7. They who make offering from aloft, O Jātavedas, [who] from the upward quarter vex us—having come upon Sūrya, let them etc. etc.
The other texts associate Bṛhaspati with this quarter.
8. They who make offering from the intermediate directions of the quarters, O Jātavedas, [who] from all the quarters vex us—having come upon the bráhman, let them etc. etc.
Several of our mss. accent digbhyó ‘bhidā́s-. The other texts have nothing that corresponds to this verse.
This, the eighth and concluding anuvāka of the book, has 5 hymns and 47 verses; the quotation from the old Anukr. is saptadaçā ’ntyaḥ, to which is added ṣaḑarcavac ca.
Here ends also the ninth prapāṭhaka.
One of our mss. (I.) sums up the content of the book as 323 verses; the true number is 324. ⌊Observe that the last vs. of hymn 20 is numbered 7 when it should be 9.⌋
