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iv. 1- 3. He who was born forth the knowing relative of it speaks all the births (jániman) of the gods; he bore up the bráhman from the midst of the bráhman; downward, upward, he set forth unto the svadhā́s.

4. For he of the heaven, he of the earth the right-stander, fixed (skabh) [as his] abode (kṣéma) the (two) great firmaments (ródasī) the great one, when born, fixed apart the (two) great ones, the heaven [as] seat (sádman) and the earthly space (rájas).

5. He from the fundamental birth (janús) hath attained (aç) unto (abhi) the summit; Brihaspati, the universal ruler, [is] the divinity of him; since the bright (çukrá) day was born of light, then let the shining (dyumánt) seers (vípra) fade out (? vi-vas) ⌊shine out?⌋.