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999 all words signifying 'motion' also signify 'knowledge,' jūti here means sarvatra prasṛtaṁ jñānam! Ppp. combines in c prāṇa ach-. In d, the pada-mss. read áchinnā instead of -nāḥ. The connection of the two half-verses is perhaps this: it is prayed that the prospering flow of the libations of sacred butter be uninterrupted, carrying as a consequence the continuance of physical blessings.

2. Let breath call unto us; we call unto breath; the earth, the atmosphere hath seized (grah) splendor; splendor [also] Soma, Bṛihaspati, the maintainer.

3. Heaven-and-earth have become joint-seizers of splendor; seizing splendor may we go about upon the earth; with glory the kine, coming, wait upon (upa-sthā) the lord of kine; seizing glory may we go about upon the earth.

4. Make ye a pen (vrajá), for that is men-protecting for you; sew ye coats-of-mail (várman), abundant, broad; make ye strongholds of metal, unattackable (ádhṛṣṭā); let not your bowl leak (sru); make it strong.

The verse is RV. x. 101. 8, with slight variation: RV. has várma in saṁhitā as well as in pada in b; the mss., too, leave dṛ́ṅhatā in d without accent, and SPP. does not correct their error. ⌊Roth notes that Ppp. reads varmā: cf. Noun-Inflection, p. 540 top,