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593 27. In whose member the thirty-three gods shared severally the limbs (gā́tra)—those thirty-three gods verily only (éka) the bráhman-knowers know.

28. People know the golden-embryo [as] highest, not to be overcrowed (anatyudyá); the skambhá in the beginning poured forth that gold within the world.

29. In the skambhá the worlds, in the skambhá penance, in the skambhá right is set; thee, O skambhá, I know plainly [as] set all together in Indra.

30. In Indra the worlds, in Indra penance, in Indra right is set; thee, O Indra, I know plainly [as] all established in the skambhá.

31. Name with name he calls aloud, before the sun, before the dawn; as first the goat (? ajá) came into being, he went unto that autocracy beyond which there is nothing else existent.

32. Of whom earth is model (pramā́) and atmosphere belly; who made the sky his head—to that chief bráhman be homage.

33. Of whom the sun is eye, and the moon that grows new again; who made Agni his mouth—to that chief bráhman be homage.