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i. 1. 2—] a Thou art the substance of the sacrifice.

b The Rakşas is burned up, the evil spirits are burned up.

c The Vedi hath come to the sacrificial straw,

Made by Manu, fashioned with the Svadhā call.

The sages fetch it from in front,

The delightful straw for the gods to sit on here.

d Thou art impelled by the gods.

e Thou art made to grow by the rains.

f O divine straw, let me not hit thee either across or along,

g Let me hit thy joints,

h Let me come to no harm in cutting thee.

i O divine straw, rise with a hundred shoots,

Let us rise with a thousand shoots.

k Guard from the contact of earth.

l I gather thee with good gathering.

m Thou art the girdle of Aditi, the cord of Indrāṇī.

n Let Pūşan tie a knot for thee, that knot shall mount me.