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ix. 5- 5. With a verse I set the kettle upon the fire; pour thou on the water; set him down; set [him] about with fire, ye quellers; when cooked, let him go where is the world of the well-doing.

6. Step up from here, if thou hast been completely heated, from the heated pot on to the third firmament; thou, a fire, hast come into being out of fire; conquer [thy way] unto that world of light.

7. The goat [is] Agni, and they call the goat light; they say that the goat is to be given by one living to a priest (brahmán); the goat, given in this world by one having faith, smites far away the darknesses.

8. Having five rice-dishes, let him step out five-fold, about to step unto the three lights; go thou forth to the midst of the well-doing that have made offerings; spread out (vi-çri) upon the third firmament.

9. Ascend, O goat, to where is the world of the well-doing; like an expelled çarabhá mayest thou move (eṣ) across difficult places; given, with five rice-dishes, to a priest (brahmán), he shall rejoice the giver with rejoicing.

10. The goat sets him that has given it on the three-firmamented, three-heavened, three-backed back of the firmament; being given with five rice-dishes to a priest, thou art a single milch-cow, all-formed, wish-yielding.

11 . This third light of yours, O Fathers, the goat with five rice-dishes one gives to a priest; the goat, given in this world by one having faith, smites far away the darknesses.