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649 16. The great body which lay there, put together by the putting-together—who brought into it the color with which it shines (ruc) here today?

17. All the gods assisted (? upa-çikṣ); that she who was a woman knew; she who was wife of control (? váça), mistress (īçā́), brought color into it.

18. When Tvashṭar bored through [him?] who [was] the superior father of Tvashṭar, having made the mortal a house, the gods entered into man.

19. Sleep, weariness, misery (nírṛti), the deities named evils, old age, baldness, hoariness, entered the body afterward (ánu).

20. Theft, ill-doing, wrong, truth, sacrifice, great glory, both strength, dominion, and force, entered the body afterward.

21. Both growth (bhū́ti) and diminution, generosities and niggardlinesses, both hungerings and all thirstings, entered the body afterward.

22. Both revilings and non-revilings, both what [says] "come on" (hánta) and "no," faith, the sacrificial fee, and non-faith, entered the body afterward.

23. Both knowledges and ignorances, and what else is to be taught (upa-diç); the bráhman entered the body; the verses, the chant, also the formula.