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a (Thou art) the calf of eighteen months in strength, the Tristubh metre; the two-year-old in
strength, the Viraj metre; the two-and-a-half year-old in strength, the Gayatri metre; the three-yearold
in strength, the Usnih metre; the four-year-old in strength, the Anustubh metre; the draught ox
in strength, the Brhati metre; the bull in strength, the Satobrhati metre; the bullock in strength, the
Kakubh metre; the milch cow in strength, the Jagati metre; the beast of burden in strength, the
Pankti metre; the goat in strength, the spacious metre; the ram in strength, the slow metre; the tiger
in strength, the unassailable metre; the lion in strength, the covering metre; the support in strength,
the overlord metre; the lordly power in strength, the delight-giving metre; the all-creating in
strength, the supreme lord metro; the head in strength, the Prajapati metre.
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a O Indra and Agni, do ye two make firm
The brick that quaketh not;
And let it with its back repel
The sky and earth and atmosphere.
b Let Viçvakarman place thee in the ridge of the atmosphere, encompassing, expanding,
resplendent, possessing the sun, thee that dost illumine the sky, the earth, the broad atmosphere,
support the atmosphere, make firm the atmosphere, harm not the atmosphere; for every expiration,
inspiration, cross-breathing, out-breathing, support, movement; let Vayu protect thee with great
prosperity, with a covering [1] most healing; with that deity do thou sit firm in the manner of
Angiras.
c Thou art the queen, the eastern quarter; thou art the ruling, the southern quarter; thou art the
sovereign, the western quarter; thou art the self-ruling, the northern quarter; thou art the lady
paramount, the great quarter.
d Protect my life; protect my expiration; protect my inspiration; protect my cross-breathing; protect
my eye; protect my ear; quicken my mind; strengthen my voice; protect my breath; accord me light.
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a (Thou art) Ma metre, Prama metre, Pratima metre, Asrivis metre, Pankti metre, Usnih metre,
Brhati metre, Anustubh metre, Viraj metre, Gayatri metre, Tristubh metre, Jagati metre. (Thou art)
earth metre, atmosphere metro, sky metre, seasons metre, Naksatras metre, mind metre, speech
metre, ploughing metre, gold metre, cow metre, female goat metre, horse metre. (Thou art) Agni,
the deity [1], Vata, the deity, Surya, the deity, Candramas, the deity, the Vasus, the deity, the
Rudras, the deity, the Adityas, the deity, the All-gods, the deity, the Maruts, the deity, Brhaspati, the
deity, Indra, the deity, Varuna, the deity.
b The head thou art, ruling; thou art the firm, the supporting; thou art the prop, the restrainer; for
food thee; for strength thee; for ploughing thee: for safety thee! (Thou art) the prop, ruling; thou art
the firm, the supporting; thou art the holder, the sustainer; for life thee; for radiance thee; for force
thee; for might thee!
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(Thou art) the swift, the triple (Stoma); the shining, the fifteenfold the sky, the seventeenfold;
speed, the eighteenfold; fervour, the nineteen. fold; attack, the twentyfold; support, the twentyonefold;
radiance, the twenty-twofold; maintenance, the twenty-threefold; the womb, the twentyfourfold;
the embryo, the twenty-fivefold; might, the twenty sevenfold; inspiration, the thirtyonefold;
support, the thirty-threefold; the surface of the tawny one, the thirty-fourfold; the vault, the
thirty-six fold; the revolving, the forty-eightfold; the support, the fourfold Stoma.
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a Thou art the portion of Agni, the overlordship of consecration, the holy power saved, the threefold
Stoma.
b Thou art the portion of Indra, the overlordship of Visnu, the lordly power saved, the fifteenfold
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