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loosen the fetter of Grâhi (attack of disease); may all the gods give thee leave!
2. Free these three, O Agni, from the three fetters with which they have been shackled! Do thou cunningly loosen the fetters of Grâhi; release them all, father, sons, and mother!
3. The fetters with which the older brother, whose younger brother has married before him, has been bound, with which he has been encumbered and shackled limb by limb, may they be loosened; since fit for loosening they are! Wipe off, O Půshan, the misdeeds upon him that practiseth abortion !
VI, 113. Expiation for certain heinous crimes.
1. On Trita the gods wiped off this sin, Trita wiped it off on human beings; hence if Grâhi (attack of disease) has seized thee, may these gods remove her by means of their charm!
2. Enter into the rays, into smoke, O sin ; go into the vapours, and into the fog! Lose thyself on the foam of the river! Wipe off, O Pashan, the misdeeds upon him that practiseth abortion !
3. Deposited in twelve places is that which has been wiped off Trita, the sins belonging to humanity. Hence if Grâhi has seized thee, may these gods remove her by means of their charm! VI, 120. Prayer for heaven after remission of
sins. 1. If air, or earth and heaven, if mother or father, we have injured, may this Agni Garhapatya (household fire) without fail lead us out from this (crime) to the world of well-doing !
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