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xix. 11- 6. Be it so, O Mitra-and-Varuṇa, so, O Agni: weal [and] profit for us be this praise (çastá); may we reach sounding (gādhá) and firm standing; homage to the great sky, [our] seat.

1. The dawn, with nobleness, makes the darkness roll together [and] away on her sister's track; therewith may we win the prize (vā́ja) set by the gods; may we revel, living a hundred winters, rich in heroes.

1. Indra's two arms [are] stout, virile (vṛ́ṣan), these two wondrous successful bulls; them will I first yoke when the conjuncture (yóga) arrives—they by which was conquered the heaven (svàr) that is the Asuras'.

The SV. text (ii. 121 9) is considerably different: in a, b, yúvānāv anādhṛsyāú supratīkā́v asahyāú; in c, tāú yuñjīta prathamāú; at the end, sáho mahát. Vṛ́ṣāṇāu (instead of the regular vṛ́ṣaṇāu) is read also by Ppp., and the meter demands it ⌊cf. Noun-Inflection, p. 537, 523⌋. The combination citrā́ imā́ vṛṣ-, if representing, as the sense clearly requires, citrāú: imāú: vṛṣ-, is anomalous in AV., though regular for some