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13. Three (f.) have come along the road of righteousness; three heats (gharmá) have come after the seed; one (f.) enlivens the progeny, one the refreshment (ū́rj); one defends the realm of the godly ones.

14. She that was fourth set Agni-and-Soma; the seers arranging the (two) wings of the sacrifice—gāyatrī́, triṣṭúbh, jágatī, anuṣṭúbh, bṛhadarkī́, bringing heaven (svàr) for the sacrificer.

15. Five milkings after five dawnings; five seasons after the five-named cow; five quarters arranged by the fifteenth—those (f.) [are] one-headed toward one world.

16. Six [are] born the beings first-born of righteousness; six sā́mans carry the six-day (?) [sacrifice]; after the six-yoked plough (sī́ra) severally a sā́man; six they call (ah) the heavens and earths, six the wide [spaces].

17. Six they call the cold, and six the hot months; tell ye us the season, which one [is] in excess (átirikta); seven eagles (suparṇá), poets, sat down; seven meters after seven consecrations.