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ÂSVALAYANA-GRIHYA-SUTRA.
of honey and ghee, be milk-givers to us; (may they be) many in our stable, rich in ghee.
Come hither to me, giving refreshment, bringing vigour and strength. Giving inexhaustible milk, rest in my stable that I may become the highest one'
And, 'They who have raised their body up to the gods'—the rest of the hymn (Rig-veda X, 169, 3. 4).
7. Some recite (instead of the texts stated in Sutra 6) the Âgâviya hymn.
8. He should approach their herds, if the cows do not belong to his Guru, with the words), 'Prospering are ye; excellent are ye, beautiful, dear. May I become dear to you. May you see bliss in me.'
End of the Second Adhyâya.
7. The hymn commencing å gâvo agman (hither came the cows) is Rig-veda VI, 28.
8. Perhaps the last words which are repeated twice in order to mark the end of the Adhyâya) should be written sam mayi gânidhvam, 'live with me in harmony together.'
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