalpa, see introduction to hymn 7.⌋

Translated: Griffith, ii. 267.

1. What asterisms are in the sky, in the atmosphere, in the waters, on the earth, what ones in the mountains, in the quarters, what ones the moon goes on preparing (pra-kḷp), let all those be propitious to me.

2. Let them of the series of twenty-eight, propitious, helpful, together allot to me acquisition (yóga); I go forward to acquisition and possession (kṣéma); I go forward to possession and acquisition; homage be to day-and-night.