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GRIHYA-SOTRA OF HIRANYAKESIN.
Vastoshpati ! Be our furtherer; make our wealth increase in cows and horses, O Indu (i.e. Soma). Free from decay may we dwell in thy friendship; give us thy favour, as a father to his sons. Svâhâ !
May death go away; may immortality come to us. May Vivasvat's son (Yama) protect us from danger. May wealth, like a leaf (that falls) from a tree, fall down over us. May Sakipati (i.e. Indra) be with us. Svâhâ !
Go another way, O death, that belongs to thee, separated from the way of the gods. Vâstoshpati ! To thee who hears us, I speak : do no harm to our offspring nor to our heroes. Svâhâ !
"To this most excellent place of rest we have gone, by which we shall victoriously gain cows, treasures, and horses. May wealth, like a leaf (that falls) from a tree, fall down over us. May Sakipati be with us. Svâhâ !
• This, O Varuna' (&c.; see chap. 27, Satra I, down to): Hail! Good luck!'
2. In this way the ground (on which the house stands) should be expiated every year;
3. Every season, according to some (teachers).
PATALA 8, SECTION 29. 1. House, do not fear, do not tremble; bringing strength we come back. Bringing strength, gaining wealth, wise I come back to the house, rejoicing in my mind.
Of which the traveller thinks, in which much joy
29, 1. Sânkhayana-Grihya III, 7, 2; Atharva-veda VII, 60,
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