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511 24. Since the heifer milked solely (kévalī) for Indra [his] will (váça), the beestings, [when] first milked, then [she] gratified in four ways the four—gods, men, Asuras, and seers.

25. What now [is] the ox (gó), who the sole seer, what the abode (dhā́man), what the blessings (āçís)? the monster on the earth [is] simple (ekavṛ́t); the sole season—which now is that?

26. One [is] the ox, one the sole seer, one the abode, singly the blessings; the monster on the earth [is] single; the sole season is not in excess.

1. Virā́j verily was this [universe] in the beginning; of her when born everything was afraid, [thinking] "this one indeed will become this [universe]."

2. She ascended (ut-kram); she descended (ni-kram) in the householder's fire (gā́rhapatya); house-sacrificing (gṛhamedhín) house-holder ⌊gṛhápati⌋ becometh he who knoweth thus.

3. She ascended; she descended in the fire of offering (āhavanī́ya): to his god-invocation the gods go, dear to the gods becometh he who knoweth thus.