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425 1. To verse (ṛ́c), to chant (sā́man) we sacrifice, by (both) which men perform rites (kárman); these bear rule at the seat (sádas); they hand (yam) the offering to the gods.

2 (57. 1). When (yád) I have asked verse ⌊and⌋ chant ⌊respectively⌋ for oblation ⌊and⌋ force, ⌊and⌋ sacrificial formula (yájus) for strength, let not therefore this Veda, asked, injure me, O lord of might (çácī-).

 

1 (57. 2). The paths which are thine, downward from the sky, by which thou didst send the all—by those, O Vasu, do thou set us in what is pleasant.

 

