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a Thou art the queen, the eastern quarter; the Vasus, the deities, are thine
overlords, Agni stayeth missiles from thee; may the threefold Stoma support
thee on earth, may the Ajya hymn establish thee in firmness, the Rathantara
Saman be thy support.
b Thou art the ruling, the southern quarter; the Rudras, the deities, are thine
overlords, Indra stayeth missiles from thee; may the fifteenfold Stoma support
thee on earth, may the Praüga hymn establish thee, in firmness, the Brhat Saman
be thy support.
c Thou art the sovereign, the western quarter [1]; the Adityas, the deities,
are thine overlords, Soma stayeth missiles from thee; may the seventeenfold
Stoma support thee on earth, the Marutvatiya hymn establish thee in firmness,
the Vairupa Saman be thy support.
d Thou art the self-ruling, the northern quarter; the All-gods are thine
overlords, Varuna stayeth missiles from thee; may the twenty-onefold Stoma
support thee on earth, the Niskevalya Uktha establish thee, in firmness, the
Vairaja Samana be thy support.
e Thou art the lady paramount, the great quarter; the Maruts, the deities, are
thine overlords [2], Brhaspati stayeth missiles from thee; may the
twenty-sevenfold and the-thirty-threefold Stomas secure thee on earth, the
Vaiçvadeva and the Agnimaruta hymns establish thee in firmness, the Çakvara and
Raivata Samans be thy support.
f For the atmosphere may the Rsis firstborn among the gods extend thee with the
measure, the breadth, of the sky, and be that is disposer and overlord; let all
of them in unison establish thee and the sacrificer on the ridge of the vault,
on the world of heaven.
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