Kanda, Prapathaka, Paragraph

1    1,     5, 6 |        i O Agni [2] be thou our nearest,~Our protector, kindly,
2    2,     5, 12|      foe.~x Do thou, O Agni, be nearest to us,~Closest to help,
3    3,     1, 10|     sacrifice. 'O Visnu, as our nearest, O mighty one, grant us
4    4,     2, 8 |        revealed its fundamental nearest forms,~The womb of being
5    4,     4, 4 |          cc O Agni, be thou our nearest,~Our protector, kindly,
6    4,     6, 2 | strength,~May he delight in our nearest offerings,~He with all healing,
7    6,     3, 1 |       prosper. Those which came nearest gained the Soma drink viz.
8    6,     4, 2 |        should not pass over the nearest Vahantis; if he were to
9    6,     4, 2 |        he were to pass over the nearest Vahantis, he would despise