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iv. 14- vs. 5 (8. 17), in the parvan sacrifices, with transfer of the fires, and again, in the agniṣṭoma (15. 9), when the fire is brought to the uttaravedi; and the comm. regards vs. 3 as quoted at 27. 6, in the vājapeya rite.

Translated: Griffith, i. 149; Weber, xviii. 51 (elaborate comment).

1. Since the goat has been born from the heat of Agni (the fire), it saw [its] generator in the beginning; by it the gods in the beginnings attained (i) [their] godhead; by (with?) it the sacrificial ones (médhya) ascended the ascents (róha).

2. Stride ye with the fire to the firmament (nā́ka), bearing in your hands vessel-[fires] (úkhya); having gone to the back of the sky, to the heaven (svàr), sit ye mingled with the gods.

3. From the back of earth I have ascended to the atmosphere; from the atmosphere I have ascended to the sky; from the back of the sky, of the firmament (nā́ka), I have gone to heaven (svàr), to light.

4. Going to heaven (svàr) they look not away; they ascend to the sky, the two firmaments (ródasī)—they who, well-knowing, have extended the everywhere-streaming sacrifice.