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Thence was born the kingly power, might and force;
May the gods in unison accord that to us.
Disposer, ordainer, and highest [3] onlooker,
Prajapati, supreme lord, the ruler;
The Stomas, the metres, the Nivids, mine they call;
To him may we secure the kingdom.
Turn towards me, come to me;
May he be your ruler, your overlord;
On his discernment do ye depend;
Upon him henceforth do ye all serve.
He puts down these supporters of the realm; this is the realm supporting piling of the fire; verily
with it he bestows on him the kingly power, he becomes the kingly power, the kingly power does
not fall away from him.
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a Just as a son born dies, so dies he whose fire in the pan is extinguished. If he were to make it by
friction, he would divide (the fire), he would produce a foe for him. It must again be kindled (with
wood) around; verily he produces it from its own birthplace, he does not produce a foe for him.
Darkness seizes on him whose fire in the pan is extinguished, darkness is death; a black garment, a
black heifer are the sacrificial fees; verily with darkness [1] he smites away the darkness which is
death. Gold he gives, gold is light; verily with the light he smites away the darkness; moreover gold
is brilliance; verily he confers brilliance upon himself.
b Like heavenly light, the heat; hail! Like heavenly light, the Arka hail! Like
heavenly light, the bright; hail! Like heavenly light, the light; hail! Like heavenly
light, the sun; hail!'
The fire is Arka, the horse sacrifice is yonder sun [2]; in that he offers these libations he unites the
lights of the Arka and the horse sacrifice; he indeed is an offerer of the Arka and the horse sacrifice,
for whom this is done in the fire.
c The waters were first this world, the moving; Prajapati saw this first layer, it he put down, it
became this (earth). To him Viçvakarman said, 'Let me come to thee'; 'There is no space here', he
answered [3]. He saw this second layer, he put it down, it became the atmosphere. The sacrifice said
to Prajapati, 'Let me come to thee'; 'There is no space here', he answered. He said to Viçvakarman,
'Let me come to thee.' 'In what way wilt thou come to me? ' 'By the regional (bricks)', he replied. He
came with the regional (bricks), he put them down, they became the regions [4]. The supreme lord
said to Prajapati, 'Let me come to thee'; 'There is no space here', he answered. He said to
Viçvakarman and the sacrifice, 'Let me come to you two'; 'There is no space here', they answered.
He saw this third layer, he put it down, it became yonder (world). Aditya said to Prajapati, 'Let me
come to thee' [5]; 'There is no space here', he answered. He said to Viçvakarman and the sacrifice,
'Let me come to you two'; 'There is no space here', they answered. He said to the supreme lord, 'Let
me come to thee.' 'In what way wilt thou come to me?' 'By the space-filler', he replied. He came to
him by the space filler; therefore the space-filler is unexhausted, for yonder Aditya is unexhausted
[6]. To them the seers said, 'Let us come to you.' 'In what way will ye come?' 'By greatness', they
replied. To them they came with two (more) layers; (the fire) became one of five layers. He who
knowing thus piles the fire becomes greater, he conquers these worlds, the gods know him;
moreover he attains community with these deities.
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a The fire is a bird; if the piler of the fire were to eat of a bird, he would be eating the fire, he would
go to ruin. For a year should he observe the vow, for a vow goes not beyond a year.
b The fire is an animal; now an animal destroys him who moves up to it face to face; therefore he
should go up to it from behind while it is looking towards the front, to prevent injury to himself.
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