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.
h. This woolly wile of Varuna, The skin of cattle, biped and quadruped, The first birthplace of the offspring of Tvastr, O Agni, harm not in the highest heaven; I appoint for thee the buffalo of the forest [3]; Therewith piling thy forms, be seated.
i. The Agni born of the heat of Agni, From the burning of the earth or of the sky, That whereby Vievakarman attained creatures, Him, O Agni, let thy wrath spare.
k. The goat was born from Agni as an embryo; She beheld her begetter before; Thereby those worthy of sacrifice attained pre-eminence, Thereby first the gods attained godhead; I appoint for thee the Earabha of the forest; Therewith piling thy forms, be seated.