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1. Of him as of burning fire goeth the vehemence (?); likewise, as it were, shall he crying out go away from me; some other one than us let the ill-behaved one seek; homage be to the heat-weaponed fever.

2. Homage to Rudra, homage be to the fever, homage to king Varuṇa, the brilliant (tvíṣīmant), homage to the sky, homage to the earth, homage to the herbs.

3. Thou here who, scorching greatly, dost make all forms yellow—to thee here, the ruddy, the brown, the woody takmán, do I pay homage.

1. These three earths (pṛthivī́) that there are—of them earth (bhū́mi) is the highest; from off their skin have I seized a remedy.