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4 2 2 16 01a pavitraṃ te vitataṃ brahmaṇaspate prabhurgātrāṇi paryeṣi viśvataḥ .
4 2 2 16 01c ataptatanūrna tadāmo aśnute śṛtāsa idvahantaḥ saṃ tadāśata .. 875
4 2 2 16 02a tapoṣpavitraṃ vitataṃ divaspade 'rcanto asya tantavo vyasthiran .
4 2 2 16 02c avantyasya pavītāramāśavo divaḥ pṛṣṭhamadhi rohanti tejasā .. 876
4 2 2 16 03a arūrucaduṣasaḥ pṛśniragriya ukṣā mimeti bhuvaneṣu vājayuḥ .
4 2 2 16 03c māyāvino mamire asya māyayā nṛcakṣasaḥ pitaro garbhamā dadhuḥ .. 877

SPREAD is thy cleansing filter, Brahmanaspati: as prince thou enterest its limbs from every side.
The raw; whose mass bath not been heated. gains not this: they only which are dressed, which bear, attain to it.

High in the seat of heaven is placed the scorcher's sieve: its, threads are standing separate, glittering with light.
The swift ones favour him who purifieth this: with brilliancy they mount up to the height of heaven.

The foremost spotted Steer bath made the Mornings shine: he bellows, fain for war, among created things.
By his high wisdom have the mighty Sages wrought: the Fathers who behold mankind laid down the germ.