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iii. 10- 9. I sacrifice to the seasons, the lords of the seasons, them of the seasons (ārtavá), and the winters (hāyaná), to the summers (sámā), the years, the months; for the lord of existence I sacrifice.

10. To thee for the seasons, them of the seasons, the months, the years, the Creator (dhātár), the Disposer (vidhātár), the Prosperer (? samṛ́dh), the lord of existence, do I sacrifice.

11. We, making oblation with ídā—I sacrifice to the gods with what is rich in ghee; unto houses not disorderly (? álubhyant), rich in kine, may we enter together.

12. The sole áṣṭakā, paining herself (tapyá-) with penance, generated an embryo, a greatness, Indra; by him the gods overcame their foes; slayer of the barbarians became the lord of might (çácī-).