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973 following ástṛta (mss. ástṛte ’mám; p. ástṛta: imám) to ástṛtas ⌊but only in the pada-text, so that his saṁhitā does not agree therewith⌋; our text simply emends to astṛta ⌊accentless⌋; the comm. also regards the word as vocative. Ppp. has instead saṁbhṛta, ⌊and, if I understand Roth's Collation, combines it with a following corrupt imanu, so as to read saṁbhṛte ’manu⌋; and, in c, Ppp. has indrī ’va. The majority of mss. accent pṛtanyátas. The Anukr. apparently means us to scan thus: 11 + 4 + 11: 15 + 8 + 8 = 57.

3. Whom even a hundred, hurling (pra-hṛ), smiting down, have not subdued (stṛ), to him Indra committed sight, breath, also strength: let the unsubdued one defend thee.

4. With Indra's defense (várman) we surround thee, who became over-king of the gods; let all the gods lead thee forward again; let the unsubdued one defend thee.

5. In this amulet [are] a hundred and one heroisms; a thousand breaths in this unsubdued one; a tiger, do thou attack (abhi-sthā) all [our] rivals; whoso shall fight against thee, be he inferior (ádhara): let the unsubdued one defend thee.

6. Snatched out of ghee, rich in honey, rich in milk, thousand-breathed, hundred-wombed (? -yóni), vigor-imparting, both wealful and delightful, both rich in refreshment and rich in milk—let the unsubdued one defend thee.

⌊We had a at 33. 2 a, above: cf. v. 28. 14.⌋ Ppp. reads at the beginning ullabdhas; one or two of SPP's mss. have dúrluptas ⌊cf. note to xviii. 2. 3⌋, úrluptas. In b, all the authorities (save one or two) give sahásram prāṇás or sahásra prāṇáḥ