When the Mighty had slain Vritra, his enemies threatened him. He saw this enemy-dispelling oblation to be offered subsequently at the full moon. He offered it, and with it drove away his enemies. In that the enemy-dispelling oblation is to be offered subsequently at the full moon, the sacrificer by it drives away his enemies. The Mighty, having slain Vritra, lost the angels and his power. He saw the offering to the Radiant on eight potsherds at the new moon, and the curds for the Mighty. He offered it, and by it he won the angels and his power. In that at the new moon there is an offering to the Radiant on eight potsherds, and curds for the Mighty, the sacrificer wins by it the angels and power. When the Mighty had slain Vritra, his power and strength went into the earth; then the plants and roots were born. He ran up to the Creator, saying, "Now that I have slain Vritra, my power and strength have gone into the earth; then the plants and roots have been born." The Creator said to cattle, "Collect it for him." The cattle collected it from the plants in themselves; they milked it. In that they collected it, the collected oblation (Samnayya) has its name; in that they milked it, fresh milk (pratidhuk) has its name. "They have collected it; they have milked it; but it rests not in me," he said. "Make it ready for him," He replied. They made it ready for him; they made power and strength rest in him; thus the ready milk (shrita) has its name. "They have collected it; they have milked it; they have made it ready; but it does not impel me," he said. "Make it curds for him," He replied. They made it curds for him; that impelled him; thus curds (ashir) has its name. The theologians say, "One should offer curds first, for curds is made first." One should disregard that and offer ready milk first; thus one places power and strength in him and later impels him by curds; and he proceeds in order of production. If he curdles it with Putika plants or with bark, that is fit for the provision; if with rice grains, for all the angels; if with rennet, for men; if with curds, that has the Mighty. He curdles it with curds that it may have the Mighty. He curdles the remains of the Agnihotra, for the continuity of the sacrifice. The Mighty, having slain Vritra, went to a great distance, thinking, "I have sinned." The angels sought to start him. The Creator said, "He who first finds him will have the first share." The ancestors found him; therefore an offering is made for the ancestors on the day before. He approached the new moon night; the angels met him, saying, "Our treasure today at home dwells," for the Mighty is the treasure of the angels, and that is why the new moon night has its name (amavasya, "home dwelling"). The theologians say, "What is the object of the Samnayya?" "All the angels," he should reply, for so they won that as their share. Or rather he should reply, "The Mighty, for it was in healing the Mighty that they won it."