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603 6. He obtains those worlds, [those] which are heavenly and ⌊those⌋ which are earthly, who, having made [her] lighted with gold, gives her of the hundred rice-dishes.

7. What people are thy quellers, O heavenly one ⌊f.⌋, and what thy cookers, they shall all guard thee: be not afraid of them, thou of the hundred rice-dishes.

8. The Vasus shall guard thee on the right, thee the Maruts on the left (uttarā́t), the Ādityas behind; do thou run beyond the Agnishṭoma.

9. The gods, the Fathers, men (manuṣyà), and they that are Gandharvas-and-Apsarases—they shall all guard thee; do thou run beyond the over-night sacrifice (atirātrá).

10. He obtains the atmosphere, the sky, the earth, the Ādityas, the Maruts, the quarters, all worlds, who gives her of the hundred rice-dishes.

11. Sprinkling forth ghee, well-portioned, the divine one will go to the gods; hurt not him who cooks thee, O inviolable one; go on to heaven, O thou of the hundred rice-dishes.

12. The gods that are stationed (-sad) in the sky, and that are stationed in the atmosphere, and these that are upon the earth—to them do thou always yield (duh) milk, butter, also honey.

13. What head is thine, what mouth is thine, what ears and what jaws are thine—let them yield to thy giver curd, milk, butter, also honey.

14. What lips are thine, what nostrils, what horns, and what thine eyes—let them yield etc. etc.

15. What lungs are thine, what heart, the purītát with the throat—let them yield etc. etc.