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'Do thou lead him forward', (with these words) he puts on the kindling-sticks; that is as when one
provides hospitality for one who has come on a visit. He puts down three; the fire is threefold;
verily he provides his portion for the whole extent of the fire. They are of Udumbara wood, the
Udumbara is strength; verily he gives him strength. 'May the All-gods thee', he says; the All-gods
are the breaths; verily with the breaths [1] he raises him up; I bear up with their thoughts, O Agni',
he says; verily he unites him with the thought for which he lifts him up. 'May the five regions divine
aid the sacrifice, the goddesses', he says, for he moves forward along the quarters. 'Driving away
poverty and hostility', he says, for smiting away the Raksases. 'Giving to the lord of the sacrifice
increase of wealth,' he says; increase of wealth is cattle [2]; verily he wins cattle. He takes (him)
with six (verses); the seasons are six; verily with the seasons he takes him; two have (the word)
'embracing', for the smiting away of the Raksases. 'With the rays of the sun, with tawny hair, before
us', he says, for instigation. 'Then let our pure invocations be accepted', he says; the pure (one) is
food; verily he wins food. The gods and the Asuras were in conflict; the gods saw the unassailable
(hymn) and with it they conquered the Asuras [3]; that is why the unassailable (hymn) has its name.
In that the second Hotr recites the unassailable (hymn) the sacrificer conquers his foes therewith
unassailably; verily also he conquers what has not been conquered. (The hymn) has ten verses; the
Viraj has ten syllables, by the Viraj are kept apart these two worlds; (verily it serves) to keep apart
these two worlds. Again the Viraj has ten syllables, the Viraj is food; verily he finds support in the
Viraj, in eating food. The atmosphere is as it were unreal; the Agnidh's altar is as it were the
atmosphere; on the Agnidh's altar [4] he puts down a stone, for reality; with two (verses), for
support. 'As measurer, he standeth in the midst of the sky', he says; verily with this he measures; 'in
the middle of the sky is the dappled stone set down', he says; the dappled is food; verily he wins
food. With four (verses) he goes up to the tail; the metres are four; verily (he goes) with the metres.
'All have caused Indra to wax', he says; verily he attains increase. 'True lord and lord of strength'
[5], he says; strength is food; verily he wins food. 'Let the sacrifice invoke favour, and bring the
gods', he says; favour is offspring and cattle; verily be bestows on himself offspring and cattle. 'Let
the god, Agni, offer and bring to us the gods', he says, to make the cry, Godspeed! 'He hath seized
me with the impulse of strength, with 'elevation', he says; elevation is yonder sun in rising;
depression is it when setting; verily with holy power he elevates himself, with holy power he
depresses his foe.
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'Along the eastern quarter do thou advance, wise one', he says; verily with this (verse) he moves to
the world of heaven. 'Mount ye, with Agni, to the vault', he says; verily with this he mounts these
worlds. 'From earth have I mounted to the atmosphere,' he says; verily with it he mounts these
worlds. 'Going to the heaven they look not away', he says; verily he goes to the world of heaven. 'O
Agni, advance [1] first of worshippers', he says; verily with it he bestows eyesight upon both gods
and men. He steps upon (the altar) with five (verses); the sacrifice is fivefold; verily he goes to the
world of heaven with the full extent of the sacrifice. 'Night and dawn', he recites as the
Puronuvakya, for preparation. O Agni, of a thousand eyes', he says; Prajapati is of a thousand;
(verily it serves) to obtain Prajapati. 'To thee as such let us pay honour; to strength hail!' he says;
strength is food; verily he wins food [2]. He offers on the naturally perforated brick (a ladle) of
Udumbara wood filled with curds; curds are strength, the Udumbara is strength, the naturally
perforated is yonder (sky); verily he places strength in yonder (sky); therefore we live on strength
coming hitherward from yonder. He puts (it) in place with three (verses); the fire is threefold; verily
be makes the whole extent of the fire attain support. 'Enkindled, O Agni, shine before us', (with
these words) he takes (the kindling-stick) of Udumbara wood; this is a pipe with projections; by it
[3] the gods made piercings of hundreds of the Asuras; in that he takes up the kindling-stick with
this (verse), the sacrificer hurls the hundred-slaying (verse) as a bolt at his enemy, to lay him low
without fail. 'Let us pay homage to thee in thy highest birth, O Agni ', (with these words) he takes
up (the kindling-stick) of Vikankata wood; verily he wins radiance. 'That various of Savitr, the
adorable', (with these words) be takes up (the kindling-stick) of Çami wood, for soothing. The fire
milks the piler-up of the fire; the piler-up, milks the fire; 'that [4] various of Savitr, the adorable', he
says; this is the milking of the fire. This of it Kanva Çrayasa knew, and with it he was wont to milk
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