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i. 12- kāuṣṭhyād vāyor utpannaḥ. ⌊For çīrṣakti, see Knauer, Indogermanische Forschungen, Anzeiger, vii. 225; Bloomfield, AJP. xvii. 416; Böhtlingk, Berichte der sächsischen Ges., 1897, xlix. 50, who takes it as 'a stiff neck with head awry.'⌋

4. Weal [be] to my upper member (gā́tra), weal be to my lower, weal to my four limbs; weal be to my body.

1. Homage be to thy lightning, homage to thy thunder; homage be to thy bolt (áçman), with which thou hurlest at the impious one (dūḍáç).

2. Homage to thee, child of the height (pravát), whence thou gatherest (sam-ūh) heat (tápas); be merciful to ourselves; do kindness (máyas) to our offspring (toká).

3. Child of the height, be homage to thee; homage we pay to thy missile (hetí) and heat (tápus); we know thy highest abode (dhā́man) that is in secret; thou art set as navel within the [cloud-]ocean.