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781 6. ⌊16.⌋ He moved out toward an unindicated quarter; ⌊17.⌋ after him moved out both the seasons and they of the seasons and the worlds and they of the worlds and the months and the half-months and day-and-night. ⌊18.⌋ Verily both of the seasons and of them of the seasons and of the worlds and of them of the worlds and of the months and of the half-months and of day-and-night doth he become the dear abode who knoweth thus.

7. ⌊19.⌋ He moved out toward an unreturned quarter; from it he thought not that he should return; ⌊20.⌋ after him moved out both Diti and Aditi and Iḍā and Indrāṇī. ⌊21.⌋ Verily both of Diti and of Aditi and of Iḍā and of Indrāṇī doth he become the dear abode who knoweth thus.

8. ⌊22.⌋ He moved out toward the quarters; ⌊no avasāna!⌋ after him moved out the virā́j and all the gods and all the deities. ⌊23.⌋ Verily both of virā́j and of all the gods and of all the deities doth he become the dear abode who knoweth thus.

9. ⌊24.⌋ He moved out toward all the intermediate directions; ⌊25.⌋ after him moved out both Prajāpati and the most exalted one and the father and the grandfather. ⌊26.⌋ Verily both of Prajāpati and of the most exalted one and of the father and of the grandfather doth he become the dear abode who knoweth thus.

1. That greatness, becoming sessile (? sádru), went to the end of the earth; it became ocean.