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11. (The verse), ‘Like a serpent it encircles the arm with its windings' (Rig-veda VI, 75, 14), when he ties to his arm the leather (by which the arm is protected against the bow-string).
12. He then mounts up to (the king on his chariot), while he is driving, and causes him to repeat the Abhîvarta hymn (Rig-veda X, 174) and the two verses, “He who, Mitra and Varuna' (Rigveda VIII, 101, 3 seq.).
13. He then should look at him with the Aprati- . ratha, Sâsa, and Sauparna hymns.
14. The Sauparna is (the hymn), “May the streams of honey and ghee flow forwards.'
15. (The king) should drive in his chariot successively) to all quarters (of the horizon).
16. He should commence the battle in the line of battle invented by Aditya or by Usanas.
17. He should touch the drum with the three verses, ‘Fill earth and heaven with thy roar' (Rigveda VI, 47, 29 seqq.).
18. With (the verse), 'Shot off fall down' (Rigveda VI, 75, 16), he should shoot off the arrows.
12. The Abhîvarta hymn begins with the word abhivartena, and is ascribed to Abhîvarta Ângirasa.
13. The Apratiratha hymn is Rig-veda X, 103 (ascribed to Apratiratha Aindra); the Sása, X, 152 (ascribed to Sasa Bhâradvâga). On the Sauparna, see the next Sûtra.
14. This hymn is not found in any Vedic Samhitâ, as far as I know, nor does it occur in the Suparnâdhyâya. I have followed Prof. Stenzler's conjecture pra dhârâ yantu instead of pradharayantu, which is confirmed by Sayana's note on Aitareya Brâhmana VI, 25, 7; VIII, 10, 4 (pp. 365, 399, ed. Aufrecht).
17, 18. According to Narayana the subject is the king.
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