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ix. 4- 5. The gods' portion [was] that load, the sap of waters, of plants, of ghee; the mighty one (çakrá) chose a drink of soma; a great stone became what [was his] body.

6. Thou bearest a vessel filled with soma, shaper (tvástṛ) of forms, generator of cattle; propitious to thee be these pudenda (? prajanū́) that are here; to us, O ax, confirm those that are yonder.

7. Sacrificial butter he bears; ghee [is] his seed; thousandfold prosperity—that they call the sacrifice; the bull, clothing himself in Indra's form—let him, O gods, come propitious to us, being given.

8. Indra's force, Varuṇa's two arms, the Açvins' two shoulders, of the Maruts this hump; they who are wise, poets, who are skilful (manīṣín), call him Brihaspati brought together.

9. Rich in milk, thou stretchest unto the people (víç) of the gods; thee they call Indra, thee Sarasvant; he gives a thousand [kine] with one face who makes offering (ā-hu) of a bull to a Brahman.

10. Brihaspati, Savitar bestowed on thee vigor (váyas); from Tvashṭar, from Vāyu was brought forth thy soul (ātmán); with mind in the atmosphere I make offering (hu) of thee; let heaven-and-earth both be thy barhís.

11. He who goes speaking out greatly among the kine, like Indra among the gods—of that bull let the worshiper (brahmán) praise together the members excellently.