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1 1. If unknown danger from all sides (menaces him), he should sacrifice eight Âgya oblations with (the formulas),
'Prithivî (the earth) is covered; she is covered by Agni. By her, the covered one, the covering one, I ward off the danger of which I am in fear. Svâhâ!
'Antariksha (the air) is covered; it is covered by Vâyu. By it, the covered, the covering, I ward off the danger of which I am in fear. Svâhâ!
'Dyaus (the heaven) is covered; she is covered by Âditya (the sun). By her, &c.
'The quarters (of the horizon) are covered; they are covered by Kandramas (the moon). By them, &c.
'The waters are covered; they are covered by Varuna. By them, &c.
'The creatures are covered; they are covered by Prâna (the breath). By them, &c.
'The Vedas are covered; they are covered by the metres. By them, &c.
'All is covered; it is covered by Brahman. By it, &c. Svâhâ!'
2 11_2. Then, stationing himself towards the north, east, he murmurs the Svasti-Âtreya and, 'Of what we are in fear, Indra' (Rig-veda VIII, 61, 13 seqq.), down to the end of the hymn.
232:1 11, 1. 'Covered' is vrita; 'I ward off' is the causative of the same verb, vâraye.
233:11_2 The Svasti-Âtreya is the part of the hymn V, 51, which very frequently contains the word svasti (vv. 11-15). There is a Khila appended to that hymn (Rig-veda, vol. iii, p. 30), which, according to Nârâyana, is also to be murmured on this occasion.