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x. 10- 5. A hundred metal dishes (kaṅsá), a hundred milkers, a hundred guardians, upon the back of her; the gods that breathe in her, they know the cow singly.

6. Having the sacrifice for feet, cheer (írā-) for milk, svadhā́ for breath, being mahī́lukā, the cow, having Parjanya for spouse, goes unto the gods with worship (bráhman).

7. After thee entered Agni, after thee Soma, O cow; thine udder, O excellent one, is Parjanya; the lightnings are thy teats, O cow.

8. The waters thou yieldest (duh) first, the cultivated fields after, O cow; thou yieldest kingdom third, food, milk, O cow.

9. When, called by the Ādityas, thou didst approach, O righteous one, Indra made thee drink a thousand vessels (pā́tra) of soma, O cow.

10. When thou didst go following (anváñc) Indra, then the bull called thee; therefore the Vṛitra-slayer, angry, took thy milk (páyas), milk (kṣīrá), O cow.

11. When the lord of riches, angry, took thy milk, O cow, then this the firmament (nā́ka) now keeps (rakṣ) in three vessels.

12. In three vessels the heavenly cow took that soma, where Atharvan, consecrated, sat on a golden barhís.

13. Since she has united (sam-gam) with soma, and with all that has feet, the cow has stood upon the ocean, together with the Gandharvas, the kalís.