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23. Mayest thou welcome as a mother a son; I unite (sam-dhā) thee that art earth with the earth; a kettle, a vessel, do not stagger upon the sacrificial hearth, overhung by the implements of offering [and] by sacrificial butter.

24. Let Agni, cooking, defend thee on the east; let Indra, with the Maruts, defend on the south; may Varuṇa fix thee in the maintenance (dharúṇa) of the western [quarter]; on the north may Soma give thee together.

25. Purified with purifiers, they purify themselves from the cloud; they go both to heaven and to earth [as their] worlds; them, lively, rich in life, firm-standing, poured into the vessel (pā́tra), let the fire kindle about.

26. They come from the sky, they fasten on (sac) the earth; from the earth they fasten upon the atmosphere; being cleansed, they just cleanse themselves; let them conduct us to the heavenly world.

27. Both as it were prevailing (prabhú) and also commensurate, also bright and clean, immortal—as such do ye, O waters, directed, helping, cook the rich-dish for the two spouses, ye of good refuge.

28. The numbered drops (stoká) fasten on the earth, being commensurate with breaths-and-expirations, with herbs; being scattered on, unnumbered, of good color, the clean ones have obtained all cleanness.