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² In the Sūtras clarity is often sacrificed to brevity. It is not clear here whether the wife or husband speaks or to whom the word ‘Thee’ refers. Presumably the husband addresses the words to the food itself (compare Gobhila’s *Grihya Sūtra*, I, 3, 18). The text and translation (by Prof. Oldenberg) of Khādira are published in *S.B.E.* vol. xxix.