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we have here committed, that we expiate by offering, Svâhâ !'—whereby he says 'whatsoever sin we have committed, from all that we rid ourselves.'
26. Thereupon he mutters the (verse) addressed to Indra and referring to the Maruts.—Now when the Maruts destroyed the sin of Pragâpati's creatures, he thought within himself, 'I hope they will not destroy my creatures.'
27. He muttered that (verse) addressed to Indra and referring to the Maruts. Indra indeed is the nobility, and the Maruts are the people; and the nobility are the controllers of the people : 'They shall be controlled,' he thought; and therefore (that verse, Vâg. S. III, 46) is addressed to Indra.
28. “Let there not, O Indra, be (fight) for us here in battles with the gods, since there is a share for thee in the sacrifice, O fiery one !—for thee, the mighty showerer of gifts, whose Maruts the song of the offerer stream-like celebrates.'
29. He then makes her say the text (Våg. S. III, 47), 'The men skilled in the work have done the work,'—those skilled in the work have indeed done the work ;-'with pleasing song ;'— for with song they have done it. 'Having done the work for the gods;'-for the gods indeed they have done the work;—go home, ye companions !'— they are now together with her while she is led thither from another place: hence she says, 'ye companions' (sa kâbha,' being together '). 'Go home,' she says, because that wife doubtless is the hind part of the sacrifice, and he has just now made her take her seat to the east of the sacrifice. 'Home' doubtless means the house, and the house is a resting-place: hence he thereby makes her rest in that resting-place, the house.
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