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2. The bráhman is the sacrificial spoons filled with ghee; by the bráhman is the sacrificial hearth set up (ud-dhā) and the bráhman is the essence (tattvá) of the sacrifice—the priests that are oblation-makers: ⌊to the slaughtered [victim] hail!⌋

3. To him who frees from distress I bring forward my devotion (manīṣā́), unto him who rescues well, choosing to myself his favor; accept, O Indra, this oblation; let the desires of the sacrificer be realized.

Or (at the end) 'come true.' A corresponding verse is found in TS. (in i. 6. 12$10$) and in MS. (in iv. 12. 3). In a both read bharemā ⌊p. -ma⌋ manīṣā́m, thus rectifying the meter; and Ppp. does the same; for b, TS. gives oṣiṣṭhadā́vne sumatíṁ gṛṇānā́ḥ ⌊good grammar (plural -nā́s) and good meter⌋; MS. bhūyiṣṭhadā́vne sumatím āvṛṇānáḥ ⌊bad in both respects⌋. Very nearly all the AV. authorities give in b -tím mā vṛṇānáḥ; ⌊per contra, cf. note to xviii. 2. 3⌋. One would like to get rid of the superfluous ā́ at the beginning of b by emending to āçutrā́vṇe ⌊āçu- would accord closely in sense with the oṣiṣṭha- of TS.⌋. ⌊Our bhare is evidently a corruption due to haplography, which has brought in its train the further corruption of āvṛṇānā́ḥ to -náḥ. In c, d, TS.MS.