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s The drop hath fallen on the earth, the sky, On this seat and on the one which was aforetime The drop that wandereth over the third seat I offer in the seven [5] Hotras. t There hath come into being this might of all the world, And of Agni Vaiçvanara, Agni full of light with light, The disk radiant with radiance. w For the verse thee, for brilliance thee v Like streams the offerings flow together, Purified within with heart and mind; I behold the streams of ghee; A golden reed is there in the midst of them. w In it sitteth an eagle, honey-making, nested, Assigning honey to the deities, On its brink sit seven tawny ones, Milking at will the stream of ambrosia. a Anointing with milk Aditya, the embryo, Counterpart of a thousand, of every form, Spare him, injure him not with thy heat; Make him of a hundred (years of) life, as thou art piled. b Injure not this biped of animals, O hundred-eyed one, being piled for the sacrifice; I appoint for thee the wailer in the forest; Therewith piling thy forms, be seated. c The rush of the wind, the navel of Varuna, Born as a steed in the midst of the waters, The child of the streams, the tawny one, rooted in the mountain, O Agni, harm him not [1] in the highest heaven. d Harm not this one-hooved of cattle, The thundering, the courser among the contests; I appoint for thee the Gayal of the forest; Therewith piling thy forms, be seated. e The undying drop, the ruddy, the active, Agni I hymn with praises with first inspiration; Do thou forming thyself with joints in due order, Harm not the cow, Aditi, the resplendent. f This ocean, the spring of a hundred streams, Expanded in the middle of the world, Aditi milking ghee for men, O Agni, harm not [2] in the highest heaven; I appoint for thee the Gayal of the forest; Therewith piling thy forms, be seated. g Guard of Tvastr, navel of Varuna, Born as the sheep from the furthest region, The great thousandfold wile of the Asura, O Agni, harm not in the highest heaven.