b. The spotted bull hath come And reached again the mother And the father, faring to the heaven.
c. Thirty places be ruleth; Speech resorteth to the bird Bear it with the days.
d. With her inspiration from his expiration, She wandereth between the worlds; The bull discerneth the heaven.
e. If thee [1] in anger I have scattered, In rage or through misfortune, That of thee, O Agni, be in good order, Again thee we relight.
f. Whatever of thee scattered in rage Was spread over the earth, That the Adityas, the All-gods And the Vasus gathered together.
g. Mind, light, rejoice in the oblation. May be unite this scattered sacrifice; May Brhaspati extend it; May the All-gods rejoice herein.
h. Seven are thy kindling-sticks, O Agni, seven thy tongues; Seven seers [2], seven dear abodes, Seven priesthoods sevenfold sacrifice to thee; Seven birthplaces with ghee do thou fill.
i. Return with strength, return, O Agni, with food and life; Again guard us on all sides.
k. Return with wealth, O Agni, Fatten with the stream, All gaining on every side.
l. Leka, Salekha, Sulekha, may these Adityas rejoicing partake of our oblation; Keta, Saketa, Suketa, may these Adityas rejoicing partake of our oblation; Vivasvan, Aditi, Devajuti, may these Adityas rejoicing partake of our oblation.