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987 4. By desire hath desire come to me, out of heart to heart; the mind that is theirs yonder, let that come unto me here.

5. Desiring what, O desire, we make to thee this oblation, let that all succeed with us; then eat (vī) thou of this oblation: hail!

1. Time (kālá) drives (vah) [as] a horse with seven reins, thousand-eyed, unaging, possessing much seed; him the inspired poets mount; his wheels are all beings (bhúvana).

2. Seven wheels doth this time drive; seven [are] his naves, immortality (amṛ́ta) forsooth [his] axle; he, time, including (?) all these beings, goes on as first god.

The principal difficulty is here in the third pāda, where our arvā́n̄ (though accepted by all the translators without any heed to the ms.-readings given at the foot of the page) is a very bold and questionable emendation, most of the mss. (with the comm. ⌊the ms. has añjan*⌋ and SPP.) giving instead añjat, a few añját, and some of ours