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595 41. He who knows the golden reed (vetasá) standing in the sea—he verily is in secret Prajāpati.

42. A certain pair of maidens, of diverse form, weave, betaking themselves to it, the six-pegged web; the one draws forth the threads (tántu), the other sets [them]; they wrest not off (apa-vṛj), they go not to an end.

43. Of them, as of two women dancing about, I do not distinguish (vi-jñā) which is beyond; a man (púmāṅs), weaves it, ties [it] up; a man hath borne it about upon the firmament (nā́ka).

44. These pegs propped up the sky; the chants they made shuttles for weaving.