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963 4. That food (? íṣ) O Açvins, which, full of light, shall make us pass through the darkness, may ye give (rā) to us.

1. Desiring what is excellent, the heaven-finding seers in the beginning sat down in attendance upon (upa-ni-sad) ardor [and] consecration; thence [is] born royalty, strength, and force; let the gods make that submissive to this man.

1. The bráhman is invoker (hótṛ) the bráhman is the sacrifice; by the bráhman the sacrificial posts are set up; the officiating priest (adhvaryú) is born from the bráhman; within the bráhman is put the oblation.