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xi. 3- 2. Heaven-and-earth are the ears, sun-and-moon the eyes, the seven seers the breaths-and-expirations.

3. Sight (cákṣus) the pestle, desire (kā́ma) the mortar.

4. Diti the winnowing basket, Aditi the basket-holder; the wind winnowed (apa-vic).

5. Horses the corns (káṇa), kine the grains (taṇḍulá), flies the husks.

6. Kábru the hulls, the cloud the stalk (çára).

7. Dark metal its flesh, red its blood (lóhita).

8. Tin [its] ash, greens (? háritam) [its] color, blue lotus (púṣkara) its smell.

9. The threshing-floor [its] receptacle, the two splints (sphyá) [its] shoulders, the two poles (īṣā́) [its] spines (anūkyā̀).

10. Entrails [its] 'neck-ropes (? jatrú), intestines [its] straps.

11. This very earth is the vessel (kumbhī́) of the finishing (rādh) rice-dish, heaven the cover.

12. The furrows [its] ribs, gravel the content of [its] bowels.

13. Righteousness (ṛtá) [its] hand-washing, the brook (kulyā̀) [its] pouring-on.

14. With sacred verse (ṛ́c) is the vessel put on, with priesthood sent forth;

15. With sacredness (bráhman) seized about, with sacred chant (sā́man) carried about.