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xix. 28- * ⌊This reading is given by eight of SPP's mss. and one of W's. In sapátnānām we may have a case of faulty assimilation from 4 a: SPP's Dc., which is usually carefully corrected, here carries the blunder half way prima manu, giving sapátnānā́m (accents! so perhaps also W's O.D.L.), and completes it secunda manu, giving sapátnānām.⌋

4. Split, O darbhá, the heart of our rivals, of our haters, O amulet; make their head fly apart, as the rising [sun] does the skin of the earth.

5. Split, O darbhá, my rivals; split those that fight against me; split all my enemies (durhā́rd); split my haters, O amulet.

6. Sever, O darbhá, my rivals; sever those etc. etc.

7. Hew down (vraçc), O darbhá, my rivals; hew down those etc. etc.

8. Cut, O darbhá, my rivals; cut those etc. etc.

9. Carve (?), O darbhá, my rivals; carve those etc. etc.

10. Pierce, O darbhá, my rivals; pierce those etc. etc.

1. Gore, O darbhá, my rivals; gore those that fight against me; gore all my enemies; gore my haters, O amulet.

2. Bore, O darbhá, my rivals; bore those etc. etc.

3. Obstruct, O darbhá, my rivals; obstruct those etc. etc.