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529 26. From the southern quarter, homage etc. etc.

27. From the western quarter, homage etc. etc.

28. From the northern quarter, homage etc. etc.

29. From the firm quarter, homage etc. etc.

30. From the upward quarter, homage etc. etc.

31 . From every quarter, homage etc. etc.

1. The bright bull of a thousand, rich in milk, bearing all forms in his bellies, desiring to accomplish (? çikṣ) what is excellent for his giver, the sacrificer—he, the ruddy one of Brihaspati, hath stretched ⌊ā-tan⌋ the line (tántu).

2. He who in the beginning became the counterpart (pratimā́) of the waters, prevailing (prabhū́) for everything, like the divine earth, father of young (vatsá), lord of the inviolable [kine]—let him set (kṛ) us in thousandfold prosperity.

3. A male (púmāṅs), [yet] pregnant, big (sthávira), rich in milk, the bull bears a trunk (kábandha) of good (vásu); him, sacrificed to Indra, let Agni Jātavedas carry by the roads traveled by the gods.

4. Father of calves, lord of the inviolable [kine], also father of great gulfs (gárgara); calf, afterbirth, fresh milk, beestings, curd, ghee—that [is] his seed.