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667 35. What of thee, O earth (bhū́mi), I dig out, let that quickly grow over; let me not hit (arpay-) thy vitals nor thy heart, O cleansing one.

36. Let thy hot season, O earth (bhū́mi), rainy season, autumn, winter, cool season, spring—let thine arranged seasons, years, let day-and-night, O earth, yield milk (duh) to us.

37. She who, cleansing one, trembling away the serpent; on whom were the fires that are within the waters, abandoning the god-insulting barbarians, choosing, she the earth, Indra [and] not Vṛitra, kept herself (dhṛ) for the mighty one (çakrá), the virile bull.

38. On whom are the seat and oblation-holder; on whom the sacrificial post (yū́pa) is planted; on whom worshipers (brahmán) praise (arc) with verses, with the chant, knowing the sacrificial formulas; on whom are joined the priests (ṛtvíj), for Indra to drink the soma;—

39. On whom the former being-making seers sang out (ud-arc) the kine—the seven pious ones (vedhás), by their session, together with sacrifice [and] penance;—