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of great sound!'-he praises and extols them, when he says, “Thou art great, of great sound;'-—'Utter thou the great voice unto Indra!'- Indra, forsooth, is the deity of the sacrifice; and the cart-shed belonging to Vishnu, he thereby makes it to be connected with Indra : therefore he says, 'Utter thou the great voice unto Indra!'
9. The Rakshas-killing, charm - killing (voice),' for it is indeed for the killing of the charms of the Rakshas that these (holes) are dug ;-Of Vishnu;' for that voice in the cart-shed is indeed Vishnu's.
10. He throws out (the earth from) them in the order in which he has dug them, with (Vág. S. V, 23),
Here do I cast out the charm which the alien, which the inmate of my house has buried for me!' Either an alien or an inmate of his house buries charms by way of witchcraft : these he thereby casts out.
11. 'Here do I cast out the charm which my equal, which my unequal has buried for me!' Either one equal, or one unequal, to him buries charms by way of witchcraft : these he thereby casts out.
12. 'Here do I cast out the charm which the kinsman, which the stranger has buried for me! Either a kinsman or a stranger buries charms by way of witchcraft: these he thereby casts out.
13. 'Here do I cast out the charm which the countryman, which the foreigner has buried for me!' Either a countryman or a foreigner buries charms by way of witchcraft: these he thereby casts out. With 'I cast out witchcraft!' he finally
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