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1. O Agni, be thou born; Aditi here, suppliant, cooks a brahmán -rice-dish, desiring sons; the seven seers, being-mak…
1. O Bhava-and-Çarva, be gracious; do not go against [us]; ye lords of beings, lords of cattle, homage to you! [the a…
1. Of this rice-dish Brihaspati is the head, Brahman the mouth ( múkha ). 2. Heaven-and-earth are the ears, sun-and-m…
1. Homage to breath ( prāṇá ) in whose control is this All, who hath been lord of all, in whom all stands firm. 2. Ho…
1. The Vedic student goes on setting in motion ( iṣ ) both firmaments; in him the gods become like-minded; he maintai…
1. We address ( brū ) Agni, the forest trees, the herbs and the plants, Indra, Brihaspati, the sun: let them free us …
1. In the remnant [are set] name and form, in the remnant [is] set the world; within the remnant both Indra and Agni,…
1. When fury ( manyú ) brought his wife away from the house of contrivance ( saṁkalpá ), who were the groomsmen ( ján…
1. What arms ( bāhú ) [there are], what arrows, and the powers ( vīryà ) of bows, swords ( así ), axes ( paraçú ), we…
1. Stand ye up, equip yourselves, ye specters, together with ensigns; ye serpents, other-folks, demons, run after our…