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5. On whom the people of eld (pūrvajaná) formerly spread themselves (? vi-kṛ); on whom the gods overcame the Asuras; the station (? viṣṭhā́) of kine, of horses, of birds (váyas)—let the earth assign us fortune (bhága), splendor.

6. All-bearing, good-holding, firm-standing, gold-backed (-vákṣas), reposer of moving things (jágat), bearing the universal (vāiçvānará) fire, let the earth (bhū́mi), whose bull is Indra, set us in property.

7. She the earth (bhū́mi pṛthivī́), whom the gods, sleepless, defend all the time without failure—let her yield (duh) to us honey, what is dear; then let her sprinkle us with splendor.

8. She who in the beginning was sea (salilá) upon the ocean (arṇavá); whom the skilful (manīṣín) moved after with their devices (māyā́); the earth whose immortal heart covered with truth is in the highest firmament (vyòman)—let that earth (bhū́mi) assign to us brilliancy, strength, in highest royalty.

9. On whom the circulating waters flow the same, night and day, without failure—let that earth (bhū́mi), of many streams (-dhā́rā) yield (duh) us milk; then let her sprinkle [us] with splendor.