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iii. 21- 1. The fires that are within the waters, that are in Vṛtra, that are in man, that are in stones, the one that hath entered the herbs, the forest-trees—to those fires be this oblation made.

2. [The fire] that is within soma, that is within the kine, that is entered into the birds, into the wild beasts (mṛgá), that entered into bipeds, into quadrupeds—to those fires be this oblation made.

3. He who, a god, goes in the same chariot with Indra, he that belongs to all men (vāiçvānará) and to all gods (?), whom, very powerful in fights, I call loudly on—to those fires be this oblation made.

4. He who is the all-eating god, and whom they call Desire (kā́ma), whom they call giver, receiving one, who is wise, mighty, encompassing, unharmable—to those fires be this oblation made.

MS. begins the verse with viçvā́dam agním; K., with hutādam agnim; of b, both spoil the meter by reading pratigrahītā́ram; MS. begins c with dhī́ro yáḥ; K's c is corrupt. Ppp. reads āha for āhus in a (not in b also). The comm. simply paraphrases pratigṛhṇántam by pratigrahītī́ram; the reference is probably to the offerings which