Kanda, Prapathaka, Paragraph

 1    3,     4, 9|   offer (the oblations to) the minor deities; the minor deities
 2    3,     4, 9|         the minor deities; the minor deities are the metres,
 3    3,     4, 9|        who desires cattle; the minor deities are the metres,
 4    3,     4, 9|     who desires a village; the minor deities are the metres,
 5    3,     4, 9|     offer who is long ill; the minor deities are the metres,
 6    3,     4, 9| sacrifice does not resort; the minor deities are the metres,
 7    3,     4, 9|        who has sacrificed; the minor deities are the metres,
 8    3,     4, 9|    wisdom does not resort; the minor deities are the metres,
 9    3,     4, 9|        desires brilliance; the minor deities are the metres,
10    3,     4, 9|    call Dhatr. Thus indeed the minor deities are all the metres