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slay him, [to wit,] because he had turned [the remnant of the soma 

 into the fire with the words] : ' Grow thou, having Indra as thy 

 conqueror, svaha.' Now if he had turned [it into the tire with the 

 words]: 'Grow thou, being Indra's conqueror, svaha,' 156. 1. then, 

 indeed, hidra would very likely not have slain him. 



2. This king Soma, going in all directions, because no invitation 

 had been pronounced over it, hurt Indra. 3. It came out of all his 

 openings, onl}- out of his mouth [it did] not [come]; and therefore 

 there was a cure. 4. What of him went below that became sura- 

 varitaka,^ what [went] from his penis that became parisrut.2 5. Thrice 

 he spat out. What he spat out the first time that became the Kar- 

 kandhu [-jujube] 3; what [he spat out] the second time that [became] 

 the Badara [-jujube]'""'; what [he spat out] the third time that [be- 

 came] the Kuvala [-jujube]. ■'' Therefore, also, their juices are food. 

 6. [Making the sound] ' khat,' he spat out a fourth time ; that became 

 the fruit of the Mango-tree. 7. Around him, being in such condition, 

 the gods sat [saying] : • This one hath been our one hero ; he hath 

 fallen into this [plight] ; what will become of us ? ' He said : ' We 

 do not know who I have become.' ' How,' [the}- said]. 8. ' I wish 

 to sneeze,' [Indra said]. Now before this time [people] used to die 

 when they had sneezed. They said to him : ' Sneeze, [and] we will 

 say " Live " to thee.' 9. He sneezed ; they said to him : ' Live.' 

 Therefore even nowada3^s they say to one w^ho has sneezed : ' Live." 

 And therefore if he should think anyone [to be] . . .A to him he 

 should say : ' Live.' 



10. What went from his nose 157. 1. that became two lionesses; 

 what [went from] his two eyes that [became] two tigers ; what [went 

 from] his two ears that [became] two . . .^ wolves; what [went from] 

 his two armpits that [Ijecame] two talon-slayers (eagles), therefore 

 they are stronger than the [rest of the] birds, for Indra is their 

 oripfin; and what went below that became these small wild-beasts. 



' I do not know what this word means. 



- ' According to Saj^ana, the difference between sura and parisrut would 

 seem to be that the former beverage is prepared from mature shoots (of 

 rice, etc.) and the latter from such as are not quite ripe,' Eggeling, SBE.. 

 xli, p. 9, note 1. 



* ' The names of three varieties of the jujube, or fruits of Zizj^phns 

 Jujuba, for a description of Avhich see the comm. on Knty. CS. xix. 17 

 seqq.,' Eggeling, SBE.^ xliv, p. 214, note 3. 



* There seems to be a lacuna here. 



" I do not know "what this word means. 



