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527 9. He who, O dwelling, accepts thee, and he by whom thou art built—let both those, O mistress of the building, live to attain old age.

10. Do thou, made firm, tied, adorned (pari-kṛ), go to him yonder—thou whose every limb, whose every joint we unfasten.

11. He who fixed (ni-mi) thee, O dwelling, [who] brought together the forest trees—unto progeny, O dwelling, he, [as a] most exalted Prajāpati, made thee.

12. Homage to him, homage to the giver, and to the lord of the dwelling we pay; homage to the forth-moving (pra-car) fire, and to thy spirit (? púruṣa) [be] homage.

13. Homage to kine, to horses, whatever is born (vi-jā) in the dwelling; thou rich in births (vijā-), rich in progeny, we unfasten thy fetters.

14. Thou coverest within the fire, the men together with the cattle (paçú); thou rich in births, rich in progeny, we unfasten thy fetters.

15. Between both heaven and earth what expanse [there is], therewith do I accept this dwelling of thine; the atmosphere that pervades (vimā́na) space (rájas), that do I make a paunch (udára) for treasures; therewith I accept the house for this man.

16. Rich in refreshment, rich in milk, fixed (ni-mi), built upon the earth, bearing all food, O dwelling, do not thou injure those accepting [thee].

17. Wrapped (ā-vṛ) with grass, clothing itself in paladás, the dwelling, place of rest (nivéçanī) of living creatures, like the night—built on the earth thou standest, like a she-elephant, having feet.