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3. ⌊Comm's 2 d, e.⌋ Time, [their] son, generated of old what is and what is to be. ⌊Comm's 3 a, b.⌋ From time the verses (ṛ́c) came into being; the sacrificial formula (yájus) was born from time;—

4. ⌊Comm's 3 c, d.⌋ Time set in motion (sam-īr) the sacrifice, an unexhausted portion for the gods. ⌊Comm's 4 a, b.⌋ In time are set firm the Gandharvas-and-Apsarases; in time the worlds;—

⌊5 and 6 of Berlin ed. = 5 of Bombay ed.⌋ ⌊Comm's 4 c, d.⌋ Upon time stand this heavenly An̄giras and Atharvan. ⌊Comm's 5 a, b.⌋ Both this world and the highest world, and the pure (púṇya) worlds and the pure separations—⌊6 of Berlin ed.: Comm's 5 c, d.⌋ all worlds by the bráhman having conquered, this time goes on as highest god.

Verses 5 and 6 of our edition are here combined into one, on the authority of the Anukr. and part of the mss., and in accordance with SPP. Of the mss. compared by us before printing, all made a sixth verse of the last two pādas. In a, the mss. read kāléyám ⌊W's O. has kāleyám⌋ (p. kāleyám or kāléyam) ⌊SPP's pada-ms. Cp., here unaccented, has kāleyam; SPP. emends the pada-text to kālé: ayám, but strangely presents a saṁhitā-text inconsistent with this, namely kālé ‘yám, instead of kālè ‘yám, as our edition reads. All the mss. read divó ‘th- in a-b (p. diváḥ), but SPP., on authority of the comm., emends to devó ‘th-, and the translation follows this; Ppp. also reads devo ‘th-. ⌊At the end of b, the comm. reads tiṣṭhati.⌋ In d a number of the mss. give vídhṛtīṅç ca; the obscure word is passed over lightly by the comm., who simply glosses it with lokadhārakān. The last pāda is identical with 53. 2 d, ⌊save that it has paramó where 53. 2 d has prathamó⌋, and Ppp. combines, as there, sāiyyate. The most