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1. He who is set over both what is and what is to be and everything, and whose alone is the heaven—to that chief bráhman be homage.

2. By the skambhá these two stand fixed apart, both sky and earth; in the skambhá [is] all this that has soul, what [is] breathing and what winking.

3. Three offspring (prajā́) went an over-going; others settled (ni-viç) about the sun (? arká); great stood the traverser (vimā́na) of space (rájas); the yellow one (m.) entered into the yellow ones (f.).

4. Twelve fellies, one wheel, three naves—who understands that? therein are inserted (ā́hata) three hundred and sixty pins (çan̄kú), pegs (? khī́la) that are immovable.

5. This, O Savitar, do thou distinguish: six [are] twins, one [is] sole-born; they seek participation (apitvá) in him who of them is the sole sole-born.

6. Being manifest (āvís), [it is] deposited in secret; the great track (padá), "aged" (járat) by name; there is set (ā́rpita) this all, [there is] established what stirs, what breathes.