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xix. 39- follows the mss., but SPP's the Anukr. In d, all the mss. give pári bra-; SPP. follows us in emending the accent to paribrávīmi. The comm. repeats nadyā ’yam puruṣo riṣat a second time.

3. "Lively" by name is thy mother; "living" by name is thy father:—by no means may etc. etc.

4. Thou art the highest (uttamá) of herbs, as the draft-ox of moving creatures (jágat), as the tiger of beasts of prey:—by no means may etc. etc.

5. Thrice from the Çāmbus, from the An̄girases, thrice from the Ādityas, thrice from the All-Gods art thou born; this all-healing kúṣṭha stands along with soma; do thou make vanish all the takmán and all the sorceresses.

6. The açvatthá, seat of the gods, in the third heaven from here: there [is] the sight (cákṣaṇa) of immortality; thence was born the kúṣṭha.

7. A golden ship, of golden tackle, moved about in the sky; there [is] the sight etc. etc.

8. Where there is no falling downward (?), where the head of the snowy [mountain], there is the sight of immortality; thence was born the kúṣṭha:—this all-healing kúṣṭha etc. etc. (as vs. 5).