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935 ”yuṣe and soma mā ”yuṣe, his vocative indra⌋ agreeing with HGS. and giving an easier and better text; ⌊his mā goes easily as an appositive with imám, but the following enam is quite out of joint with it⌋.

3. Wrap ye this man [as] Soma in order to life-time, to great instruction (çrótra), that [it] may conduct him unto old age; may he long watch over instruction.

4. Wrap, set ye him for us with splendor; make him one to die of old age; [make] long life-time; Bṛihaspati furnished (pra-yam) this garment to king Soma for wrapping himself.

5. Go thou safely (sú) unto old age; wrap thyself in the garment; become thou protector of the people (?) against imprecation; and live thou a hundred numerous autumns; and wrap further about (upa-sam-vyā) thee abundance of wealth.

6. Thou hast wrapped thyself in this garment in order to well-being; thou hast become protector of thine allies (?) against imprecation; and live thou a hundred numerous autumns; living, pleasant (cā́ru), thou shalt share out good things.

The translation implies in b ábhūr āpīnā́m ⌊see below⌋, or else an analysis of the ms. reading vāpīnā́m ⌊misprinted vap- in foot-note of Berlin ed.⌋ into u and āpīnā́m (the pada-mss. have ábhūḥ: vāpīnā́m). The vaçā́nām of our text* is a conjecture provoked by the gṛṣṭīnā́m of vs. 5; as that is got rid of, this naturally falls away also. The comm. has again gṛṣṭīnām, and this time interprets abhiçasti- as a fear on the part of the 'heifers' of losing their skins (tvagādānabhīti ⌊cf. note to ii. 13. 3⌋)! The Ppp.