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597 7. One-wheeled it rolls, one-rimmed, thousand-syllabled, forth in front, down behind; with a half it has generated all existence; what its [other] half is—what has become of that?

8. One carrying five carries the summit (ágra) of them; side-horses, harnessed, carry also along; what is not gone of it was seen, not what is gone; the higher thing [is] closer, the lower more distant.

9. A bowl (camasá) with orifice sideways, bottom-side up—in it is deposited glory of all forms; there sit together the seven seers, who have become the keepers of it, the great one.

10. The one which is applied (yuj) in front and which behind, which is applied in all cases and which in every case, by which the sacrifice is extended forward—that I ask of thee: which one of the verses is it?

11. What stirs, flies, and what stands, and what is breathing, not breathing, winking—that, all-formed, sustains the earth; that, combining, becomes one only.

12. What is endless, stretched out on many sides; what is endless, and what has an end, ending together—these (two) the lord of the firmament keeps (car) separating (vi-ci), knowing what is and what shall be of it.

13. Prajāpati goes about (car) within the womb; not being seen, he is manifoldly born (vi-jā); with a half he has generated all existence; what his [other] half is—which sign is that?