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5. I stretch the bow for Rudra, for his shaft to slay the bráhman-hater; I make strife (samád) for the people (jána); into heaven-and-earth have I entered.

6. I bear the heady (? āhanás) soma, I Tvashṭar, also Pūshan, Bhaga; I assign property to the giver of oblations, to the very zealous (?), the sacrificer, the presser of soma.

7. I quicken (give birth to?) the father in its (his?) head; my womb (yóni) is within the waters, the ocean; thence I extend myself (vi-sthā) to all beings; even yon sky I touch with my summit.

8. I myself blow forth like the wind, taking hold upon all beings; beyond the sky, beyond the earth here—such have I become by greatness.

This hymn and the one following are RV. hymns (x. 84 and 83), with few variants, and no change in the order of verses. Both are found also in Pāipp. iv., but not together. Very few of the verses occur in any other Vedic text. The two are used together in Kāuç. (14. 26 ff.), in the ceremonies for success in battle and for determining which of the two opposing armies will conquer; they are also (14. 7, note) reckoned