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24. The amulet ... has come to me together with rice and barley, together with might and prosperity.
25. The amulet ... has come to me with a stream of honey and ghee together with sweet drink.
26. The amulet ... has come to me together with nourishment and milk, together with goods and fortune.
27. The amulet ... has come to me together with brilliance and strength, together with glory and reputation.
28. The amulet ... has come to me together with all kinds of prosperity.
29. This amulet the gods shall give me unto prosperity, the mighty amulet that strengthens sovereignty and injures the rivals!
30. An (amulet) auspicious for me thou shalt fasten upon (me), together with brahma (spiritual exaltation) and brilliance! Free from rivals, slaying rivals, it has subjected my rivals.
31. This god-born amulet, the sap milked from which these three worlds revere, shall render me superior to him that hates me; it shall ascend upon my head unto excellence !
32. The amulet upon which the gods, the Fathers, and men ever live, shall ascend upon my head unto excellence!
33. As the seed grows in the field, in the furrow drawn by the ploughshare, thus in me offspring, cattle, and every kind of food shall grow up!
34. Upon whom, O thou amulet that prosperest the sacrifice, I have fastened thee (that art) propitious, him, O amulet, that yieldest a hundredfold sacrificial reward, thou shalt inspire unto excellence!
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