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he hath shone,'-for with Sarya he has indeed shone.
6. Hail! Agni hath united with his heat,' for Agni has indeed united with his heat; the call of hail he places first, and the deity last: the significance of this is the same as before ;—'with the divine Savitri,'--for with the divine Savitri he has indeed united ;—with Surya he hath shed light,'--for with Sarya he has indeed shed
light.
7. These, then, are three 'avakåsa,'—for there are three vital airs, the in (and out)-breathing, the up-breathing, and the through-breathing : it is thereby that he lays it (the vital air) into him.
8. [Vâg. S. XXXVII, 16,] 'The sustainer of the sky, and of heat upon earth, shineth forth,'- for as the sustainer of the sky, and of heat on earth, that (sun, and Mahavira) indeed shines forth ;-'the divine sustainer of the gods, he, the immortal, born of heat,'-for he is indeed the divine sustainer of the gods, the immortal one, born of heat ;-'grant unto us speech, devoted to the gods!'-speech doubtless is worship: he thus means to say thereby, 'bestow upon us worship whereby we shall please the gods!'
9. (Våg. S. XXXVII, 17; Rig-v. I, 164, 31; X, 177, 3.] 'I beheld the guardian, the neverresting?'—he who shines yonder is indeed the guardian, for he guards everything here; and he does not lie down to rest : therefore he says, 'I beheld the guardian, the never-resting;'
· Or, as Mahfdhara and Sâyana take it, the never-falling.
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